Key facts
- Born
- 27 April 1949, Erode district
- State of birth
- Erode district, Tamil Nadu
- Sector
- Law & judiciary
- Profession
- 40th Chief Justice of India
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Palanisamy Sathasivam is a retired Indian judge who served as the 40th Chief Justice of India, holding the office from 2013 to 2014. On retirement from his judicial career, Sathasivam was appointed the 21st Governor of Kerala from 5 September 2014 to 4 September 2019. Sathasivam is the second judge from Tamil Nadu to become the CJI, after M. Patanjali Sastri. He is also the first former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to be appointed the Governor of a state. He is the first Governor of Kerala to be appointed by the Narendra Modi Government.
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Timeline
- 1949Born in Erode district
- 2013Becomes Chief Justice of India
- 2014Becomes Governor of Kerala
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Nikhil Kanekal