V. M. Tarkunde

V. M. Tarkunde

Vithal Mahadeo Tarkunde (Saswad, 3 July 1909 – Delhi, 22 March 2004), also popularly known as Justice V. M. Tarkunde, was a prominent Indian lawyer, civil rights activist, and humanist leader and has been referred to as the "Father of the Civil Liberties movement" in India. The Supreme Court of India also praised him as "undoubtedly the most distinguished judge of the post-Chagla 1957 period" in the Bombay High Court.

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