V. S. Malimath

Justice
V. S. Malimath
Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
In office
12 December 1991  11 June 1994
Appointed byR. Venkataraman
Preceded byAmitav Banerji
Succeeded byS. C. Mathur
Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
In office
24 October 1985  11 June 1991
Appointed byZail Singh
Preceded byK. Bhaskaran
Succeeded byM. Jagannadha Rao
Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court
In office
6 February 1984  24 October 1985
Appointed byZail Singh
Preceded byK. Bhimaiah
Succeeded byKalmanje Jagannatha Shetty
Personal details
Born(1929-07-12)12 July 1929
Died22 December 2015(2015-12-22) (aged 86)
Bengaluru, India
Alma materUniversity of London

V. S. Malimath (12 June 1929 – 22 December 2015) was an Indian jurist, who served as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and Karnataka High Court. He also was the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal, and then member of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He headed the Committee on Reform of Criminal Justice System.