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| name = A. R. Somanath Iyer<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Justice (title)|Justice]]<br />
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| office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Karnataka High Court|4th Chief Justice]] of [[Mysore High Court]]<br />
| appointer = [[V. V. Giri]]<br />
| term_start = 23 November 1969<br />
| term_end = 29 December 1969<br />
| predecessor = {{ubl|[[Nittoor Srinivasa Rau]]|H. Hombe Gowda ''(acting)''}}<br />
| successor = M. Sadasivayya<br />
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| office1 = Judge of [[Mysore High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 11 July 1957<br />
| term_end1 = 22 November 1969<br />{{small|Acting CJ : 1 August 1969 - 22 November 1969}}<br />
| appointer1 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| office3 = [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General]] of [[Mysore State|Mysore]]<br />
| appointer3 = [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]] ''{{small|([[Rajpramukh]] of [[Mysore State|Mysore]])}}''<br />
| predecessor3 = B. Vasudevamurthy<br />
| successor3 = [[Nittoor Srinivasa Rau]]<br />
| term_start3 = 10 August 1950<br />
| term_end3 = 1954<br />
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]<br />
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| birth_place = 30 December 1907<br />
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| profession = Lawyer, Judge<br />
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'''Arni Ramasvami Somanath Iyer''', (also written as '''A. R. Somnath Iyer''') was an [[Indian people|Indian]] lawyer and jurist who served as the [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of the [[Karnataka High Court]].<br />
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He was appointed as judge of [[Mysore High Court]] on 11 July 1957<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointment of A. R. Somnath Iyer as Judge |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/HOME%20AFFAIRS/1957/HOM-1957-07-06-2173.pdf}}</ref> and later became its chief justice his tenure as [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] was from 23 November 1969 to 29 December 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Hon'ble Chief Justices of High Court of Karnataka |url=https://www.karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/judges_former_cjk.php |website=karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> He was the [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate-General of Karnataka]] from 1950 to 1954,<ref>{{cite web |title=Previous AGs' |url=https://advgen.kar.nic.in/previous_ag.asp |website=advgen.kar.nic.in}}</ref> and the acting [[Governor of Karnataka]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Family razes old temple, unaware of its rich history |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/family-razes-old-temple-unaware-of-its-rich-history/articleshow/59184951.cms |publisher=[[Bangalore Mirror]] |date=18 June 2017}}</ref><ref>The Astrological Magazine. (1992). India: Raman Publications.</ref> from 30 August 1969 to 23 October 1969.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka]]<br />
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