BIRTH
AND EDUCATION:
Born in the Palakkad district of
Kerala, on 15th November 1915 as the son of
the reputed advocate VV Ramaiyer.
He studied and graduated in Arts from Annamalai
University in Tamil Nadu, studied at Madras
Law College for a Bachelor of Law. In 1938,
he enrolled as an advocate and was appointed
to Ernakulam High Court.
HIS
ROLES:
In
1952- Member of Madras Legislative
Assembly.
In
1957- Elected to Kerala Assembly
from Thalassery. He was appointed as a minister
in the state government of Kerala following
the victory of the Communist Party of India
under E. M. S. Namboodiripad in the 1957 elections.
He was assigned the departments of Home, Law,
Jail, Electricity, Irrigation, and Social
Welfare.
In-1960-
Elected to Kerala Assembly for the second
time.
In-1968-
Appointed as judge in Kerala High Court.
In-1970-
Member of Law Commission.
In 1973-Judge in Supreme Court from
July 17 to Nov 14, 1980
V.
R. Krishna Iyer became a judge
of the Supreme Court of India
in 1973. During this time,
the Supreme Court interpreted Article
21 of the Constitution of India in
the sense that the national government was
obliged to provide free legal services to
accused people in custody.He retired from
the Supreme Court in November 1980.
In
1987 - Contested in the Presidential
election against R Venkataraman.
HIS
RECOGNITIONS- AWARDS
Sovietland Nehru Award (1968)
Sree Jehangir Gandhi Medal (1982)
Rev. MA Thomas National Human Rights Award
(1998)
Rotary Manavasena Award
Padma Vibhooshan (1999)
AT
PRESENT-
- A fellow of the Indian Society
of Criminology
- A patron of many Sangeeta Sabhas
- Chairman of R Sankaranarayanan Thampi Foundation
Council
LANDMARKS AS A JUDGE
 The
prison laws got reformed under the initiative
of Krishna Iyer. He supported for the rehabilitation
of the prisoners and suggested free legal
help for the accused in custody.
The verdict of the Ratlam Municipality case
highlights the legal responsibility of the
local body institutions in health care and
sanitation.
According
to the service rules of Indian Foreign Service,
the women employees had to produce prior approval
certificate from the government before marriage.
Krishna Iyer made it obvious that it is discrimination
against women and against the freedom of equality.
He was involved in the verdict of a critical
case in the Indian political history. He stayed
the High Court order with certain conditions,
which prevented Indira Gandhi from contesting
the elections for six years.
AS AN ORATOR:
He delivered the following lectures-
- Ambedkar
Memorable lectures under the auspices of Jawaharlal
Nehru University, Delhi and Madras University
-Allady
Krishna Swamy Iyer Memorable lecture, Hyderabad
-Lecture
in the Andhra University Waltair (Andra Pradesh
State, India)
-Megachand
Mahajan Memorial Lecture in the Punjab University
and another in Delhi
-Bhimson
Sanchar Memorial Lecture in Delhi.
Justice Iyer has delivered many prestigious
lectures including the Tagore Law Lectures
on Human Rights (Calcutta University). He
has traveled to many countries like Sri. Lanka,
Honk Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, USA, UK,
Canberra, Geneva, Stockholm and Brussels.
His addresses in Dhaka and Karachi at the
SAARC Law Conference are memorable. He delivered
an important lecture on Victimology in Adelaide
in Australia and he is an activist in Victimology.
HIS
FAMILY:
VR
Krishna Iyer lives at Kochi. He has two sons
Ramesh and Paramesh.The untimely death of
his wife Sarada Krishna Iyer was a setback
in his life.
Krishna
Iyer has written a book named 'Satgamaya',
which is dedicated to his wife. It depicts
the pain of separation after her death.
EXTERNAL
REFERENCE:
vrkrishnaiyer.org
(click)
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