# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jagdish-sharan-verma
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:31:51.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jagdish-sharan-verma"
name: "Jagdish Sharan Verma"
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description: "Jagdish Sharan Verma was an Indian jurist who served as the 27th Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997 to 18 January 1998. He was the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission from 1999 to 2003, and chairman of the Justice Verma Committee Report on Amendments to Criminal Law after the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. He remains one of India's most highly regarded Chief Justices and eminent jurists in its history."
tagline: "27th Chief Justice of India"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1933-01-18"
deathDate: "2013-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump