Former Chief Justice of Karnataka and Kerala High Courts V S Malimath dead

Bengaluru: Former Chief Justice of Karnataka and Kerala High Courts V.S. Malimath died at a private hospital after a brief illness. He was 86.

Justice Malimath was undergoing treatment for the last three weeks for viral infection and significant weakness, Manipal Hospitals Chairman Dr H. Sudarshan Ballal said. He was subsequently moved to ICU and breathed his last late last night, Ballal said. He is survived by a son and four daughters.

Justice Malimath had served as Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal and as a Member of the National Human Rights Commission. He also headed the Committee on Reform of Criminal Justice System in India, and was the UN representative to monitor human rights enforcement in Nigeria and Sri Lanka.

Justice Malimath, a post-graduate diploma in Public International Law from University of London, commenced practice at the High Court of Bombay in 1952 and later shifted to Bengaluru where he went on to become Advocate General in 1968.

He was appointed as Judge of the High Court of Karnataka in 1970 and its Chief Justice in 1984. He was an International Observer to oversee the referendum in Sri Lanka.

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