About V. R. Krishna Iyer
Vaidyanathapuram Rama Iyer Krishna Iyer (15 November 1915 – 4 December 2014) was an Indian judge who became a pioneer of judicial activism. He pioneered the legal-aid movement in the country. Before that, he was a state minister and politician. As an activist lawyer, he served jail terms for the cause of his poor and underprivileged clients. He was seen as a human-rights activist, and also campaigned for social justice and the environment. A sports enthusiast and a prolific author, he was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan in 1999. His judgements continue to be cited in the higher judiciary. == Early life and education == Krishna Iyer was born in a Tamil Brahmin family on 15 November 1915 in Vaidyanathapuram village in Palakkad, which was part of the then Malabar region of the then Madras State, to a lawyer father, Rama Iyer, and Narayani Ammal. He was the eldest among the seven children born to his parents, among whom, the youngest, V. R. Lakshminarayanan, served as the Director General of Police in Tamil Nadu Police. He inherited from his father an avid interest in the community around and using the law for the benefit of those more in need.
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