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{{short description|25th Chief Justice of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Manepalli Venkatachaliah
| image = Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah BNC.jpg
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| order = 25th
| office = Chief Justice of India
| termstart =12 February 1993
| termend = 24 October 1994
| nominator =
| appointer = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| predecessor = [[Lalit Mohan Sharma|L.M. Sharma]]
| successor = [[Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi|A.M. Ahmadi]]
|office2 = 2nd Chairman [[National Human Rights Commission of India|National Human Rights Commission]]
|term_start2 = 26 November 1996
|term_end2 = 24 October 1999
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|successor2 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1929|10|25}}
| birth_place =
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| spouse = Parvathi Venkatachaliah
}}
'''Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah''' (born 25 October 1929) was the 25th [[Chief Justice of India]].<ref>[http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/mnvenkatachaliah.htm M. N. Venkatachaliah]</ref><ref>[http://www.graam.org.in/mn-venkatachaliah M.N. Venkatachaliah | GRAAM]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_parliamentary-panel-on-lokpal-calls-ex-cjis-mn-venkatachaliah-js-verma_1595704 Parliamentary panel on Lokpal calls ex-CJIs MN Venkatachaliah, JS Verma - India - DNA]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kgfindia.com/patrons.php |title=Kalidas Ghalib Foundation |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108094028/http://kgfindia.com/patrons.php |archive-date=8 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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), a Modern Gurukula, a place where the teacher-student interaction occurs in the backdrop of the process of Integral Education that includes the five dimensions of: Intellectual, Cultural, Physical, Service and Devotional.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130618/news-current-affairs/article/former-cji-mn-venkatachaliah-chancellor-sri-satya-sai-institute |title=Former CJI M.N. Venkatachaliah is chancellor of Sri Satya Sai Institute - Deccan Chronicle |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225200046/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130618/news-current-affairs/article/former-cji-mn-venkatachaliah-chancellor-sri-satya-sai-institute |archive-date=25 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://sssihl.edu.in/sssuniversity/AboutSSSIHL/KeyUniversityOfficers.aspx Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning - Key University Officers]</ref> 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]].<ref name="People Behind the Movement">{{cite web|title=People Behind the Movement|url=http://home.valuefoundation.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417074408/http://home.valuefoundation.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54#Sri%20M.%20N.%20Venkatachaliah|archive-date=17 April 2009}}</ref>

He earned [[Bachelor in Science]] from University of Mysore and Bachelor [[Bachelor in Law|in Law]] from the [[University of Mysore|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.<ref name="People Behind the Movement"/><ref>[http://home.valuefoundation.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54 People]</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mraindia.org/disha/disha_jan04/center.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719194150/http://www.mraindia.org/disha/disha_jan04/center.html |archive-date=19 July 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He served as the Chairman of [[National Human Rights Commission of India|National Human Rights Commission]] from 1996-1998 and in 2000 he headed [[National Commission to review the working of the Constitution]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/23inter.htm rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/Justice M N Venkatachaliah]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/ncrwc/ncrwcreport.htm |title=Ncrwc - Final Report |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212022043/http://lawmin.nic.in/ncrwc/ncrwcreport.htm |archive-date=12 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://newindianexpress.com/opinion/article1316355.ece Judicial reforms cannot ignore public perceptions – The New Indian Express]</ref><ref>[http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1705/17050340.htm An exercise to watch]</ref>

He is currently serving as the chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam

==Honors==

*[[Padma Vibhushan]] - India's Second Highest Civilian Honour from the [[President of India]] in 2004.
* Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) - [[Pondicherry University]]<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/honorary-doctorate-for-nirupama-rao/article3423033.ece Honorary doctorate for Nirupama Rao – The Hindu]</ref>
* Doctor of Laws (LL.D) (honoris causa) - [[Manipal University]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.manipal.edu/NewsRoom/Documents/Invitation_Convocation%202012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182917/http://www.manipal.edu/newsroom/documents/invitation_convocation%202012.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate from [[Rani Channamma University, Belagavi]]<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/give-a-boost-to-rd-science/article4424029.ece?css=print ‘Give a boost to R&D, science’ - The Hindu]</ref><ref>[http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-136394.html#.UTR5jIFbySo RCU organise first convocation on Feb 16 | Karnataka News | newkerala.com]</ref><ref>[http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=ab3d1586-b96d-411a-8e3a-671512d0fc79&CATEGORYNAME=South RCU organise first convocation on Feb 16 – Chennaionline News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190410/http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=ab3d1586-b96d-411a-8e3a-671512d0fc79&CATEGORYNAME=South |date=16 December 2013 }}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/mnvenkatachaliah.htm Bio details, Supreme Court of India]

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