K. G. Balakrishnan
Judge
1945 –
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Who is K. G. Balakrishnan?
Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan is presently the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He is a former Chief Justice of India.
He was the first judge from the state of Kerala to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was also the first person of Dalit origin to ascend to the post of the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of India. His tenure lasting more than three years has been one of the longest in the Supreme Court of India.
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- Born
- May 12, 1945
Thalayolaparambu - Also known as
- Judge K. G. Balakrishnan
- Spouses
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Government Law College, Ernakulam
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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