M. N. Venkatachaliah

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Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah (born 25 October 1929) is an Indian jurist, who served as the 25th Chief Justice of India, serving from 1993 to 1994. He also previously served 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. 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. Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Venkatachaliah authored 90 judgments and sat on 482 benches. Post retirement, he has continued...

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