Justice CT Ravikumar

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on a petition filed by "Utran Se Besthan Railway Jhopadpatti Vikas Mandal" against demolition of over 10,000 slum dwellers living near the railway lines in the city of Surat, Gujarat alleging demolition without providing rehabilitation scheme is illegal, inhuman and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India

The CJI administered oath to Justices Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Vikram Nath, Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, Hima Kohli, B.V. Nagarathna, CT Ravikumar, M.M. Sundresh, Bela Trivedi and P.S. Narsimha.

Born on January 6, 1960, Justice Ravikumar obtained his Law degree from the Government Law College, Kozihkode and got enrolled as an advocate on July 12, 1986.