Mohan Shantanagoudar
# Mohan Shantanagoudar

Mohan Mallikarjunagouda Shantanagoudar (5 May 1958 – 25 April 2021) was an Indian jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

He served as chief justice of the Kerala High Court.

## Biography

Shantanagoudar initially practiced at the Karnataka High Court as an advocate, and was later appointed an additional judge in 2003, and elevated as a permanent judge of the Karnataka High Court on 29 September 2004. He was appointed the acting chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 1 August 2016 and later as chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 22 September 2016. In February 2017, Shantanagoudar was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India by President Pranab Mukherjee.

He died during service on 24 April 2021 at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon due to pneumonia and post COVID-19 complications.

