page_title: K. G. Balakrishnan
hierarchical_section_title: K. G. Balakrishnan
caption_attribution_description: English: Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India, during an official visit in Brasília, Brazil.
context_page_description: Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan was the former Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He is a former Chief Justice 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.
context_section_description: Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (born 12 May 1945) was the former Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He is a former Chief Justice 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.
caption: Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, during an official visit to Brasília in 2008
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