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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = R. Mahadevan<br />
| office = [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| term_start = 18 July 2024<br />
| term_end =<br />
| nominator = [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]]<br />
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| office1 = [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madras High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 24 May 2024<br />
| term_end1 = 17 July 2024<br />
| appointer1 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| nominator1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = [[Sanjay V. Gangapurwala|Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala]]<br />
| successor1 = [[D. Krishnakumar]] (acting)<br />[[Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram]]<br />
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Madras High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 25 October 2013<br />
| term_end2 = 23 May 2024<br />
| appointer2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| nominator2 = [[P. Sathasivam]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Madras State]]<br/>(now [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]), India<br />
| alma_mater = [[Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai|Madras Law College]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Justice<br />
| image = [[File: Justice R. Mahadevan.jpg|alt|250px]]<br />
| parents = [[M. Aranganathan]] (father) <br />
}}<br />
'''R. Mahadevan''' (born 10 June 1963) is a [[judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]. He is a former judge of [[Madras High Court]] where he has also served as the [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/May/22/justice-r-mahadevan-appointed-as-acting-chief-justice-of-madras-hc | title=Justice R Mahadevan appointed as acting Chief Justice of Madras HC | date=22 May 2024 }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Mahadevan was born on 10 June 1963 to Tamil writer [[M. Aranganathan]] (1931-2017) in present-day [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. He completed his law degree at [[Madras Law College]], Chennai. After completion of law degree he enrolled in the bar council of Chennai in 1989. Civil, criminal and writ sides with specialization in indirect taxes, customs and Central Excise matters are the areas where he had rich experience for more than 25 years. He also served as an Additional Government Pleader (Taxes) for the Government of Tamil Nadu. He was appointed as a judge of the [[Madras High Court]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdjlawjournal.com/judge-profile1.php?id=671&cid=2 | title=CDJ Law Journal }}</ref><br />
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On 24 May 2024, he was appointed as [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of Madras High Court after the retirement of [[Chief Justice]] [[Sanjay V. Gangapurwala]].<br />
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On 18 July 2024, he was appointed as a judge of [[Supreme Court of India]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Madras High Court]]<br />
* [[High Courts of India]]<br />
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