Who is former SC judge B Sudershan Reddy? INDIA bloc's pick for V-P candidate

Former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy.

Former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy has been named as INDIA bloc's candidate for upcoming Vice-Presidential election, scheduled for September 9.

The decision was taken at a meeting held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence, where leaders of the alliance discussed fielding a joint nominee.

He will be up against Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA's candidate CP Radhakrishnan, who is the current Governor of Maharashtra.

Who is B Sudershan Reddy?

- Justice (retd) B Sudershan Reddy, 78, presided over country's constitutional courts for over 16 years and had a distinguished legal career spanning four decades.

- Born on July 8, 1946, Justice Reddy was appointed as a permanent judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on May 2, 1995 and was later appointed as the chief justice of the Gauhati High Court on December 5, 2005, PTI reported.

- Before that, B Sudershan Reddy was enrolled as an advocate in Hyderabad with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on December 27, 1971.

- Reddy has served as government pleader in the Andhra Pradesh High Court between 1988 and 1990, and briefly as additional standing counsel for the Centre in 1990. Reddy also worked as legal adviser and standing counsel for Osmania University.

- He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on January 12, 2007 and retired on July 8, 2011.

- Justice Reddy became the first Lokayukta of Goa in March 2013 but resigned within seven months citing personal reasons.

- He is also in the Board of Trustees of International Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Hyderabad.

(With inputs from PTI)