Access to Justice: A Case for Basic Change

V.R. Krishna Iyer was born in 1915 at Palghat in Kerala State. He was a Cabinet Minister of the Government of Kerala during 1957-58. He became a Judge of the Kerala High Court in 1968 and a Member of the Law Commission of India in 1971. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 1973 to 1980. He believes that law must serve society, particularly the unprivileged. He moulded law to give justice to the poor. Shri Iyer is in the forefront of those who are working for a better world. He has a mission in life and for its fulfilment, he is busy day and night. The subject which is dearest to him is social justice to achieve which he has spent the whole of his life.