New Delhi: Sitting Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar passed away on Saturday, following a prolonged illness. He was 62.

Sources said that he was suffering from prolonged illness and was recently infected with viral pneumonia. He died of cardiac arrest at 10.15 pm on Saturday.

Justice Shantanagoudar, who hailed from Dharwad in North Karnataka, was elevated to the Supreme Court on Feb. 17, 2017. He was to retire on May 4, 2023. After having enrolled as an advocate in 1980, he practised mainly in civil, criminal and Writ matters.  

He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court in 2003 and as a permanent Judge in 2004. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in 2016, before his elevation to the Supreme Court a year later. 

He had also served as the Vice-President of Karnataka State Bar Council from 1991 to 1993.