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| name = E. S. Venkataramiah<br />
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| image = [[File: Justice E.S. Venkataramiah.jpg|alt|250px]]<br />
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| order = 19th<br />
| office = Chief Justice of India<br />
| term_start = 19 June 1989<br />
| term_end = 17 December 1989<br />
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| appointer = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Raghunandan Swarup Pathak|R.S. Pathak]]<br />
| successor = [[Sabyasachi Mukharji]]<br />
| office1 = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| term_start1 = 8 March 1979<br />
| term_end1 = 18 June 1989<br />
| nominator1 = [[Y. V. Chandrachud]]<br />
| appointer1 = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br />
| office2 = Judge of [[Karnataka High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 25 June 1970<br />
| term_end2 = 7 March 1979<br />
| nominator2 = [[M. Hidayatullah]]<br />
| appointer2 = [[V. V. Giri]]<br />
| office3 = [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General]] of [[Karnataka]]<br />
| term_start3 = 5 March 1970<br />
| term_end3 = 24 June 1970<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Veerendra Patil]]<br />
| appointer3 = [[Dharma Vira]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[V. S. Malimath]]<br />
| successor3 = S. G. Sundara Swamy<br />
| children = [[B. V. Nagarathna]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|12|18}}<br />
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1997|09|24|1924|12|18}}<br />
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| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]], [[L.L.B]]<br />
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'''Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah''' (18 December 1924 – 24 September 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/revents/04/19970499.htm |title=Obituary Events in 1997 | newspaper=The Hindu |accessdate=15 October 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031231092001/http://www.hindu.com/revents/04/19970499.htm |archivedate=2003-12-31 }}</ref>) was an Indian judge, who served as the 19th [[Chief Justice of India]], from 19 June 1989 until his retirement on 17 December 1989. He began his legal career in 1946, and was appointed as a judge of the [[Karnataka High Court]] in November 1970.<br />
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On 8 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice E.S. Venkataramiah {{!}} Supreme Court of India {{!}} India |url=https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-e-s-venkataramiah/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128074924/https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-e-s-venkataramiah/ |archive-date=28 January 2024 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.sci.gov.in |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> March 1979, he was appointed as judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became the Chief Justice of India in June 1989. He was the first judge from Karnataka to become the Chief Justice of India. Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Venkataramiah authored 256 judgments and sat on 720 benches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=E.S. Venkataramaiah |url=https://www.scobserver.in/judges/e-s-venkataramaiah/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> He died of a heart attack on 24 September 1997.<br />
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He also served as [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General]] for the [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]) from March to June 1970.<ref>https://advg.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/PREVIOUS%20AG'S.pdf{{Dead link | date=July 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><br />
His daughter [[B. V. Nagarathna]] is a sitting judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/bio_data/former_judges/E_%20S_%20Venkataramiah.htm Brief biography], karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in. Accessed 13 March 2024.<br />
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