Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer was born in the district of Palakkad now in Kerala, India, 14/11/1915. His father V. V. Rama Iyer was a lawyer. Palakkad or Palghat is one of the 14 districts of Kerala state in South India. ... Kerala is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west and the Western Ghats on the east. ...

He studied and graduated in Arts from Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu, studied at Madras Law College for a Bachelor of Law. In 1938, he enrolled as an advocate and was appointed to Ernakulam High Court. The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. ...

He was appointed as a minister in the state government of Kerala following the victory of the Communist Party of India under E. M. S. Namboodiripad in the 1957 elections [1]. He was Home minister and minister for law, power, prisons, irrigation and social welfare. A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... Kerala is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west and the Western Ghats on the east. ... CPI badge The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. ... Elankulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (1909–1998), popularly known as EMS, was one of the architects of unified Kerala. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

For this reason, he is referred to, by critics, as a Communist, although he himself states that I was never a communist, though I shared the socialist dimensions with them [2].

He headed a committee which published the Report on Processual Justice, which discussed a national project for free legal services for the poor in 1973. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

V. R. Krishna Iyer became a judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1973. During this time, the Supreme Court interpreted Article 21 of the Constitution of India in the sense that the national government was obliged to provide free legal services to accused people in custody. He retired from the Supreme Court in November 1980. The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Chapter IV, Section III of the Constitution of India. ... The Constitution of India, one of the worlds lengthier written constitutions (with 395 articles and 8 schedules in 117369 words in English) was passed by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1987 he was a candidate in the election to become President of India, supported by political parties opposed to the governing Congress (I) party. The Electoral College consisted of 4695 elected members of the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and of 25 State Legislative Assemblies, whose votes were weighted based on population and combined. Ramaswamy Venkataraman won the election with 72% of the weighted vote, while Justice Iyer had 27% of the weighted vote. [3] Among other activities in his retirement, he led the inquiry Crime Against Humanity - An Inquiry into the Carnage in Gujarat [4] into the 2002 Gujarat violence. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Standard of the President of India The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and first citizen of India and the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party) is the largest subscription-based organisation in the world. ... The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. ... The Rajya Sabha (House of States) is the upper house of the parliament of India. ... . A Legislative Assembly in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top or third-to-top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, inferior to an Executive Council and equal to or inferior to a Legislative Council. ... Ramaswamy Venkataraman (born 1910) is an Indian political figure. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 2002 Gujarat violence refers to a series of riots and other incidents of mob violence that occurred in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002. ...

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