Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today led a solemn ceremony at Samvidhan Sadan to pay floral tribute to former Speaker K. S. Hegde on his birth anniversary.
Elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1952, K. S. Hegde served until 1957, when he resigned to join the Mysore High Court as a judge. His illustrious judicial career saw him serve as Chief Justice of the Delhi and Himachal Pradesh High Court and later as a Supreme Court Judge from 1967 until his resignation in 1973. In 1977, Hegde was elected to the Sixth Lok Sabha from Bangalore South Constituency and became Lok Sabha Speaker on July 21, 1977, following Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy’s resignation. After stepping down as Speaker in January 1980, he settled in his native Karnataka, where he passed away on May 24, 1990.
During the ceremony, a booklet highlighting Hegde’s life and contributions, published in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was presented to the dignitaries.
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