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H. L. Dattu

एच एल दत्तु

Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu is a former Chief Justice of India, and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. As the chief justice, he served for nearly 14 months, from 28 September 2014 to 2 December 2015.

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3 December 1950

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Key facts

Born
3 December 1950
Sector
Law & judiciary
Profession
42nd Chief Justice of India
Gender
Male

Biography

Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu is a former Chief Justice of India, and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. As the chief justice, he served for nearly 14 months, from 28 September 2014 to 2 December 2015. Before his elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17 December 2008, he had served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court.

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Timeline

  1. 1950Born
  2. 2014Becomes Chief Justice of India
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