B Sudershan Reddy, a former Supreme Court judge who was chosen by the opposition INDIA alliance as its vice-presidential candidate, rose from a modest upbringing in Telangana to the highest levels of the judiciary and is well-known for his dedication to social justice and professional integrity.

His delivery of the historic ruling outlawing the Salwa Judum militia in Chhattisgarh in 2011 marked a turning point in his career as a Supreme Court justice. becomes the first former justice of the Supreme Court to run for vice president. The top court ordered that the practice of deploying tribal adolescents as Special Police Officers to combat the Naxal insurgency be discontinued in the well-known Nandini Sundar versus State of Chhattisgarh case.