Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Justice_V._R._Krishna_Iyer

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Annamalai_University
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Padma_Vibhushan
gptkbp:birthDate	1914-11-15
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Palakkad,_Kerala,_India
gptkbp:children	gptkb:V._K._Hari_Kumar
gptkbp:deathDate	2014-12-04
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Kochi,_Kerala,_India
gptkbp:father	gptkb:Vaidyanathapuram_Rama_Iyer
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Vaidyanathapuram_Rama_Iyer_Krishna_Iyer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer
gptkbp:influenced	Indian legal system public interest litigation in India
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
gptkbp:knownFor	human rights advocacy legal reforms judicial activism progressive judgments
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Hindi gptkb:Malayalam gptkb:Tamil English
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Kerala_Legislative_Assembly
gptkbp:ministerialPortfolio	Home, Law, Social Welfare, Power, Irrigation, Prisons (Kerala)
gptkbp:mother	gptkb:Parvathi_Amma
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableWork	pioneering public interest litigation in India landmark judgments on human rights and social justice
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:judge gptkb:lawyer politician
gptkbp:politicalParty	Independent
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:Minister_in_the_Government_of_Kerala Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly Judge of the Supreme Court of India
gptkbp:precededBy	Justice S. N. Dwivedi (Supreme Court of India)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:retired	1980-11-14
gptkbp:signature	V R Krishna Iyer signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Saraswati_Amma
gptkbp:successor	Justice R. S. Sarkaria (Supreme Court of India)
gptkbp:termEnd	Supreme Court of India: 1980
gptkbp:termStart	Supreme Court of India: 1973
gptkbp:wrote	gptkb:Human_Rights_and_Inhuman_Wrongs gptkb:Off_the_Bench gptkb:Social_Justice_and_the_Constitution_of_India gptkb:The_Dialectics_and_Dynamics_of_Human_Rights_in_India gptkb:A_Judge's_Miscellany gptkb:Law,_Justice_and_the_Social_Dialectic gptkb:The_V._R._Krishna_Iyer's_Law_Lexicon
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Madras_Law_College gptkb:Public_Interest_Litigations gptkb:Public_Interest_Litigation gptkb:Government_Law_College,_Ernakulam gptkb:Syrian_Christians_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6