M. N. Venkatachaliah Explained

Manepalli Venkatachaliah
Order:25th
Office:Chief Justice of India
Termstart:12 February 1993
Termend:24 October 1994
Appointer:Shankar Dayal Sharma
Predecessor:L.M. Sharma
Successor:A.M. Ahmadi
Office2:2nd Chairman National Human Rights Commission
Term Start2:26 November 1996
Term End2:24 October 1999
Birth Date:1929 10, df=yes
Spouse:Parvathi Venkatachaliah

Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah (born 25 October 1929) was the 25th Chief Justice of India. 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) 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.[1]

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]

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.[3]

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.[4] [5]

He is currently serving as the chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam.[6]

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Shri M.N. Venkatachaliah is a part of the selection jury in Mahaveer awards presented by Bhagwan Mahaveer Awards [12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: People Behind the Movement. 4 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20090417074408/http://home.valuefoundation.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54#Sri%20M.%20N.%20Venkatachaliah. 17 April 2009.
  2. http://home.valuefoundation.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54 People
  3. Web site: Center for Governance . 2006-08-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060719194150/http://www.mraindia.org/disha/disha_jan04/center.html . 19 July 2006 . dmy-all .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20131218152639/http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinion/article1316355.ece Judicial reforms cannot ignore public perceptions – The New Indian Express
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20020625000231/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1705/17050340.htm An exercise to watch
  6. Web site: Former CJI M.N. Venkatachaliah is chancellor of Sri Satya Sai Institute - Deccan Chronicle . 4 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225200046/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130618/news-current-affairs/article/former-cji-mn-venkatachaliah-chancellor-sri-satya-sai-institute . 25 December 2014 . dead .
  7. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/honorary-doctorate-for-nirupama-rao/article3423033.ece Honorary doctorate for Nirupama Rao – The Hindu
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 4 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182917/http://www.manipal.edu/newsroom/documents/invitation_convocation%202012.pdf . 16 December 2013 . dead .
  9. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/give-a-boost-to-rd-science/article4424029.ece?css=print ‘Give a boost to R&D, science’ - The Hindu
  10. http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-136394.html#.UTR5jIFbySo RCU organise first convocation on Feb 16 | Karnataka News | newkerala.com
  11. http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=ab3d1586-b96d-411a-8e3a-671512d0fc79&CATEGORYNAME=South RCU organise first convocation on Feb 16 – Chennaionline News
  12. News: 25th Mahaveer awards announced . The Hindu . 28 April 2022 .