Chokkalingam Nagappan (born 4 October 1951) is a former judge of the

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who served from September 2013 till his retirement in October 2016.

Education

Nagappan hails from

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and had his initial schooling there. He did his pre-university course in St. Joseph's College,

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and completed his B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry at Madura College,

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. He studied law at

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and secured Third Rank in the Final University Examination in April, 1974. He did his M.L. Course in Criminal Law and secured First Rank in 1977.

Career

He practiced as Junior Advocate under K. Parasaran, former Attorney General of India. He was a part-time Professor in Madras Law College for 7 years. He was directly recruited as District and Sessions Judge in 1987 and worked as District and Sessions Judge at Cuddalore, Salem and Coimbatore. Thereafter, he worked as the Special Officer, Vigilance Cell, Madras High Court. He was elevated as a Judge of The Madras High Court on 27 September 2000 and appointed a permanent Judge on 20 September 2002. He was then further elevated as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and sworn in on 27 February 2013. He was appointed a Judge of The Supreme Court of India and sworn in on 19 September 2013. Nagappan who held a relatively short tenure retired as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 3 October 2016.

Notable Judgements

Aadhar

A three judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court, comprising Nagappan,

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, and

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ratified an earlier order of the Supreme Court and clarified that no Indian citizen without an

Aadhaar Aadhaar ( hi, आधार, ādhār, lit=base, foundation, bn, আধার) is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by the citizens of India and resident foreign nationals who have spent over 182 days in twelve ...

card can be deprived of basic services and government subsidies.

References

External links

Profile in Orissa High Court website
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