Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced that the last rites of the deceased Supreme Court Judge Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar will be held with full state honours.
Shantanagoudar died late on Saturday night at a private hospital in Gurugram, where he was admitted due to a lung infection. He hailed from Haveri district in North Karnataka. He was 62.
"His last rites will be performed with full state honours, by deploying minimum police force, maintaining social distancing and following COVID-19 guidelines issued by the state government," an official notification stated.
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Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said the country has lost a great judicial officer with the death of Shantanagoudar.
Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Housing Minister V Somanna and Agriculture Minister BC Patil among other leaders visited Shantangoudar's residence at Rajajinagar in Bengaluru and paid their last respects.
Justice Shantanagoudar was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on February 17, 2017. Born on May 5, 1958, he got enrolled as an advocate on September 5, 1980.
He was appointed as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on May 12, 2003 and became a permanent judge in Karnataka High 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. He became the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on September 22, 2016, before being elevated as an apex court judge.
