• The sitting Supreme Court of India Judge Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar has passed away  due to a lung infection. He was 62.
• Justice M Shantanagoudar was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on February 17, 2017, and was to serve the office till May 5, 2023.

Justice M Shantanagoudar :

• Justice Shantanagoudar was born on May, 5, 1958, in Karnataka.
• He was enrolled as an advocate on September 5, 1980.
• He became additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on May 12, 2003, followed by permanent judge in the court in September 2004.
• Later, he was transferred to the Kerala High Court, where he assumed charge as the Acting Chief Justice on August 1, 2016.
• Following this, he became the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on September 22, 2016, before being elevated as apex court judge.