Overview

• INDIA bloc parties named retired justice B. Sudershan Reddy as their vice-presidential candidate on Tuesday.
• As a Supreme Court judge, he authored the 2011 Nandini Sundar ruling that outlawed Salwa Judum and ended the use of tribal youth as Special Police Officers.
• He was part of a bench that criticized the government over black money and ordered the creation of a Special Investigation Team to probe foreign-held funds.
• Reporting describes him as the first former Supreme Court judge to contest the vice-presidential election and the first candidate born and raised in Telangana.
• His recent public roles include chairing Telangana’s caste-survey expert group that submitted a 300-page report in July 2025, serving as Goa’s first Lokayukta, and overseeing court-ordered mining remediation in Karnataka.