V. Ramasubramanian

V. Ramasubramanian (born 30 June 1958) is the incumbent chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India and a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and former judge of Madras High Court and Telangana High Court.^[2][3] Ramasubramanian retired from the Supreme Court on 29 June 2023.^[4]

V. Ramasubramanian
9th Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 December 2024
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Arun Kumar Mishra
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office 23 September 2019 – 29 June 2023
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
24th Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
In office 22 June 2019 – 22 September 2019
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Surya Kant
Succeeded by	L. Narayana Swamy
Judge of Telangana High Court
In office 27 April 2016 – 21 June 2019
Nominated by	T. S. Thakur
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Judge of Madras High Court
In office 31 July 2006 – 26 April 2016
Nominated by	Y. K. Sabharwal
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-30) 30 June 1958 (age 67) Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
Alma mater	Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Madras Law College[1]
Website	www.sci.gov.in

Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Ramasubramanian wrote 102 judgments.^[5] Ramasubramanian was a member of benches that heard arguments concerning the 2016 Demonetization policy and the validity of circumstantial evidence in bribery cases.^[6]

He was appointed as the 9th chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India.^[7]