P.B. Suresh Kumar

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Hon'ble Justice
P.B. Suresh Kumar
Judge of the Kerala High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1963-06-30) 30 June 1963 (age 61)
NationalityIndian
OccupationJudge

P.B. Suresh Kumar (30 June 1963) [1] is a sitting judge in the Kerala High Court. [2]

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Biography

Kumar was educated at St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School, Kollam and completed legal studies at KGF Law College, Kolar (now Sri Kengal Hanumanthaiya Law College). [1] [3] He began practicing in February 1987 and was designated a senior advocate in July 2011. [1] On 21 May 2014 he was sworn in as an additional judge of the Kerala High Court by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur in Kochi, [4] and was appointed a permanent member of the court on 20 May 2016. [1]

Decisions

In 2020, while determining orders in a dispute over control of a building of the Malankara Church in Ernakulam, Kumar was the recipient of death threats indicating he would be immolated. [5]

In Ridha Fathimav. State of Kerala, within the context of India's COVID-19 vaccine mandates requiring students to be vaccinated to attend exams in-person, Kumar affirmed the priciple of "reasonable exceptions" to certain individual rights when the greater welfare of the public in general was at stake. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Judge Info: Justice P.B.Suresh Kumar". High Court of Kerala. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar". CDJ Law Journal. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sri Kengal Hanumanthaiya Law College | About Us". skhlc.gvet.edu.in. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Newly appointed Judge of the Kerala High Court P.B. Suresh Kumar being sworn in". thehinduimages.com. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kerala HC Judge Gets Death Threat For Trying To Implement SC Order In Church Row". India Legal. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Verma, Kushagra; Varya, Yuvraj (1 November 2022). "Ridha Fathima V. State of Kerala". Bennett Journal Of Legal Studies. 3 (1): 159–169. ISSN   2583-4673.


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