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	'''Nanje Gowda Venkatachala''' ({{~~lang-~~kn\|ನಂಜೇಗೌಡ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ}}; 3 July 1930 – 30 October 2019)<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-karnataka-lokayukta-n-venkatachala-passes-away/article29829737.ece~~/amp~~/\|title = Former Karnataka Lokayukta N. Venkatachala passes away\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 30 October 2019}}</ref> was a judge of the [[Supreme ~~court~~ of India]] and [[LokAyukta\|Lokayukta]] of state of [[Karnataka]]. He was ~~popular~~ for his approach of taking action in each and every case he caught, many times red-handed by personally leading the raid while he was serving as Lokayukta. He became the first of the four Lokayuktas to take the oath of office and secrecy in [[Kannada language]] with the [[Governor of Karnataka\|~~Governor~~]] also administering the oath in Kannada. He is survived by his wife Anasuya Chala and children M.V. Seshachala, M.V. Vedachala, Aruna Ramesh and Arjuna Chala ~~respectively~~.<ref name="kannada">{{cite web\|url=http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|title=Lokayukta\|work=Online website of Karnataka.com\|publisher=Karnataka.com\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810094126/http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|archive-date=10 August 2007\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		'''Nanje Gowda Venkatachala''' ({{langx\|kn\|ನಂಜೇಗೌಡ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ}}; 3 July 1930 – 30 October 2019)<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-karnataka-lokayukta-n-venkatachala-passes-away/article29829737.ece/\|title = Former Karnataka Lokayukta N. Venkatachala passes away\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 30 October 2019}}</ref> was a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and [[LokAyukta\|Lokayukta]] of state of [[Karnataka]]. He was known for his approach of taking action in each and every case he caught, many times red-handed by personally leading the raid while he was serving as Lokayukta. He became the first of the four Lokayuktas to take the oath of office and secrecy in [[Kannada language]] with the [[Governor of Karnataka\|governor]] also administering the oath in Kannada. He is survived by his wife Anasuya Chala and children M.V. Seshachala, M.V. Vedachala, Aruna Ramesh and Arjuna Chala.<ref name="kannada">{{cite web\|url=http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|title=Lokayukta\|work=Online website of Karnataka.com\|publisher=Karnataka.com\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810094126/http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|archive-date=10 August 2007\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	N. Venkatachala was born in Mittur village of [[Mulbagal\|Mulabagal taluk]] in [[Kolar district]] in a respectable agriculturist's family. After completing his schooling from [[Mulbagal]] and [[~~Kolara~~]] he moved to [[Bengaluru]] to pursue his college education. He obtained [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Bachelor of Law]] degrees from [[University of Mysore\|Mysore University]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web\|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/nvenkatachala.htm\|title= N.Venkatachala\|work=Official website of Supreme court of India\|publisher=Supreme court of India\|accessdate=2007-07-16}}</ref> He was married to ''Anasuya''.		N. Venkatachala was born in Mittur village of [[Mulbagal\|Mulabagal taluk]] in [[Kolar district]] in a respectable agriculturist's family. After completing his schooling from [[Mulbagal]] and [[Kolar, Karnataka\|Kolar]] he moved to [[Bengaluru]] to pursue his college education. He obtained [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Bachelor of Law]] degrees from [[University of Mysore\|Mysore University]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web\|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/nvenkatachala.htm\|title= N.Venkatachala\|work=Official website of Supreme court of India\|publisher=Supreme court of India\|accessdate=2007-07-16}}</ref> He was married to ''Anasuya''.

	==Career==		==Career==
	Venkatachala enrolled as an ~~Advocate~~ in the then High Court of [[State of Mysore\|Mysore]] on 16 November 1955. He served as a part-time reader in Mercantile Law from 1958 to 1970 and a legal adviser to the [[University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore\|University of Agricultural Sciences]], [[Hebbal, Bangalore\|Hebbal]] from 1963 to 1973 and [[Bangalore University]] from 1970 to 1973. He was elected as high Court government pleader in 1968 and continued in that position till 1973 and when he was promoted to high court government advocate which he served till 1977. He was appointed additional judge for [[Karnataka High Court]] on 28 November 1977 and a permanent judge on 8 September 1978. He functioned as a tribunal for prevention of unlawful activities under the unlawful activities prevention act during the year 1990. He was appointed the acting ~~Chief Justice~~ for Karnataka High Court in May, 1992. On 1 July 1992 he was sworn in as ~~Judge~~ of the Supreme Court of India which he remained until July ~~22,~~ 1995.		Venkatachala enrolled as an advocate in the then High Court of [[State of Mysore\|Mysore]] on 16 November 1955. He served as a part-time reader in Mercantile Law from 1958 to 1970 and a legal adviser to the [[University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore\|University of Agricultural Sciences]], [[Hebbal, Bangalore\|Hebbal]] from 1963 to 1973 and [[Bangalore University]] from 1970 to 1973. He was elected as high Court government pleader in 1968 and continued in that position till 1973 and when he was promoted to high court government advocate which he served till 1977. He was appointed additional judge for [[Karnataka High Court]] on 28 November 1977 and a permanent judge on 8 September 1978. He functioned as a tribunal for prevention of unlawful activities under the unlawful activities prevention act during the year 1990. He was appointed the acting chief justice for Karnataka High Court in May, 1992. On 1 July 1992 he was sworn in as judge of the Supreme Court of India which he remained until 22 July 1995.

	==Lokayukta==		==Lokayukta==
	Venkatachala was best known for rejuvenating the department of Karnataka [[LokAyukta]], the anti corruption agency.<ref name="lokayukta">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|title=Lokayukta in action\|work=Online webpage of The Hindu\|publisher=The Hindu\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212610/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|archive-date=26 September 2007\|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The then CM, S M Krishna, chose him as the Lokayukta on 2 July 2001.<ref name="kannada"/> Sri Venkatachala revamped the working of Lokayukta.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2216/stories/20050812002903800.htm\|title = 'Government and courts are the obstacle'}}</ref> In spite of not having suo-moto powers to investigate, Sri Venkatachala used the appeals coming to Lokayukta, to initiate probe and raid. Due to his pro-active approach, number of complaints the office of Lokayukta was receiving dramatically increased from 20–25 per day to 200–250 per day while Venkatachala was in tenure.<ref name="kannada"/> He personally led hundreds of raids often lashing out at corruption in political life.<ref name="lokayukta"/> In his four and a half years in office, he had looked into more than 50,000 cases of misconduct and complaints from members of the public.<ref name="cases">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095246/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Lokayukta Venkatachala ready to serve another term\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-04-20}}</ref> While purists questioned his model of raiding government officials without notices, he was lauded in equal measure for acting as a deterrent towards corruption. He even drew lot of criticism often from politicians who accused him of tarnishing all politicians with the same brush.<ref name="lokayukta"/> He was discontinued as Lokayukta for the second term because of legal hurdles although a huge campaign was done in favor of him.<ref name="campaign">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095236/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Campaign for Venkatachala's reappointment continues\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-07-04}}</ref> Owing to his popularity he was featured in a [[Cinema of Karnataka\|Kannada film]] ''Lancha Samrajya'' as an officer fighting the corruption.<ref name="film">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-09-27\|title= Venkatachala in and as Ayukta\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|first1=Rakesh\|last1=Prakash\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=2006-11-23}}</ref>		Venkatachala was best known for rejuvenating the department of Karnataka [[LokAyukta]], the anti corruption agency.<ref name="lokayukta">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|title=Lokayukta in action\|work=Online webpage of The Hindu\|publisher=The Hindu\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212610/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|archive-date=26 September 2007\|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The then CM, S M Krishna, chose him as the Lokayukta on 2 July 2001.<ref name="kannada"/> Sri Venkatachala revamped the working of Lokayukta.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2216/stories/20050812002903800.htm\|title='Government and courts are the obstacle'}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2025 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In spite of not having suo-moto powers to investigate, Sri Venkatachala used the appeals coming to Lokayukta, to initiate probe and raid. Due to his pro-active approach, number of complaints the office of Lokayukta was receiving dramatically increased from 20–25 per day to 200–250 per day while Venkatachala was in tenure.<ref name="kannada"/> He personally led hundreds of raids often lashing out at corruption in political life.<ref name="lokayukta"/> In his four and a half years in office, he had looked into more than 50,000 cases of misconduct and complaints from members of the public.<ref name="cases">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095246/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Lokayukta Venkatachala ready to serve another term\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-04-20}}</ref> While purists questioned his model of raiding government officials without notices, he was lauded in equal measure for acting as a deterrent towards corruption. He even drew lot of criticism often from politicians who accused him of tarnishing all politicians with the same brush.<ref name="lokayukta"/> He was discontinued as Lokayukta for the second term because of legal hurdles although a huge campaign was done in favor of him.<ref name="campaign">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095236/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Campaign for Venkatachala's reappointment continues\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-07-04}}</ref> Owing to his popularity he was featured in a [[Cinema of Karnataka\|Kannada film]] ''Lancha Samrajya'' as an officer fighting the corruption.<ref name="film">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-09-27\|title= Venkatachala in and as Ayukta\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|first1=Rakesh\|last1=Prakash\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=2006-11-23}}</ref>

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	'''Nanje Gowda Venkatachala''' ({{lang-kn\|ನಂಜೇಗೌಡ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ}}; 3 July 1930 – 30 October 2019)<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-karnataka-lokayukta-n-venkatachala-passes-away/article29829737.ece/amp/</ref> was a judge of the [[Supreme court of India]] and [[LokAyukta\|Lokayukta]] of state of [[Karnataka]]. He was popular for his approach of taking action in each and every case he caught, many times red-handed by personally leading the raid while he was serving as Lokayukta. He became the first of the four Lokayuktas to take the oath of office and secrecy in [[Kannada language]] with the [[Governor of Karnataka\|Governor]] also administering the oath in Kannada. He is survived by his wife Anasuya Chala and children M.V. Seshachala, M.V. Vedachala, Aruna Ramesh and Arjuna Chala respectively.<ref name="kannada">{{cite web\|url=http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|title=Lokayukta\|work=Online website of Karnataka.com\|publisher=Karnataka.com\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810094126/http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|archive-date=10 August 2007\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		'''Nanje Gowda Venkatachala''' ({{lang-kn\|ನಂಜೇಗೌಡ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ}}; 3 July 1930 – 30 October 2019)<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-karnataka-lokayukta-n-venkatachala-passes-away/article29829737.ece/amp/\|title = Former Karnataka Lokayukta N. Venkatachala passes away\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 30 October 2019}}</ref> was a judge of the [[Supreme court of India]] and [[LokAyukta\|Lokayukta]] of state of [[Karnataka]]. He was popular for his approach of taking action in each and every case he caught, many times red-handed by personally leading the raid while he was serving as Lokayukta. He became the first of the four Lokayuktas to take the oath of office and secrecy in [[Kannada language]] with the [[Governor of Karnataka\|Governor]] also administering the oath in Kannada. He is survived by his wife Anasuya Chala and children M.V. Seshachala, M.V. Vedachala, Aruna Ramesh and Arjuna Chala respectively.<ref name="kannada">{{cite web\|url=http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|title=Lokayukta\|work=Online website of Karnataka.com\|publisher=Karnataka.com\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810094126/http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml\|archive-date=10 August 2007\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	Venkatachala enrolled as an Advocate in the then High Court of [[State of Mysore\|Mysore]] on 16 November 1955. He served as a part-time reader in Mercantile Law from 1958 to 1970 and a legal adviser to the [[University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore\|University of Agricultural Sciences]], [[Hebbal, Bangalore\|Hebbal]] from 1963 to 1973 and [[Bangalore University]] from 1970 to 1973. He was elected as high Court government pleader in 1968 and continued in that position till 1973 and when he was promoted to high court government advocate which he served till 1977. He was appointed as additional judge for [[Karnataka High Court]] on 28 November 1977 and a permanent judge on 8 September 1978. He functioned as a tribunal for prevention of unlawful activities under the unlawful activities prevention act during the year 1990. He was appointed as the acting Chief Justice for Karnataka High Court in May, 1992. On 1 July 1992 he was sworn in as Judge of the Supreme Court of India which he remained until ~~Jul2 2~~, 1995.		Venkatachala enrolled as an Advocate in the then High Court of [[State of Mysore\|Mysore]] on 16 November 1955. He served as a part-time reader in Mercantile Law from 1958 to 1970 and a legal adviser to the [[University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore\|University of Agricultural Sciences]], [[Hebbal, Bangalore\|Hebbal]] from 1963 to 1973 and [[Bangalore University]] from 1970 to 1973. He was elected as high Court government pleader in 1968 and continued in that position till 1973 and when he was promoted to high court government advocate which he served till 1977. He was appointed additional judge for [[Karnataka High Court]] on 28 November 1977 and a permanent judge on 8 September 1978. He functioned as a tribunal for prevention of unlawful activities under the unlawful activities prevention act during the year 1990. He was appointed the acting Chief Justice for Karnataka High Court in May, 1992. On 1 July 1992 he was sworn in as Judge of the Supreme Court of India which he remained until July 22, 1995.

	==Lokayukta==		==Lokayukta==
	Venkatachala was best known for rejuvenating the department of Karnataka [[LokAyukta]], the anti corruption agency.<ref name="lokayukta">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|title=Lokayukta in action\|work=Online webpage of The Hindu\|publisher=The Hindu\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212610/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|archive-date=26 September 2007\|url-status=~~dead~~}}</ref> The then CM, S M Krishna, chose him as the Lokayukta on 2 July 2001.<ref name="kannada"/> Sri Venkatachala revamped the working of Lokayukta.<ref>https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2216/stories/20050812002903800.htm</ref> In spite of not having suo-moto powers to investigate, Sri Venkatachala used the appeals coming to Lokayukta, to initiate probe and raid. Due to his pro-active approach, ~~Number~~ of complaints the office of Lokayukta was receiving dramatically increased from 20–25 per day to 200–250 per day while Venkatachala was in tenure.<ref name="kannada"/> He personally led hundreds of raids often lashing out at corruption in political life.<ref name="lokayukta"/> In his four and a half years in office, he had looked into more than 50,000 cases of misconduct and complaints from members of the public.<ref name="cases">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095246/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Lokayukta Venkatachala ready to serve another term\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-04-20}}</ref> While purists questioned his model of raiding government officials without notices, he was lauded in equal measure for acting as a deterrent towards corruption. He even drew lot of criticism often from politicians who accused him of tarnishing all politicians with the same brush.<ref name="lokayukta"/> He was discontinued as Lokayukta for the second term because of legal hurdles although a huge campaign was done in favor of him.<ref name="campaign">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095236/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Campaign for Venkatachala's reappointment continues\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-07-04}}</ref> Owing to his popularity he was featured in a [[Cinema of Karnataka\|Kannada film]] ''Lancha Samrajya'' as an officer fighting the corruption.<ref name="film">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-09-27\|title= Venkatachala in and as Ayukta\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|first1=Rakesh\|last1=Prakash\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=2006-11-23}}</ref>		Venkatachala was best known for rejuvenating the department of Karnataka [[LokAyukta]], the anti corruption agency.<ref name="lokayukta">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|title=Lokayukta in action\|work=Online webpage of The Hindu\|publisher=The Hindu\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212610/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm\|archive-date=26 September 2007\|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The then CM, S M Krishna, chose him as the Lokayukta on 2 July 2001.<ref name="kannada"/> Sri Venkatachala revamped the working of Lokayukta.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2216/stories/20050812002903800.htm\|title = 'Government and courts are the obstacle'}}</ref> In spite of not having suo-moto powers to investigate, Sri Venkatachala used the appeals coming to Lokayukta, to initiate probe and raid. Due to his pro-active approach, number of complaints the office of Lokayukta was receiving dramatically increased from 20–25 per day to 200–250 per day while Venkatachala was in tenure.<ref name="kannada"/> He personally led hundreds of raids often lashing out at corruption in political life.<ref name="lokayukta"/> In his four and a half years in office, he had looked into more than 50,000 cases of misconduct and complaints from members of the public.<ref name="cases">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095246/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Lokayukta Venkatachala ready to serve another term\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-04-20}}</ref> While purists questioned his model of raiding government officials without notices, he was lauded in equal measure for acting as a deterrent towards corruption. He even drew lot of criticism often from politicians who accused him of tarnishing all politicians with the same brush.<ref name="lokayukta"/> He was discontinued as Lokayukta for the second term because of legal hurdles although a huge campaign was done in favor of him.<ref name="campaign">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095236/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-10-24\|title= Campaign for Venkatachala's reappointment continues\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2006-07-04}}</ref> Owing to his popularity he was featured in a [[Cinema of Karnataka\|Kannada film]] ''Lancha Samrajya'' as an officer fighting the corruption.<ref name="film">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-09-27\|title= Venkatachala in and as Ayukta\|accessdate=2007-07-16\|first1=Rakesh\|last1=Prakash\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=2006-11-23}}</ref>

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	[[Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India]]		[[Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India]]
	[[Category:~~Lokayuktas~~]]		[[Category:Ombudsmen in India]]
	[[Category:People from Kolar district]]		[[Category:People from Kolar district]]
	[[Category:University Law College, Bangalore University alumni]]		[[Category:University Law College, Bangalore University alumni]]
	[[Category:University of Mysore alumni]]		[[Category:University of Mysore alumni]]

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|name = N. Venkatachala
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|7|3}}
|birth_place = Mittur village, [[Mulbagal|Mulabagal taluk]], [[Kolar district]], [[Karnataka]], [[British Raj]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|30|1930|7|3|df=y}}
|death_place = Bangalore, Karnataka, India
|education = [[Bachelor of Law]] from [[University of Mysore|Mysore university]]
|occupation = Former Justice of the Supreme Court India and former Lokayukta of Karnataka
|title = [[LokAyukta]]
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|nationality = Indian
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'''Nanje Gowda Venkatachala''' ({{lang-kn|ನಂಜೇಗೌಡ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ}}; 3 July 1930 – 30 October 2019)<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-karnataka-lokayukta-n-venkatachala-passes-away/article29829737.ece/amp/</ref> was a judge of the [[Supreme court of India]] and [[LokAyukta|Lokayukta]] of state of [[Karnataka]]. He was popular for his approach of taking action in each and every case he caught, many times red-handed by personally leading the raid while he was serving as Lokayukta. He became the first of the four Lokayuktas to take the oath of office and secrecy in [[Kannada language]] with the [[Governor of Karnataka|Governor]] also administering the oath in Kannada. He is survived by his wife Anasuya Chala and children M.V. Seshachala, M.V. Vedachala, Aruna Ramesh and Arjuna Chala respectively.<ref name="kannada">{{cite web|url=http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml|title=Lokayukta|work=Online website of Karnataka.com|publisher=Karnataka.com|accessdate=2007-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810094126/http://www.karnataka.com/govt/corruption/lokayukta.shtml|archive-date=10 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life==
N. Venkatachala was born in Mittur village of [[Mulbagal|Mulabagal taluk]] in [[Kolar district]] in a respectable agriculturist's family. After completing his schooling from [[Mulbagal]] and [[Kolara]] he moved to [[Bengaluru]] to pursue his college education. He obtained [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Bachelor of Law]] degrees from [[University of Mysore|Mysore University]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/nvenkatachala.htm|title= N.Venkatachala|work=Official website of Supreme court of India|publisher=Supreme court of India|accessdate=2007-07-16}}</ref> He was married to ''Anasuya''.

==Career==
Venkatachala enrolled as an Advocate in the then High Court of [[State of Mysore|Mysore]] on 16 November 1955. He served as a part-time reader in Mercantile Law from 1958 to 1970 and a legal adviser to the [[University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore|University of Agricultural Sciences]], [[Hebbal, Bangalore|Hebbal]] from 1963 to 1973 and [[Bangalore University]] from 1970 to 1973. He was elected as high Court government pleader in 1968 and continued in that position till 1973 and when he was promoted to high court government advocate which he served till 1977. He was appointed as additional judge for [[Karnataka High Court]] on 28 November 1977 and a permanent judge on 8 September 1978. He functioned as a tribunal for prevention of unlawful activities under the unlawful activities prevention act during the year 1990. He was appointed as the acting Chief Justice for Karnataka High Court in May, 1992. On 1 July 1992 he was sworn in as Judge of the Supreme Court of India which he remained until Jul2 2, 1995.

==Lokayukta==
Venkatachala was best known for rejuvenating the department of Karnataka [[LokAyukta]], the anti corruption agency.<ref name="lokayukta">{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm|title=Lokayukta in action|work=Online webpage of The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2007-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212610/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2216/stories/20050812002303700.htm|archive-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The then CM, S M Krishna, chose him as the Lokayukta on 2 July 2001.<ref name="kannada"/> Sri Venkatachala revamped the working of Lokayukta.<ref>https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2216/stories/20050812002903800.htm</ref> In spite of not having suo-moto powers to investigate, Sri Venkatachala used the appeals coming to Lokayukta, to initiate probe and raid. Due to his pro-active approach, Number of complaints the office of Lokayukta was receiving dramatically increased from 20–25 per day to 200–250 per day while Venkatachala was in tenure.<ref name="kannada"/> He personally led hundreds of raids often lashing out at corruption in political life.<ref name="lokayukta"/> In his four and a half years in office, he had looked into more than 50,000 cases of misconduct and complaints from members of the public.<ref name="cases">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095246/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042011950400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-24|title= Lokayukta Venkatachala ready to serve another term|accessdate=2007-07-16|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2006-04-20}}</ref> While purists questioned his model of raiding government officials without notices, he was lauded in equal measure for acting as a deterrent towards corruption. He even drew lot of criticism often from politicians who accused him of tarnishing all politicians with the same brush.<ref name="lokayukta"/> He was discontinued as Lokayukta for the second term because of legal hurdles although a huge campaign was done in favor of him.<ref name="campaign">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095236/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/04/stories/2006070406010500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-24|title= Campaign for Venkatachala's reappointment continues|accessdate=2007-07-16|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2006-07-04}}</ref> Owing to his popularity he was featured in a [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada film]] ''Lancha Samrajya'' as an officer fighting the corruption.<ref name="film">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-23/bangalore/27808201_1_justice-venkatachala-lok-ayukta-corrupt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-09-27|title= Venkatachala in and as Ayukta|accessdate=2007-07-16|first1=Rakesh|last1=Prakash|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2006-11-23}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060903035929/http://www.kar.nic.in/lokayukta/ Karnataka Lokayukta]

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