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Jagdish Sharan Verma

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27th Chief Justice of India

IndiaLived 1933 to 2013 · aged 80
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Jagdish Sharan Verma was an Indian jurist who served as the 27th Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997 to 18 January 1998.

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Justice J.S. Verma in 1989Justice J.S. Verma in 1989Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma administers oath to Justice J. S. Verma as Chief Justice of India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New DelhiIndian President Shankar Dayal Sharma administers oath to Justice J. S. Verma as Chief Justice of India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New DelhiK. R. Narayanan being sworn in as the President of India. by J. S. Verma, 1997K. R. Narayanan being sworn in as the President of India. by J. S. Verma, 1997

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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.

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Lived 1933 to 2013 · aged 80
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