Vaidyanathier Ramaswami

Vaidyanathier Ramaswami
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office 4 January 1965 – 30 October 1969
Appointed by	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
9th Chief Justice of Patna High Court
In office 30 April 1956 – 3 January 1965
Preceded by	Sudhi Ranjan Das
Succeeded by	R. L. Narasimham
Judge of the Patna High Court
In office 28 October 1948 – 30 April 1956
Personal details
Born	(1904-10-30)October 30, 1904 Madras Presidency, British India
Education	Presidency College, Chennai University of Allahabad University of Oxford Inner Temple
Profession	Indian Civil Servant, Judge

Vaidyanathier Ramaswami (30 October 1904 – ?) was an Indian Judge and Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Career

Ramaswami was born in 1904. He studied at Presidency College, Madras and the University of Allahabad. He went for higher stidies to England and entered in the University of Oxford and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, London. Ramaswami joined the Indian Civil Service (ICS) on 9 October 1929 and started his administrative career in Bihar as an Assistant Magistrate and Collector in 1933. he served as Secretary to the Orissa Committee under the Government of India. In March 1936, Ramaswami was appointed as District and Sessions Judge thereafter became the Registrar of the Patna High Court on 11 November 1946. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Patna High Court in 1947, and elevated to Chief Justice of the Patna High Court on 30 April 1956. On 4 January 1965, Ramaswami was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India and served there until his retirement on 30 October 1969.