V. Ramasubramanian
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Appointed byDroupadi Murmu
Preceded byArun Kumar Mishra
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
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 | 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 a former chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and 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]
