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H. L. Dattu

42nd Chief Justice of India · India · On the map · Lawyers · Born 1950 · age 75

Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu is a former Chief Justice of India, and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. As the chief justice, he served for nearly 14 months, from 28 September 2014 to 2 December 2015.

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Before his elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17 December 2008, he had served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court.

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Born 1950 · age 75