H l dattu biography sample

Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu served as the 42nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for over a year.

Born on 3 December 1950, in Chikmagalur district, Karnataka Justice Dattu completed his early education in Kadur, Tarikere and Birur. Later, he moved to Bangalore to pursue higher studies. After obtaining his law degree he enrolled as an advocate on 23 October 1975.

He built a practice around tax law but also took on civil, criminal, and constitutional law matters.

In 1982 he became the Government pleader for the Sales Tax Department at the High Court.

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He was later appointed as a Government Advocate from 1990 to 1993, a Standing Counsel for Income tax department from 1992 to 1993 and Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department from 1993 to 1995.

Justice Dattu was elevated as Judge of the High Court of Karnataka in December 1995. In February 2007, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh.

A few months later, in May 2007, he was Biography of H. L. Dattu GADY