P. S. Narasimha

Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former Additional Solicitor General of India. He is well known for his work on the Ayodhya Title Dispute and the BCCI cases.

Career

Narasimha was brought up in Hyderabad. He graduated from Nizam College, Hyderabad with Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Political Science and Public Administration. After receiving a Bachelor of Laws from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1988 he started practice in Andhra Pradesh High Court. His father Kodanda Ramayya was also a judge and legal writer. His older brother P Sri Raghuram is a designated senior advocate practicing in Hyderabad. Narasimha then moved to New Delhi to practice at the Supreme Court. He was designated as Senior Advocate and was appointed as Addl. Solicitor General of India in 2014. In August 2021 he became a judge of the Supreme Court. He is in line to become the 56th Chief Justice of India, if the convention of seniority is followed.