Background
Balakrishnan, Konakuppakatil Gopinathan was born on May 12, 1945 in Kottayam, Kerla, India.
Balakrishnan, Konakuppakatil Gopinathan was born on May 12, 1945 in Kottayam, Kerla, India.
Educated in Science, Maharaja's College at Ernakulam. Business Level, Maharaja's Law College. Master of Laws, Maharaja's Law College, 1971.
Advisory Kerala Bar Council, 1968. Munsif Kerala Judicial Services, 1973. Advocatein Kerala High Court, judge, 1985—1997, Gujarat High Court, 1997—1998, chief justice, 1998—1999, High Court Judicature at Madras, 1999—2000.
Justice Supreme Court, India, 2000—2007, chief justice India, 2007—2010. Chairman National Human Rights Commission, since 2010.