H l dattu biography of williams

Tracked Cases: 0. Later, he moved to Bangalore to pursue higher studies. After obtaining his law degree he enrolled as an advocate on 23 October He built a practice around tax law but also took on civil, criminal, and constitutional law matters.

Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu (born 3 December ) is a former Chief Justice of India, and the former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission.

He was later appointed as a Government Advocate from to , a Standing Counsel for Income tax department from to and Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department from to He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court on 17 December On 28 September , he was sworn in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India. During his time as a Supreme Court judge, Justice Dattu authored a total of judgements.

He authored the most judgments in Dattu predominantly worked on criminal matters along with civil, service, constitutional and excise related issues. In Gimik Piotr v.

Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu Biography.

State of Tamil Nadu Justice Dattu while adjudicating a detention case reiterated the rights of prisoners under the Constitution. In , in Mohd. Hussain Julfikar Ali v. The State Govt.