S. Ramachandra Iyer - Revision history

BXIBerniece at 04:18, 22 July 2025

2025-07-22T04:18:53Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:48, 22 July 2025
Line 1:		Line 1:
			{{Short description\|Indian lawyer (born 1901)}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=August 2015}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=August 2015}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~August 2015~~}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2025}}
	''' Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer''' (1 October 1901 - date of death unknown) was an [[Indian ~~people\|Indian]]~~ [[lawyer]] who served as the Chief Justice of the [[Madras High Court]] from 10 May 1961 to 1 November 1964.<ref name=Madras_high_court>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|access-date=29 August 2014\|title=The Honourable Chief Justices\|publisher=Madras High Court\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|archive-date=12 February 2012~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref> Madras lawyer [[Vasantha Pai]] found evidence that Iyer had falsified his birth date to avoid compulsory retirement at the age of 60 including going to the Judge's birthplace and photographing his original birth register which showed his real age.Judge Iyer denied that he was over 60 years.It became a scandal after the ~~Judge~~'s younger brother, Subramanya ~~Balakrishnan~~ sent invitations to celebrate his [[~~Shashti Poorthi~~\|60th birthday]] while his elder brother the ~~Judge~~'s age was shown as below 60 years.<ref name=Pai_obituary_Hindu>{{cite news\|title=Vasantha Pai: an advocate's advocate\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221053444/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 February 2009\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/timing-of-katjus-allegations-needs-to-be-questioned/20140723.htm \| title=Timing of Katju's allegations needs to be questioned \| publisher=Rediff \| date=23 July 2014 \| accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> Pai filed a petition Iyer~~, who~~ resigned on 1 November 1964 on a request from the then [[Chief Justice of India]] [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]] as the case would ~~damage~~ the judiciary <ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/contempt-law-and-human-rights/article27921111.ece\| title=Contempt Law and Human Rights \| date=10 March 2001 \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| accessdate=9 September 2021}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/the-controversy-over-age-then-and-now/article2841441.ece \| title=The controversy over age... then and now \| ~~publisher~~=[[The Hindu]] \| date=29 January 2012 \| accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> and this led the petition ~~to be~~ eventually dismissed in 1967 on the ~~ground~~ that Iyer had already resigned his judgeship.<ref name=Pai_v_Iyer>{{cite court \|url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1159245/ \|litigants=G. Vasantha Pai vs Sri S. Ramachandra Iyer \|vol=2 \|reporter=MLJ \|opinion=151 \|date=1967}}</ref>		''' Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer''' (1 October 1901 – date of death unknown) was an Indian [[lawyer]] who served as the Chief Justice of the [[Madras High Court]] from 10 May 1961 to 1 November 1964.<ref name=Madras_high_court>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|access-date=29 August 2014\|title=The Honourable Chief Justices\|publisher=Madras High Court\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|archive-date=12 February 2012}}</ref> Madras lawyer [[Vasantha Pai]] found evidence that Iyer had falsified his birth date to avoid compulsory retirement at the age of 60 including going to the Judge's birthplace and photographing his original birth register which showed his real age. Judge Iyer denied that he was over 60 years. It became a scandal after the judge's younger brother, Subramanya Rajagopalan, sent invitations to celebrate his [[Shashthipurti\|60th birthday]] while his elder brother the judge's age was shown as below 60 years.<ref name=Pai_obituary_Hindu>{{cite news\|title=Vasantha Pai: an advocate's advocate\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221053444/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 February 2009\|work=The Hindu\|date=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/timing-of-katjus-allegations-needs-to-be-questioned/20140723.htm \| title=Timing of Katju's allegations needs to be questioned \| publisher=Rediff \| date=23 July 2014 \| accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> Pai filed a petition. Iyer resigned on 1 November 1964 on a request from the then [[Chief Justice of India]] [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]] as the case would bring the judiciary into disrepute<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/contempt-law-and-human-rights/article27921111.ece\| title=Contempt Law and Human Rights \| date=10 March 2001 \| work=The Hindu \| accessdate=9 September 2021}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/the-controversy-over-age-then-and-now/article2841441.ece \| title=The controversy over age... then and now \| work=The Hindu \| date=29 January 2012 \| accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> and this led to the petition eventually being dismissed in 1967 on the grounds that Iyer had already resigned his judgeship.<ref name=Pai_v_Iyer>{{cite court \|url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1159245/ \|litigants=G. Vasantha Pai vs Sri S. Ramachandra Iyer \|vol=2 \|reporter=MLJ \|opinion=151 \|date=1967}}</ref><ref name="Albuquerque 2022 e106">{{cite web \| last=Albuquerque \| first=Olav \| title=PIL jurisprudence needs to undergo a change, writes Olav Albuquerque \| website=Free Press Journal \| date=29 April 2022 \| url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/pil-jurisprudence-needs-to-undergo-a-change-writes-olav-albuquerque \| access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
Line 10:		Line 11:
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Iyer, S. Ramachandra}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Iyer, S. Ramachandra}}
	[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]		[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]
	[[Category:Chief ~~Justices~~ of the Madras High Court]]		[[Category:Chief justices of the Madras High Court]]
	[[Category:1901 births]]		[[Category:1901 births]]
	[[Category:Year of death missing]]		[[Category:Year of death missing]]

>Pharaoh of the Wizards: Fix Ref

2021-09-09T11:20:46Z

Fix Ref

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:50, 9 September 2021
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Use Indian English\|date=August 2015}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=August 2015}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2015}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2015}}
	''' Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer''' (1 October 1901 - date of death unknown) was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[lawyer]] who served as the Chief Justice of the [[Madras High Court]] from 10 May 1961 to 1 November 1964.<ref name=Madras_high_court>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|access-date=29 August 2014\|title=The Honourable Chief Justices\|publisher=Madras High Court\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|archive-date=12 February 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Madras lawyer [[Vasantha Pai]] found evidence that Iyer had falsified his birth date to avoid compulsory retirement at the age of 60 including going to the Judge's birthplace and photographing his original birth register which showed his real age.Judge Iyer denied that he was over 60 years.It became a scandal after the Judge's younger brother, Subramanya Balakrishnan sent invitations to celebrate his [[Shashti Poorthi\|60th birthday]] while his elder brother the Judge's age was shown as below 60 years.<ref name=Pai_obituary_Hindu>{{cite news\|title=Vasantha Pai: an advocate's advocate\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221053444/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 February 2009\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/timing-of-katjus-allegations-needs-to-be-questioned/20140723.htm \| title=Timing of Katju's allegations needs to be questioned \| publisher=Rediff \| date=23 July 2014 \| accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> Pai filed a petition ~~against~~ Iyer, who resigned on 1 November 1964 on a request from the then [[Chief Justice of India]] [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]<ref>{{cite web \| url=~~http~~://www.thehindu.com/~~2001~~/03/10/~~stories~~/~~05101348~~.~~htm~~ \| title=Contempt Law and Human Rights \| date=10 March 2001 \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| accessdate=~~5 October 2015}}{{dead link\|date=April~~ 2021~~\|bot=medic~~}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/the-controversy-over-age-then-and-now/article2841441.ece \| title=The controversy over age... then and now \| publisher=[[The Hindu]] \| date=29 January 2012 \| accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> and this led the petition to be eventually dismissed in 1967 on the ground that Iyer had already resigned his judgeship.<ref name=Pai_v_Iyer>{{cite court \|url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1159245/ \|litigants=G. Vasantha Pai vs Sri S. Ramachandra Iyer \|vol=2 \|reporter=MLJ \|opinion=151 \|date=1967}}</ref>		''' Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer''' (1 October 1901 - date of death unknown) was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[lawyer]] who served as the Chief Justice of the [[Madras High Court]] from 10 May 1961 to 1 November 1964.<ref name=Madras_high_court>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|access-date=29 August 2014\|title=The Honourable Chief Justices\|publisher=Madras High Court\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|archive-date=12 February 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Madras lawyer [[Vasantha Pai]] found evidence that Iyer had falsified his birth date to avoid compulsory retirement at the age of 60 including going to the Judge's birthplace and photographing his original birth register which showed his real age.Judge Iyer denied that he was over 60 years.It became a scandal after the Judge's younger brother, Subramanya Balakrishnan sent invitations to celebrate his [[Shashti Poorthi\|60th birthday]] while his elder brother the Judge's age was shown as below 60 years.<ref name=Pai_obituary_Hindu>{{cite news\|title=Vasantha Pai: an advocate's advocate\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221053444/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 February 2009\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/timing-of-katjus-allegations-needs-to-be-questioned/20140723.htm \| title=Timing of Katju's allegations needs to be questioned \| publisher=Rediff \| date=23 July 2014 \| accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> Pai filed a petition Iyer, who resigned on 1 November 1964 on a request from the then [[Chief Justice of India]] [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]] as the case would damage the judiciary <ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/contempt-law-and-human-rights/article27921111.ece\| title=Contempt Law and Human Rights \| date=10 March 2001 \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| accessdate=9 September 2021}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/the-controversy-over-age-then-and-now/article2841441.ece \| title=The controversy over age... then and now \| publisher=[[The Hindu]] \| date=29 January 2012 \| accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> and this led the petition to be eventually dismissed in 1967 on the ground that Iyer had already resigned his judgeship.<ref name=Pai_v_Iyer>{{cite court \|url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1159245/ \|litigants=G. Vasantha Pai vs Sri S. Ramachandra Iyer \|vol=2 \|reporter=MLJ \|opinion=151 \|date=1967}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

>GreenC bot: Rescued 2 archive links; reformat 3 links. Wayback Medic 2.5

2021-04-21T22:09:18Z

Rescued 2 archive links; reformat 3 links. Wayback Medic 2.5

New page

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
''' Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer''' (1 October 1901 - date of death unknown) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[lawyer]] who served as the Chief Justice of the [[Madras High Court]] from 10 May 1961 to 1 November 1964.<ref name=Madras_high_court>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm|access-date=29 August 2014|title=The Honourable Chief Justices|publisher=Madras High Court|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm|archive-date=12 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Madras lawyer [[Vasantha Pai]] found evidence that Iyer had falsified his birth date to avoid compulsory retirement at the age of 60 including going to the Judge's birthplace and photographing his original birth register which showed his real age.Judge Iyer denied that he was over 60 years.It became a scandal after the Judge's younger brother, Subramanya Balakrishnan sent invitations to celebrate his [[Shashti Poorthi|60th birthday]] while his elder brother the Judge's age was shown as below 60 years.<ref name=Pai_obituary_Hindu>{{cite news|title=Vasantha Pai: an advocate's advocate|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221053444/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021658760700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/timing-of-katjus-allegations-needs-to-be-questioned/20140723.htm | title=Timing of Katju's allegations needs to be questioned | publisher=Rediff | date=23 July 2014 | accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> Pai filed a petition against Iyer, who resigned on 1 November 1964 on a request from the then [[Chief Justice of India]] [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/10/stories/05101348.htm | title=Contempt Law and Human Rights | date=10 March 2001 | work=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=5 October 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/the-controversy-over-age-then-and-now/article2841441.ece | title=The controversy over age... then and now | publisher=[[The Hindu]] | date=29 January 2012 | accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> and this led the petition to be eventually dismissed in 1967 on the ground that Iyer had already resigned his judgeship.<ref name=Pai_v_Iyer>{{cite court |url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1159245/ |litigants=G. Vasantha Pai vs Sri S. Ramachandra Iyer |vol=2 |reporter=MLJ |opinion=151 |date=1967}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iyer, S. Ramachandra}}
[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Madras High Court]]
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]

{{india-law-bio-stub}}