P. R. Ramachandra Menon

Parappillil Ramakrishnan Nair Ramachandra Menon is a retired Indian judge, a former Chief justice of Chhattisgarh High Court^[1] and former judge of Kerala High Court.^[2][3]

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.) P. R. Ramachandra Menon
Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
In office 6 May 2019 – 31 May 2021
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Prashant Kumar Mishra (acting)
Succeeded by	Prashant Kumar Mishra (acting)
Judge of Kerala High Court
In office 5 January 2009 – 5 May 2019
Nominated by	K. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Personal details
Born	(1959-06-01) 1 June 1959 (age 66) Kerala
Citizenship	Indian
Nationality	India
Alma mater	Government Law College, Ernakulam
Website	High Court of Chhattisgarh

Early life and education

Ramachandra Menon was born on 1 June 1959. He obtained a law degree from Government Law College, Ernakulam.^[2]

Career

PRR Menon was enrolled as Advocate on 8 January 1983 and started practice at Ernakulam. He was elevated as Additional Judge of High Court of Kerala on 5 January 2009 and became permanent from 15 December 2010.^[2]

He was given charge as Chief justice of Chhattisgarh High Court^[1] on 30 April 2019 by President of India. He took oath on 6 May 2019 by Governor Anandiben Patel as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court.^[4]