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{{Short description|Indian judge (1909–1990)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde
|image = File:K. S. Hegde.jpg
|imagesize = 200px
|office = 7th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
|term_start = 21 July 1977
|term_end = 21 January 1980
|predecessor = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
|successor = [[Balram Jakhar]]
|deputy = [[Godey Murahari]]
|office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
|constituency1 = [[Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangalore South]]
|term_start1 = 1977
|term_end1 = 1980
|predecessor1 = ''Position established''
|successor1 = [[T. R. Shamanna]]
|office2 = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
|term_start2 = 17 July 1967
|term_end2 = 30 April 1973
|nominator2 = [[K. N. Wanchoo]]
|appointer2 = [[S. Radhakrishnan]]
|office3 = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Delhi High Court|1st Chief Justice]] of [[Delhi High Court]]
|term_start3 = 31 October 1966
|term_end3 = 16 July 1967
|predecessor3 = ''Position established''
|successor3 = Inder Dev Dua
|nominator3 = [[Koka Subba Rao|K. Subba Rao]]
|appointer3 = [[S. Radhakrishnan]]
|office4 = [[Judge]] of [[Mysore High Court]]
|term_start4 = 26 August 1957
|term_end4 = 30 October 1966
|appointer4 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1909|6|11|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kawdoor Village, [[South Canara]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (Presently [[Karnataka]], India)
|death_date = {{death date and age|1990|5|25|1909|2|6|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Mangalore]], [[India]]
|party = [[Janata Party]]
|otherparty =
|spouse = Meenakshi Hegde
|children = 6, including [[N. Santosh Hegde]]
|alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Chennai]], [[Madras Law College]]
|profession =
|signature =
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2392.htm
}}

'''Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde''' (11 June 1909 – 24 May 1990) was an Indian jurist and politician who served as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Chief Justice & Judges |url=https://api.sci.gov.in/former-justices |website=main.sci.gov.in/ |publisher=Supreme Court of India |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> and later as the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Speakers |url=https://speakerloksabha.nic.in/frmspeaker.asp |website=loksabha.nic.in/ |publisher=Software Unit, Computer (HW & SW) Management. Branch, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Govt Of India |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
Hegde founded the Nitte Education Trust. He is the father of [[Santhosh Hegde]], who also served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Chief Justice & Judges |url=https://api.sci.gov.in/former-justices |website=main.sci.gov.in/ |publisher=Supreme Court of India |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

==Political career==
Hegde served as a public prosecutor from 1947 to 1951. In 1952, he was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]], a position which he held until 1957. In 1967, Hegde was appointed a judge in the [[Supreme Court of India]]. On 30 April 1973, he tendered his resignation, as a matter of principle, when one of his junior colleagues was appointed the Chief Justice of India.

Thereafter, Hegde once again started taking an active part in socio-political movements. In 1977, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the [[Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangalore South]] constituency on a [[Janata Party]] ticket. Several months later, he became Speaker after the resignation of his predecessor, [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]. He held the position from 1977 to 1980. [[L. K. Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]] had suggested Hegde's name for Presidentship but Sanjiva Reddy got the nod, and Hegde replaced Reddy as Lok Sabha speaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/karnataka-govt-will-take-full-care-of-hegdes-concerns-advani-78429-2010-07-10|title=Karnataka govt will take full care of Hegde's concerns: Advani}}</ref> Hegde retired from electoral politics after Lok Sabha was dissolved in 1979. He joined BJP when it was founded in 1980 and briefly served as its vice-president.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Gk1Wz4k_xUC|title = Bharatiya Janata Party: Profile and Performance|isbn = 9788176482578|last1 = Swain|first1 = Pratap Chandra|year = 2001}}</ref> He also established the Nitte Education Trust in 1979 to provide a high school to the village of Nitte. Hegde died on 24 May 1990 at his residence in [[Mangalore]], survived by his wife Meenakshi and six children, three sons and three daughters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900526&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=6 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=26 May 1990}}</ref>

==Legacy==
As a judge of the Supreme Court of India, he was a part of the thirteen judge bench which decided the famous [[Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala]]. However, he resigned soon after delivering the majority judgment, as Justice [[A. N. Ray]] was appointed the [[Chief Justice of India]], although Hegde was senior judge at the time. In an obituary of Hegde, Justice [[M. M. Ismail]] wrote, "His tenure as a Judge of the Supreme Court was notable for his learned judgements which were characterised by basic legal principles and practical common-sense.The end of his judicial career was equally notable for his sense of self-respect and dignity which he attached to his office, as he resigned his office without the slightest hesitation the movement [sic] he heard the news over the all India Radio that he and two senior colleagues of his had been superseded in the appointment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court."<ref>{{cite news|title=Tribute to K.S. Hegde|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QIplAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nZ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2396%2C2983366|access-date=6 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=27 May 1990|page=8}}</ref>

The [[K.S. Hegde Medical Academy]], a medical college in [[Deralakatte]] and a unit of the Nitte Education Trust, was named after Hegde. The Justice KS Hegde Charitable Foundation, a trust dedicated to the advancement of education and community development in [[Mangalore]], was established in memory of Hegde.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=47699&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+Nitte+to+Celebrate+Birth+Centenary+of+Late+K+S+Hegde+from+Jun+16 |title= Birth Centenary Celebrations of Late K S Hegde at Nitte |access-date=2008-11-02 |date= 2008-06-14 |publisher= Daijiworld Media}}</ref> Each year, the foundation awards the Justice K.S. Hegde Foundation Awards; previous winners include former Indian prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Macroeconomics and Health |last= Sachs |first= Jeffrey D. |year= 2001 |publisher= World Health Organization|isbn= 9789241545501 |page= 148 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/hegde.asp Former Speaker K. S. Hegde] at speakerloksabha.nic.in
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2392.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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