Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
Legal Advisor
(Former Chief Justice of India
Former Chairman of NHRC India)
Justice Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (born 12 May 1945) is a Former Chief Justice of India and later the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He has been one of the longest serving Chief Justices of India.
Justice Balakrishnan is the Jury Chairman for world’s highly prestigious Gandhi Mandela Award and Champions of Change Award.
He is also Advisor – in- Chief on the board of Gandhi Mandela Foundation and has been a crucial member for instituting the World’s renowned Gandhi Mandela Award.
Justice Balakrishnan has been a significant part of crucial and highly eminent judiciaries in India and has passed many valuable judgements from his chair.