Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah

M. N. Venkatachaliah
25th Chief Justice of India
In office
12 February 1993  24 October 1994
Appointed by Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by L.M. Sharma
Succeeded by A.M. Ahmadi
2nd Chairman National Human Rights Commission
In office
26 November 1996  24 October 1999
Personal details
Born (1929-10-25)25 October 1929
Spouse(s) Parvathi Venkatachaliah

M. N. Venkatachaliah (born 25 October 1929) was the 25th Chief Justice of India.[1][2][3][4] He served as Chief Justice from 1993 to 1994. He currently serves as the Chancellor of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed University), a Modern Gurukula, a place where the teacher-student interaction occurs in the backdrop of the process of Integral Education that includes the five dimensions of: Intellectual, Cultural, Physical, Service and Devotional.[5] [6] and on the Advisory Board of Foundation for Restoration of National Values, a society established in 2008 that strives to restore National and Cultural Values of India.[7]

He earned not only Bachelor in Science but also Bachelor in Law from the University of Mysore. 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.[7][8]

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.[9]

He served as the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission from 1996-1998 and in 2000 he headed National Commission to review the working of the Constitution.[10][11][12][13]

He is currently serving as the chancellor of the Sri Sathya Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Lalit Mohan Sharma
Chief Justice of India
12 February 199324 October 1994
Succeeded by
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi

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