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{{Infobox Judge
| honorific-prefix = '''Hon'ble Justice'''
| image = Justice Cyriac Joseph DSW.jpg
| name = Justice Cyriac Joseph
| caption =
| office = [[National Human Rights Commission of India|Acting Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission of India]]
| termstart = 13 May 2015
| termend = 28 Jan 2017
| office2 = [[National Human Rights Commission of India|Member, National Human Rights Commission of India]]
| termstart2 = 27 May 2013
| termend2 = 12 May 2015
| office3 = [[Judge]] [[Supreme Court of India]]
| termstart3 = 7 July 2008
| termend3 = 27 January 2012
| office4 = [[Chief Justice]] [[High Court of Karnataka]]
| term_start4 = 7 January 2006
| term_end4 = 6 July 2008
| office5 = [[Chief Justice]] [[High Court of Uttarakhand]]
| term_start5 = 20 March 2005
| term_end5 = 6 January 2006
| office6 = [[Judge]] [[High Court of Kerala]]
| term_start6 = 24 September 2001
| term_end6 = 19 March 2005
| office7 = [[Judge]] [[High Court of Delhi]]
| term_start7 = 5 August 1994
| term_end7 = 23 September 2001
| office8 = [[Judge]] [[High Court of Kerala]]
| term_start8 = 6 July 1994
| term_end8 = 4 August 1994
| office9 = Additional Advocate General, State of Kerala
| term_start9 = 6 July 1991
| term_end9 = 5 July 1994
| education = B.Sc. & B.L.
| alma_mater = [[Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]]<br>[[St. Berchmans College]] Changanacherry
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kaipuzha, [[Kottayam]]
| citizenship = [[India]]n
| nationality = {{IND}}
| spouse = Smt. Biby
| children = Four
| website = {{URL|http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in|Supreme Court of India}}
}}
'''Cyriac Joseph''' (born on 28 January 1947 at [[Kaipuzha]], [[Kottayam District]], [[Travancore]]) was a Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] from 7 July 2008 to 27 January 2012.<ref name="Vikramjit Sen, Gopalagowda, Eqbal to join Supreme Court soon">{{cite web|title=Vikramjit Sen, Gopalagowda, Eqbal to join Supreme Court soon|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vikramjit-sen-gopalagowda-eqbal-to-join-supreme-court-soon/article4168006.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=19 May 2013|quote=After the retirement of Justice Cyriac Joseph in January this year, there was no representation for Christians and Justice Sen will fill this vacancy.}}</ref><ref name="Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed SC judge">{{cite news|title=Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed SC judge|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/justice-cyriac-joseph-appointed-sc-judge_451594.html|accessdate=19 May 2013|newspaper=Zee News|date=27 June 2008}}</ref><ref name="Justice Cyriac Joseph profile at SC">[http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/cjoseph.htm Website Supreme Court of India]</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in [[Kaipuzha]], Kottayam Kerala on 28 January 1947. He completed his education from [[Kaipuzha]] St. Margarette's U.P.School, [[Kaipuzha]] St. George's High School, Palai St Thomas College, [[St. Berchmans College]] Changanacherry and [[Trivandrum]] Government Law College.<ref name="Justice Cyriac Joseph profile at SC"/><ref name="Website Knanaya Community">[http://www.knanaya.us/id33.html Website Knanaya Community]</ref> His marriage was held in Collective Wedding (Samooha vivaham) conducted by Knanaya Community, in which he was a leader, to give message to community to reduce marriage extravagances.

==Career==
He started his career in advocacy on 12 October 1968 and started practicing in District Court Kottayam and then shifted to [[Kerala High Court]] at [[Ernakulam]]. He served as Government Pleader in Kerala High Court from 1976 to 1979, as Senior Government Pleader in Kerala High Court from 1979 to 1987, as Additional Advocate General of [[Kerala]] State from 6 July 1991 to 5 July 1994. He was appointed permanent judge of Kerala High Court on 6 July 1994. Thereafter, on 5 August 1994 he has been transferred to [[Delhi High Court]] and transferred back to Kerala High Court on 24 September 2001. He was the Chief Justice of [[Uttarakhand High Court]] and [[Karnataka High Court]].<ref name="Justice Cyriac Joseph profile at SC"/>

He became a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 7 July 2008 and he served as a judge in Supreme Court till 27 January 2012.<ref name="Justice Cyriac Joseph profile at SC"/><ref name="Website Knanaya Community"/> After retirement, he was supposed to have been nominated as the Chairman of the [[Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal]] (TDSAT). That appointment was put on hold following Telecom Minister [[Kapil Sibal]]'s reservations about the appointment since the judge had been criticised for his style of functioning by an intelligence agency of the government.<ref name=Firewall>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Rohini|title=TDSAT chief selection runs into Kapil Sibal firewall|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-04/news/37437192_1_tdsat-telecom-disputes-settlement-chief-justice|accessdate=16 May 2013|newspaper=Economic Times|date=4 March 2013}}</ref> Subsequently, the government has been trying to appoint him as a member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India|National Human Rights Commission]] but the opposition [[BJP]] has been staunchly opposed to the idea.<ref name=NHRC>{{cite web|last=Malik|first=Surabhi|title=Government and BJP clash over NHRC appointment yet again|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/government-and-bjp-clash-over-nhrc-appointment-yet-again-367725|publisher=NDTV|accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref> [[The Sunday Guardian]] reported that Justice Joseph delivered only 10 judgements during his tenure of 1300 days.<ref name="Judge Cyriac of NHRC fame gave 10 verdicts in 1,300 days">{{cite news|title=Judge Cyriac of NHRC fame gave 10 verdicts in 1,300 days|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/judge-cyriac-of-nhrc-fame-gave-10-verdicts-in-1300-days|accessdate=19 May 2013|newspaper=The Sunday Guardian|date=18 May 2013}}</ref>

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