Subray Rama Nayak (born 1 January 1944) was elevated as a judge of high court of Karnataka state, India, on 25 February 1994 and subsequently he was sworn in as judge of high court of Andhra Pradesh state, India, on 21 March 1994.

He completed his primary education from his native place and high school from Janata Vidyalaya, Dandeli.

Nayak assumed charge of the office chief justice of high court of Chhattisgarh state, India at Bilaspur on 17 November 2005.

After his retirement as chief justice, Nayak had two politically appointed positions under the Congress rule in Karnataka.

Justice Nayak was appointed as the First Chairperson of the newly formed Karnataka State Human Rights Commission from 2007 to 2012.