V. Ramasubramanian

V. Ramasubramanian
9th Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India
Assumed office
30 December 2024
Appointed byDroupadi Murmu
Preceded byArun Kumar Mishra
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
23 September 2019 – 29 June 2023
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
24th Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
In office
22 June 2019 – 22 September 2019
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded bySurya Kant
Succeeded byL. Narayana Swamy
Judge of Telangana High Court
In office
27 April 2016 – 21 June 2019
Nominated byT. S. Thakur
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of Madras High Court
In office
31 July 2006 – 26 April 2016
Nominated byY. K. Sabharwal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born (1958-06-30) 30 June 1958
Alma materRamakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Madras Law College
Websitewww.sci.gov.in
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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. Ramasubramanian retired from the Supreme Court on 29 June 2023.

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

He was appointed as the 9th chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India.