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Engalaguppe Chatra is a small, nondescript village in Karnataka’s Pandavapura taluk in Mandya district. But it has the distinction of sending to the Supreme Court at least one Chief Justice of India (CJI) – so far. One of its sons, Justice ES Venkataramiah, was CJI for six months in 1989. If all goes well, his daughter, Bangalore Venkataramiah Nagarathna (60) could become CJI in 2027 – the first woman to reach that position, though only for 36 days, but the first father-daughter duo to occupy the post.
Justice B V Nagarathna shot into the headlines with her dissenting judgment on
