M. N. Venkatachaliah

Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah, born in 1929, served as the twenty fifth Chief Justice of India from February 1993 to October 1994. He began practicing law in 1951 after studying at the University of Mysore and Bangalore University, became a permanent judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1975, and joined the Supreme Court in 1987. During his Supreme Court tenure he authored ninety judicial opinions across four hundred eighty two bench proceedings. After retiring he chaired the National Human Rights Commission and headed the national commission that reviewed the working of the Constitution, and he received the Padma Vibhushan in 2004. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/