NLSIU Bangalore is organising Justice E S Venkataramiah Centennial Memorial Lecture on December 17. 2023.
About the Lecture
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is organising the Justice E S Venkataramiah Centennial Memorial Lecture on the morning of Sunday, December 17 2023. The lecture shall be delivered by Hon’ble Dr Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India and Chancellor of NLSIU. The lecture will commence from 11 am, at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, 11, Palace Road, Ambedkar Veedhi, Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru.
About Justice E S Venkataramiah
Justice Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah served as the 19th Chief Justice of India. He previously served as a judge of the Karnataka High Court, as well as the Advocate General of Mysore. His daughter, Hon’ble Mrs. Justice B.V. Nagarathna, is a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Justice E S Venkataramiah enrolled as an advocate in the Karnataka High Court on January 5th 1948 and worked as a Special Government pleader starting from June 1969. He served in this position until March 5th 1970, when he was appointed as Advocate General of Mysore.
On June 25th 1970, he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court. On October 11th 1970, he became a Permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court, where he served for nearly 9 years. On March 8th 1979, he was elevated to the Supreme Court. He became the Chief Justice of India on June 19th 1989 and retired at the end of the same year on December 17th.
According to the Supreme Court Observer, he was a part of benches that pronounced 720 judgments. Of these, he authored 256 judgments during his term at the Supreme Court.
Programme
- Lighting of Lamp and Tribute to Justice E.S. Venkataramaiah
- Welcome by Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU
- Introduction of the Speaker by Hon’ble Mrs. Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Judge, Supreme Court Of India
- Lecture by Hon’ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice Of India
- Felicitation of the Speaker
- Vote of Thanks by Prof. (Dr.) N.S. Nigam, Registrar, NLSIU
Location & Timing
The lecture will commence from 11 am, at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, 11, Palace Road, Ambedkar Veedhi, Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru.
Registration
Guests are requested to be in their seats by 10.30 AM.
Contact
To RSVP, write to registrar’[email protected].
