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25th Chief Justice of India
Manepalli Venkatachaliah
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In office
12 February 1993 ? 24 October 1994
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Appointed by
| Shankar Dayal Sharma
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Preceded by
| L.M. Sharma
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Succeeded by
| A.M. Ahmadi
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In office
26 November 1996 ? 24 October 1999
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Born
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1929-10-25
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25 October 1929
(age 94)
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Spouse
| Parvathi Venkatachaliah
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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
.
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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.
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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.
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He served as the Chairman of
National Human Rights Commission
from 1996-1998
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citation needed
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and in 2000 he headed
National Commission to review the working of the Constitution
.
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He is currently
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when?
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serving as the chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam.
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Shri M.N. Venkatachaliah is a part of the selection jury in Mahaveer awards presented by Bhagwan Mahaveer Awards
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