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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Justice
| name = V. S. Malimath
| image =
| office1 = Chairman, [[Tribunals in India|Central Administrative Tribunal]]
| term_start1 = 12 December 1991
| term_end1 = 11 June 1994
| appointer1 = [[R. Venkataraman]]
| predecessor1 = [[Amitav Banerji]]
| successor1 = S. C. Mathur
| office2 = [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Kerala High Court]]
| term_start2 = 24 October 1985
| term_end2 = 11 June 1991
| appointer2 = [[Zail Singh]]
| predecessor2 = K. Bhaskaran
| successor2 = [[M. Jagannadha Rao]]
| office3 = [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Karnataka High Court]]
| term_start3 = 6 February 1984
| term_end3 = 24 October 1985
| appointer3 = Zail Singh
| predecessor3 = K. Bhimaiah
| successor3 = [[Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|07|12}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|12|22|1929|07|12}}
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], India
| alma_mater = [[University of London]]
}}

'''V. S. Malimath''' (12 June 1929 – 22 December 2015) was an [[India]]n [[jurist]], who served as Chief Justice of the [[Kerala High Court]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Former Judges of High Court of Kerala|url = http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html|website = highcourtofkerala.nic.in|accessdate = 2015-12-23}}</ref> and [[Karnataka High Court]]. He also was the Chairman of the [[Tribunals in India|Central Administrative Tribunal]], and then member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India]]. He headed the Committee on Reform of Criminal Justice System.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Recommendations of the Malimath Committee on reforms of Criminal Justice System|url = http://www.pucl.org/Topics/Law/2003/malimath-recommendations.htm|website = www.pucl.org|accessdate = 2015-12-23}}</ref>

==Education==
Malimath did his primary education from Karnataka. He then secured First Rank in LL.B. and a post Graduate Diploma in Public International Law from [[University of London]] in 1952.

==Career==
Malimath started his law practice in the High Court of Bombay in 1952. He moved his practice to [[Bangalore]] in 1956. The state then appointed him Advocate General in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Advocate General for Karnataka|url = http://www.advgen.kar.nic.in/previous_ag.asp|website = www.advgen.kar.nic.in|accessdate = 2015-12-25}}</ref> He rose rapidly through the ranks of the Judiciary. He was appointed as a Judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1970 and became Chief Justice of the Karnataka Court in 1984. He was then transferred to [[Kerala]] as its Chief Justice in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hon'ble Dr. Justice V.S. Malimath|url=http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/bio_data/HCKformer_judges/malith.html}}</ref>

He served on the Central Administrative Tribunal as its chair.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://cgatnew.gov.in/writereaddata/Delhi/docs/MEMBER1985.pdf|title = Former Members of Central Administrative Tribunal|date = |accessdate = 25 December 2015|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> He served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|title = National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, India.|url = http://nhrc.nic.in/|website = nhrc.nic.in|accessdate = 2015-12-25}}</ref> After his retirement from the high court he also headed the [[Indian Penal Code#Criminal justice reforms|Committee on Reform of Criminal Justice System in India.]] He was a U.N. Representative to monitor human rights enforcement in Nigeria <ref>{{Cite book|title = National Human Rights Commission of India: Formation, Functioning, and Future Prospects|publisher = Atlantic Publishers & Dist|date = 2003-01-01|isbn = 9788185495774|first = Arun|last = Ray}}</ref> and Sri Lanka. The [[International Bar Association]] appointed him as part of a fact finding mission to Sri Lanka to assess the circumstances surrounding a call for a constitutional referendum and its effect on the country's judiciary.<ref>{{Cite web|title = IBA - Sri Lanka fact-finding, 2001|url = http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=3a1bf39b-3ba9-4f09-9fa4-4449c8152de0|accessdate = 2015-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Bar chairman selected for Sri Lankan legal mission|url = https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/4496|website = m.malaysiakini.com|accessdate = 2015-12-23|language = en-MY}}</ref>

He was also the chair of the Karnataka Border Protection Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Border Protection Panel Chief Submits Draft Terms|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Border-Protection-Panel-Chief-Submits-Draft-Terms/2015/07/20/article2929791.ece|website = The New Indian Express|accessdate = 2015-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Reupped Roundup : Ban on Chinese Lanterns, Salman Khan, Justice Malimath & more - Bar & Bench|url = http://barandbench.com/legal-india-news-salman-khan-gujarat-high-court-german-bakery-malimath/|website = Bar & Bench|accessdate = 2015-12-23|language = en-US}}</ref>
He also headed committee for reforms in Code of Civil Procedure

==Awards and honors==
He represented India in several international conferences. He was conferred with the National Citizen's Award by the President of India, [[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Rajyotsava Award]] by the Government of Karnataka, and an Honorary Doctorate of Law by Karnataka University.
In 2011, [[Kannada University|Hampi University]] conferred the Nadoja Award upon V.S. Malimath.<ref>{{Cite news|title = ‘Nadoja' conferred on Malimath, three others|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/nadoja-conferred-on-malimath-three-others/article2750712.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2011-12-27|access-date = 2015-12-29|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Nadoja for Malimath, S L Bhyrappa|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article237086.ece|website = The New Indian Express|accessdate = 2015-12-29}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Judges of the Karnataka High Court]]
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Karnataka High Court]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Kerala High Court]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of London]]

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