KOCHI: Former Chief Justice of the Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Kolkata High Courts, Thottathil B Radhakrishnan, 64, passed away in Kochi on April 3 morning following a brief illness.

The Top jurist Justice Radhakrishnan had been ailing from cancer. He was the former Chief Justice of the High Courts of Calcutta, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh.  After his retirement from the post of the Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court, the Supreme Court appointed him as an enquiry authority to fix the culpability regarding the illegal construction of the Maradu apartments, which were razed for violating Coastal Regulation Zone rules in 2022. He commenced his career as a lawyer in 1983 and was elevated as a judge of the Kerala High Court in 2004. In 2016 and 2017 he was briefly appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.

In July, 2018, he was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. But before this, for a brief period in March 2018 he was appointed as the Chief Justice in Chhattisgarh High Court.

He was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the High Court for Telangana on January 1, 2019. On April 4, 2019, he took oath as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, a post which he occupied until his retirement in April, 2021, after which he returned and was leading a retired life.  He is survived by his wife Meera Sen and children, Parvathi Nair and Kesavararaj Nair.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled the death of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan.

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