Cyriac Joseph

Cyriac Joseph
Member of National Human Rights Commission of India
In office
27 May 2013 – 28 January 2017
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
ChairpersonK. G. Balakrishnan
Acting Chairperson
In office
11 May 2015 – 28 February 2016
Preceded byK. G. Balakrishnan
Succeeded byH. L. Dattu
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
7 July 2008 – 27 January 2012
Nominated byK. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed byPratibha Patil
23rd Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court
In office
7 January 2006 – 6 July 2008
Nominated byY. K. Sabharwal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded by
Succeeded by
4th Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court
In office
20 March 2005 – 6 January 2006
Nominated byR. C. Lahoti
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded byV. S. Sirpurkar
Succeeded by
Judge of Kerala High Court
In office
24 September 2001 – 19 March 2005
Nominated byA. S. Anand
Appointed byK. R. Narayanan
In office
2 March 2005 – 18 March 2005
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded byB. Subhashan Reddy
Succeeded by
In office
18 November 2004 – 20 November 2004
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded byN. K. Sodhi
Succeeded byB. Subhashan Reddy
In office
2 October 2002 – 1 November 2002
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded byB. N. Srikrishna
Succeeded byJawahar Lal Gupta
Judge of Delhi High Court
In office
5 August 1994 – 23 September 2001
Nominated byM. N. Venkatachaliah
Appointed byS. D. Sharma
Judge of Kerala High Court
In office
6 July 1994 – 4 August 1994
Nominated byM. N. Venkatachaliah
Appointed byS. D. Sharma
Personal details
Born (1947-01-28) 28 January 1947
SpouseSmt. Biby
ChildrenFour
EducationB.Sc. & B.L.
Alma materGovernment Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
St. Berchmans College Changanacherry
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Cyriac Joseph (born 28 January 1947) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India, who served from 7 July 2008 to 27 January 2012.