K. G. Balakrishnan

Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan
Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, during an official visit to Brasília in 2008
37th Chief Justice of India
In office 14 January 2007 – 11 May 2010
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded by	Y. K. Sabharwal
Succeeded by	Sarosh Homi Kapadia
Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India
In office 7 June 2010 – 11 May 2015
Preceded by	S. Rajendra Babu
Succeeded by	H. L. Dattu
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-12) 12 May 1945 (age 79) Kaduthuruthy, Travancore, British India
Spouse	Nirmala Balakrishnan
Alma mater	Government Law College, Ernakulam

Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (born 12 May 1945) is an Indian judge who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India and later the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He was the first judge from Kerala to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His tenure lasting more than three years has been one of the longest in the Supreme Court of India. While being Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, he was appointed the acting governor of Gujarat from 16 January 1999 to 18 March 1999. In 2010, he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Cochin University of Science and Technology.^[1]