V. Ramasubramanian | |
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9th Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India | |
Assumed office 30 December 2024 | |
Appointed by | Droupadi Murmu |
Preceded by | Arun Kumar Mishra |
Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
In office 23 September 2019 –29 June 2023 | |
Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
24th Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court | |
In office 22 June 2019 –22 September 2019 | |
Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Surya Kant |
Succeeded by | L. Narayana Swamy |
Judge of Telangana High Court | |
In office 27 April 2016 –21 June 2019 | |
Nominated by | T. S. Thakur |
Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Judge of Madras High Court | |
In office 31 July 2006 –26 April 2016 | |
Nominated by | Y. K. Sabharwal |
Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Personal details | |
Born | Mannargudi,Tamil Nadu | 30 June 1958
Alma mater | Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College,Madras Law College [1] |
Website | www |
V. Ramasubramanian (born 30 June 1958) is the incumbent chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India and a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is also former judge of Madras High Court and Telangana High Court. [2] [3] Ramasubramanian retired from the supreme court on 29 June 2023. [4]
Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure,Ramasubramanian wrote 102 judgments. [5] Ramasubramanian was a member of benches that heard arguments concerning the 2016 Demonetization policy and the validity of circumstantial evidence in bribery cases. [6]
He was appointed as the 9th chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. [7]