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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former Chief Justice of Orissa and Patna High Courts}}<br />
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| name = Ramaswamy Laxman Narasimham<br />
| image = Justice RL Narasimham.jpg<br />
| office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Patna High Court|13th Chief Justice]] of [[Patna High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 4 January 1965<br />
| term_end = 2 August 1968<br />
| nominator = [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]<br />
| appointer = [[S. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| predecessor = Vaidyanathier Ramaswami<br />
| successor = Satish Chandra Mishra<br />
| office1 = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Orissa High Court|4th Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 21 March 1956<br />
| term_end1 = 3 January 1965<br />
| nominator1 = [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]]<br />
| appointer1 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Lingaraj Panigrahi]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Khaleel Ahmed (judge)|Khaleel Ahmed]]<br />
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Orissa High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 26 July 1948<br />
| term_end2 = 20 March 1956<br />
| appointer2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|08|3|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| education = [[M. A.]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Madras University]] <br />
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'''Ramaswamy Laxman Narasimham''' (R.L. Narasimham) was an Indian judge and former chief justice of the [[Orissa High Court]]<ref name="aironline">{{cite web |title=Hon'ble Chief Justice R. L.Narasimham |url=https://www.aironline.in/legal-articles/Hon%E2%80%99ble+Chief+Justice+R.+L.Narasimham |accessdate=19 December 2024 |website=www.aironline.in}}</ref> and [[Patna High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF RETIRED CHIEF JUSICE |url=https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/retired_cj |access-date=2026-01-17 |website=patnahighcourt.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
R.L. Narasimham was a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]]. Initially he was a Secretary to the [[Government of Orissa]] in the Law, Commerce and Labour Departments and Superintendent and Remembrancer of legal affairs. He passed M.A. from [[University of Madras|Madras University]] and possessed a diploma in economics. He joined [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] and came out successful in the examination. He successfully completed in the I.C.S. examination and joined that service in 1931. He was a District and Sessions Judge at [[Cuttack district|Cuttack]]-[[Sambalpur district|Sambalpur]] before he became Secretary to the Government of Orissa.<ref name="orissahighcourt">{{cite web |title=Former Chief Justice {{!}} Orissa High Court, Cuttack |url=https://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/judges/former-chief-justices/hon-ble-mr-justice-ramaswamy-laxman-narasimham/ |accessdate=19 December 2024 |website=www.orissahighcourt.nic.in}}</ref> He was elevated to the Bench of [[Orissa High Court]] on 26 July 1948 and served as the [[Chief Justice]] of Orissa High Court from 22 March 1956 to 3 January 1965 and then transferred to [[Patna High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=R. L. Narasimham vs Union Of India |url=https://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/662385/?big=0&formInput=written%20arguments}}</ref><br />
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