Meet B. Sudershan Reddy, INDIA bloc pick for the Vice President post, Mallikarjun Kharge says...
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has named B. Sudershan Reddy as INDIA alliance candidate for the Vice President post. The key leader of opposition parties held an online meeting on Monday evening and decided in principle to field a vice-presidential candidate. It is important to note that some DMK members, reportedly at the suggestion of their leader MK Stalin, circulated Mylswamy's name. According to certain leaders, the DMK would prefer a Tamil candidate to counter the BJP-AIADMK move to leverage Tamil identity with NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan. The name of DMK MP Tiruchi Siva was also mentioned in some circles. All You Need To Know About B. Sudershan Reddy: B. Sudershan Reddy, B.A., LL.B., was born on July 8, 1946.
He was enrolled as Advocate at Hyderabad with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on December 27, 1971.
B. Sudershan Redd has practiced in Writ and Civil matters in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.
He worked as Government Pleader in the High Court during 1988-90.
Sudershan Reddy also worked as Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government for a period of 6 months during 1990.
He worked as Legal Adviser and Standing Counsel for Osmania University.
B. Sudershan Reddy was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on May 2, 1995.
He was appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on 05.12.2005.
Appointed as a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 12.01.2007. Retired on 8.7.2011 (F.N.)
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