Washington: Srikanth &lsquo;Sri&rsquo; Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court after conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia&rsquo;s sudden death gave rise to speculation that President Barack Obama may nominate the judge who enjoys impeccable bipartisan support.
<img title="Srikanth Srinivasan was Obama&rsquo;s principal deputy solicitor general, most notably working on the successful fight against the Defence of Marriage Act. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/feb/Srikanth-Srinivasan.jpg" alt="Srikanth Srinivasan was Obama&rsquo;s principal deputy solicitor general, most notably working on the successful fight against the Defence of Marriage Act. Pic/AFP" /> Srikanth Srinivasan was Obama&rsquo;s principal deputy solicitor general, most notably working on the successful fight against the Defence of Marriage Act. Pic/AFP
Chandigarh-born Sri Srinivasan (48) tops the list of prospective justices to the country&rsquo;s highest judicial body as Obama said he plans to fulfill his &ldquo;constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor&rdquo; to Scalia.
Congressional experts pointed that Srinivasan&rsquo;s nomination as a federal judge was confirmed by the Senate in 2013 with a record 97-0 votes including the two Republican presidential aspirants Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Supreme Court justices are nominated by the president and must be confirmed by a majority vote in the US Senate before they can be sworn into office.
Srinivasan, whom Obama had first nominated to the post in 2012, graduated Stanford University in 1989. He was Obama&rsquo;s principal deputy solicitor general, most notably working on the successful fight against the Defence of Marriage Act. Past reports have also labelled Srinivasan as Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;Supreme Court nominee in waiting&rdquo;.
Srinivasan is considered to have a bipartisan support in the Congress and is popular among both Democrats and Republican lawmakers. His parents had migrated to the US in the 1960s.
Trailblazer Srinivasan was sworn in as judge of the second most powerful court of the US in 2013, making him the first Asian American and Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Chandigarh-born Srikanth Srinivasan tops the list of prospective justices to the US&rsquo;s highest judicial body, after sitting SC Justice Antonin Scalia&rsquo;s sudden demise in Texas

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