Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah

M. N. Venkatachaliah
Chief Justice of India
In office 1993–1994
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Born	October 25, 1929(1929-10-25)
Spouse(s)	Parvathi Venkatachaliah

M. N. Venkatachaliah (born October 25, 1929) was the 25th Chief Justice of India. He served as Chief Justice from 1993 to 1994.

He had education in the old State of Mysore with Bachelor's degree in Science and Bachelor's degree in law of the University of Mysore. He commenced general practice of law in the year 1951, Appointed Permanent Judge of the High Court of Karnataka w.e.f. 6.11.1975, Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India w.e.f. 5.10.1987, Appointed Chief Justice of India w.e.f. 12.2.1993, Retired on 24.10.1994

In 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.[1]

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.

He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2004.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Lalit Mohan Sharma	Chief Justice of India 12 February 1993–24 October 1994	Succeeded by A. M. Ahmadi

External links

• Bio details, Supreme Court of India

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