Justice E.S. Venkataramiah Memorial Lecture | Dec 22, 2024

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is organising the Justice E.S. Venkataramiah Memorial Lecture on Sunday, December 22, 2024. The lecture on the topic ‘Reimagining Constitutional Institutions: Integrity, Efficiency, and Accountability’ shall be delivered by Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.S. Narasimha, Judge, Supreme Court of India.

The event will be held at 11 am at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 43, Race Course Road, High Grounds, Bengaluru

About Justice E.S. Venkataramiah

Justice Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah served as the 19th Chief Justice of India. He previously served as a judge of the Karnataka High Court, as well as the Advocate General of Mysore. His daughter, Hon’ble Mrs. Justice B.V. Nagarathna, is a judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Justice E.S. Venkataramiah enrolled as an advocate in the Karnataka High Court on January 5th 1948 and worked as a Special Government pleader starting from June 1969. He served in this position until March 5th 1970, when he was appointed as Advocate General of Mysore. On June 25th 1970, he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court. On October 11th 1970, he became a Permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court, where he served for nearly 9 years. On March 8th 1979, he was elevated to the Supreme Court. He became the Chief Justice of India on June 19th 1989 and retired at the end of the same year on December 17th. After retiring from the Supreme Court, Justice Venkataramiah taught Constitutional Law at NLSIU from 1992-97, during which  time he held the M K Nambyar Chair at the University.

According to the Supreme Court Observer, he was a part of benches that pronounced 720 judgments. Of these, he authored 256 judgments during his term at the Supreme Court.

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