Bangalore: Justice Shivraj Patil Appointed New Lokayukta
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Jul 26: Justice Shivraj Patil has been appointed the new Lokayukta. His appointment was accepted by governor H R Bhardwaj on chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's recommendation.
Former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Patil will take charge on August 2, after current Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde's term ends.
Also, the governor gave his approval for the appointment of retired Karnataka high court judge R Gururajan as the second Upalokayukta.
Justice Patil had led the inquiry into the 2G spectrum scam and probed the role of telecom ministers since 1998.
About Justice Patil
Born on January 12, 1940 at Maladkai, Raichur District, Justice Patil joined bar at Gulbarga, the Divisional Headquarters in Hyderabad, Karnataka Area in 1962 and practised there upto January 1979.
He served as part-time lecturer in Seth Shankarlal Lahoti Law College, Gulbarga from 1967 to 1975 and later served as honorary principal of the same College from May 1975 to June 1978.
He shifted to Bangalore for practice in February 1979 to exclusively practice in the High Court of Karnataka. He was also Standing Counsel for the Bangalore Development Authority and for the Central Silk Board, and advocate for Bangalore University and Gulbarga University. In August / September, 1980, he attended the International Lawyers’ Conference at Belgrade (Yugoslavia) and Burlin (West Germany).
He was a member of the Karnataka State Bar Council, and the Karnataka Law Reporting Council. He was elevated as judge, High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in 1990. In April 1994, he was transferred to High Court at Madras and continued as judge till 1998.
He was acting Chief Justice of High Court of Madras and later assumed office as Chief Justice of High Court of Rajasthan in 1999. He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India in 2000. He retired in 2005.