K. G. Balakrishnan

K. G. Balakrishnan (Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan) an Indian jurist.

37th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

First Dalit to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

First Chief Justice of India from Kerala.

First recipient of the V.K. Krishna Menon Award.

6th Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India.

29th Chief Justice of Madras High Court.

16th Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.

Judge of Kerala High Court.

He was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Cochin University of Science and Technology.
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