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| name = Huluvadi G. Ramesh
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| office = [[Judge]], [[Madras High Court]]
| term_start = 11 April 2016
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| term_end1 = 10 April 2016
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| office2 = Judge, [[High Court of Karnataka]]
| term_start2 = 8 September 2003
| term_end2 = 15 February 2015
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| appointer2 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
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Justice '''Huluvadi G. Ramesh''' (born 20 May 1957) is the second seniormost Judge at the [[Madras High Court]] in India since April 2016. He briefly officiated as the Acting [[Chief Justice]] of the court from February 2017 till the appointment of [[Indira Banerjee]] as Chief Justice in April 2017.<ref name="karnatakahc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/hgrj.htm |title=Madras High Court: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh |website=www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in |access-date=2017-11-29}}</ref> He was transferred to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Principal Seat at Jabalpur and assumed charge on 15.11.2018.

==Career==
Ramesh started off as an advocate in March 1981. Initially, he used to practise in the courts at [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore district]]s. He became a [[Resident magistrate|District Judge]] in [[Karnataka]] in February 1993 and was promoted to be an Additional Judge at the [[High Court of Karnataka]] in September 2004. Ramesh was transferred to [[Allahabad High Court]] in February 2015. He alleged a conspiracy behind the same during his farewell address.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.udayavani.com/english/news/state/32946/influential-people-toiled-my-transfer-huluvadi-g-ramesh |title=Influential people toiled for my transfer: Huluvadi G Ramesh |last=Gadiyar |first=Chethana |date=2015-02-14 |work=[[Udayavani]] |access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> In 2016, he was brought to [[Chennai]].<ref name="dc">{{Cite news |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/120416/madras-high-court-gets-two-new-judges.html |title=Madras High Court gets two new judges |date=2016-04-12 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=2017-11-30 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable judgements==
*As a judge at the Karnataka High Court in July 2008, Ramesh determined that the [[Bangalore Development Authority]] cannot acquire privately-owned lands for industrial purposes. He termed such an action to be illegal, unconstitutional and "nothing but an exercise of power by the [[State (polity)|State]]." This was in response to more than 220 petitions by residents of 12 villages from [[Begur, Bangalore|Begur]], [[Sarjapura]], [[Varthur]], [[Konappana Agrahara]] etc.<ref name="TheHindu">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/BDArsquos-Hi-Tech-City-notification-stayed/article15268421.ece |title=BDA’s Hi-Tech City notification stayed |date=2008-07-31 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2018-01-01 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*In January 2015, a single judge Karnataka HC bench headed by Ramesh expressed displeasure at the [[Government of Karnataka]]'s amendment to the Motor Vehicles Rules which sought to levy a lifetime tax on owners of automobiles registered outside [[Karnataka]] if they remain in the state for more than 30 days. The state was deemed to have not followed the necessary procedure, curtailing the [[freedom of movement]] guaranteed by the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]] and contrary to the parent [[Motor Vehicles Act, 1988]]. In an interim order, the judge noted,"The [transport] department does nothing to keep the roads in good condition but is interested in collecting tax."<ref name="BangaloreMirror">{{Cite news |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/high-court-slams-transport-dept-over-non-karnataka-vehicles-tax/articleshow/46071307.cms |title=High Court slams transport dept over non-Karnataka vehicles tax |date=2015-01-31 |work=[[Bangalore Mirror]] |access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref><ref name="Krishnaprasad">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/notice-to-government-on-levying-of-lifetime-tax-on-outofstate-vehicles/article6841007.ece |title=Notice to government on levying of lifetime tax on out-of-State vehicles |last=Krishnaprasad |date=2015-01-31 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2018-01-06 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The stay order came as a relief to thousands of people whose cars were being seized and after the transport department had collected more than {{INR|25 crores}} as part of their tax collection drive.<ref name="Kidiyoor">{{Cite news |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/Car-registered-out-of-state-Breathe-easy-for-now/articleshow/46015310.cms |title=Car registered out of state? Breathe easy, for now |last=Kidiyoor |first=Suchith |date=2015-01-26 |work=Bangalore Mirror |access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref>
* A Division Bench of the Madras High Court made up of Justices Ramesh and M. V. Muralidaran held in October 2016 that [[Annamalai University]] is not a [[State university (India)|state university]] and as such, its Syndicate is empowered to decide the fee structure for the university.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.livelaw.in/annamalai-university-not-state-run-can-fix-fee-madras-hc/ |title=Annamalai University Not State-Run; Can Fix Fee On Its Own: Madras HC |last=KM |first=Ashok |date=2016-10-02 |website=Live Law |language=en-US |access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>
* In March 2017, the First Bench of Madras HC consisting of Ramesh and R. M. T. Teekaa Raman [[Judge|JJ.]] ruled that the appointment of law officers of the government is a prerogative of the [[Sovereign state|State]] as long as they are done as per the [[Supreme Court of India]]'s guidelines.<ref name="NewIndianExpress">{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/mar/17/appointment-of-law-officers-a-prerogative-of-state-government-madras-high-court-1582307.html |title=Appointment of law officers a prerogative of State government: Madras High Court |date=2017-03-17 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=2017-12-28 |location=Chennai}}</ref><ref name="DeccanChronicle">{{Cite news |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/170317/law-officer-appointment-under-govt-domain-madras-high-court.html |title=Law officer appointment under Govt domain: Madras High Court |date=2017-03-17 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=2017-12-28 |language=en}}</ref>

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->Aayushmanaeron at 12:01, 6 April 2019