Krishnan Vinod Chandran

Krishnan Vinod Chandran is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He previously served as the 44th Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and as a judge of Kerala High Court.

Career After graduating from the Union Christian College, Aluva, Vinod Chandran was employed at the State Bank of Travancore in Kochi. During his stint at the bank, he enrolled as a law student at the Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, and started his practice at Paravoor in the year 1991 and later extended to the High Court of Kerala. During his practice he served as Special Government Pleader (Taxes) of the Government of Kerala from 2007 to 2011.

Vinod Chandran was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court on 8 November 2011 and was made permanent on 24 June 2013. The division bench passed the order in its 101-page verdict while dismissing all petitions challenging the survey.

On 16 January 2025, he took oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.