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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = B. Sudershan Reddy<br />
| image = [[File:B. Sudarshan Reddy, former Judge of Supreme Court of India.png|200px|]]<br />
| caption = Official portrait, 2007<br />
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| term_start = 12 January 2007<br />
| term_end = 7 July 2011<br />
| office1 = Chief Justice of the [[Gauhati High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 5 December 2005<br />
| term_end1 = 12 January 2007<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Binod Kumar Roy]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Jasti Chelameswar]]<br />
| nominator = [[Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal]]<br />
| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|07|8}}<br />
| birth_place = Akula Mylaram, [[Ranga Reddy district]], [[Hyderabad State]] (present–day [[Telangana]]), [[India]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Osmania University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])<br />
| spouse =<br />
| birth_name = Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy<br />
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] <br />
}}<br />
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'''Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy<ref>{{cite web | title= List of Contesting Candidates | url=https://www.eci.gov.in/eci-backend/public/api/download?url=LMAhAK6sOPBp%2FNFF0iRfXbEB1EVSLT41NNLRjYNJJP1KivrUxbfqkDatmHy12e%2Fzznw5Qtyss%2B8ILdni0Z0RBIqvs60RqYF%2FabZ%2F1ehiaHsWTt2CbG8Do4Z8PWKfFVvbZZXm1hzWBOdRVjBUcspX8g%3D%3D|website=Election Commission of India|date= 25 August 2025}}</ref>''' (born 8 July 1946) is an Indian [[jurist]] who served as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web | title=High Court for the State of Telangana |url=https://tshc.gov.in/showFormerJudgeProfile?id=310 }}</ref> He was the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]] (INDIA) candidate for the [[2025 Indian vice presidential election|2025 vice presidential election]], losing to [[C. P. Radhakrishnan]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy was born on 8 July 1946 in Akula Mylaram, [[Ranga Reddy district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] ( [[Telangana]]), in an agricultural family. He studied in [[Hyderabad]] and obtained a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree from [[Osmania University]] in 1971. He enrolled as an advocate at the [[Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh]] the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://supremecourtcaselaw.com/jus_bsudershanreddy.htm|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy|access-date=23 November 2018|archive-date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720094052/http://www.supremecourtcaselaw.com/jus_bsudershanreddy.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In his early legal career, he started practice on civil and constitutional matters under K. Pratap Reddy, a [[senior advocate]] of the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]]. On 8 August 1988, Reddy was appointed as a government pleader in the High Court and became the additional standing counsel for the [[Government of India]], serving until 1990. In 1993, he was elected as president of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Advocates Association and also served as a legal adviser to Osmania University.<ref>https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-b-sudershan-reddy/</ref><br />
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On 2 May 1993, Reddy became a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. In 2005, he was appointed as the chief justice of the [[Gauhati High Court]]. Reddy was appointed to the post of judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 12 January 2007. He retired on 7 July 2011, with one of his last cases being the influential [[Salwa Judum]] case.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ghconline.gov.in/fcjusticesGHC.html|title=Judges Profile|access-date=23 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/128_bsreddy.htm|title=Former Judges|access-date=23 November 2018|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123200747/http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/128_bsreddy.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the passage of [[The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013]], he became the first [[Goa Lokayukta|Lokayukta of Goa]] in March 2013. In October 2013, Reddy resigned from the role due to personal reasons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/goa-lokayukta-b-sudarshan-reddy-resigns/articleshow/24294666.cms|title=Goa Lokayukta B Sudarshan Reddy resigns|agency=PTI|date=17 October 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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== 2025 vice presidential election ==<br />
On 19 August 2025, [[Mallikarjun Kharge]], the chairman of the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]] bloc, announced Reddy as their candidate for the [[2025 Indian vice presidential election|2025 vice presidential election]], following the resignation of [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]. He received the endorsement of the [[Indian National Congress]], among others.<ref name="Vice President election 2025: INDIA Bloc fields former SC judge Sudershan Reddy against NDA’s C.P. Radhakrishnan">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=19 August 2025 |title=Vice President election 2025: INDIA Bloc fields former SC judge Sudershan Reddy against NDA's C.P. Radhakrishnan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-sc-judge-sudershan-reddy-is-oppositions-candidate-for-vice-president-elections/article69950720.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819124214/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-sc-judge-sudershan-reddy-is-oppositions-candidate-for-vice-president-elections/article69950720.ece |archivedate=19 August 2025 |accessdate=19 August 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref> He was defeated by the [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] candidate, [[C. P. Radhakrishnan|C.P. Radhakrishnan]], by a margin of 152 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Swastika Das |date=2025-09-09 |title=CP Radhakrishnan is India's new Vice President, defeats opposition's B Sudershan Reddy {{!}} Today News |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/cp-radhakrishnan-is-indias-new-vice-president-defeats-oppositions-b-sudershan-reddy-vice-presidential-elections-11757421013204.html |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Electoral history==<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
|+ |[[Vice President of India]]<br />
!rowspan="2"|Year<br />
!rowspan="2"|Candidate<br />
!! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Party<br />
!rowspan="2"|Home State<br />
!colspan="2"|Election<br />
!rowspan="2"|Result<br />
|-<br />
!Votes<br />
!%<br />
|-<br />
![[2025 Indian vice presidential election|2025]]<br />
|B. Sudershan Reddy<br />
|{{Party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|[[Telangana]]<br />
|300<br />
|39.9%<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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