M. N. Venkatachaliah
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He earned Bachelor of Science from University of Mysore and Bachelor Bachelor of Laws from the Bangalore university. He started practicing law in 1951. He was appointed Permanent Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 6 November 1975. He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 5 October 1987. Finally, he became the 25th Chief Justice of India on 12 February 1993 and subsequently retired on 24 October 1994.[1][2]
Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Venkatachaliah authored 90 judgments and sat on 482 benches.[3]
Post retirement, he has continued to work on anti-corruption and human rights issues, including support for the launch of the Initiatives of Change Centre for Governance in 2003.[4]
He served as the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission from 1996-1998Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and in 2000 he headed National Commission to review the working of the Constitution.[5][6]
He is currentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". serving as the chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam.[7]
Honours
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- Padma Vibhushan - India's Second Highest Civilian Honour from the President of India in 2004.
- Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) - Pondicherry University[8]
- Doctor of Laws (LL.D) (honoris causa) - Manipal University[9]
- Honorary Doctorate from Rani Channamma University, Belagavi[10][11][12]
References
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Shri M.N. Venkatachaliah is the Chairman of the Selection Jury of Mahaveer Awards presented by Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation [1]
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