P.B. Suresh Kumar
Hon'ble Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Kerala High Court | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1963 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Judge |
P.B. Suresh Kumar (30 June 1963)[1] is a sitting judge in the Kerala High Court.[2]
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 Fathima v. 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
- ^ a b c d "Judge Info: Justice P.B.Suresh Kumar". High Court of Kerala. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar". CDJ Law Journal. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Sri Kengal Hanumanthaiya Law College | About Us". skhlc.gvet.edu.in. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Newly appointed Judge of the Kerala High Court P.B. Suresh Kumar being sworn in". thehinduimages.com. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.