John Michael D'Cunha

John Michael D'Cunha is an Indian Judge elevated as a Permanent Judge[1] in the Karnataka High Court on 1 November 2018.

John Michael D'Cunha
Born (1959-04-07) 7 April 1959 (age 65)
Gurupura
NationalityIndian

D'Cunha was appointed an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 14 November 2016. On 27 September 2014 he convicted Jayalalithaa, then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, in her 18-year-old Disproportionate Asset case.[2] He was appointed by the Supreme Court of India to the post in October 2013 as the fifth judge to investigate the case, replacing judge MS Balakrishna.[2]

  1. ^ Mandhani, Apoorva. "Seven Additional Judges Of Karnataka High Court Made Permanent". Live Law. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "J Jayalalithaa's DA case: John Michael Cunha, the judge who made history". Economic Times. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.