Biography of Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the Supreme Court’s first Dalit Chief Justice on January 14, 2007. He served on the Supreme Court for ten years, including three years as Chief Justice. He is India’s 37th Chief Justice. Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (born 12 May 1945) in a poor Dalit family from Thalayolaparambu village in Kerala’s Kottayam…
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