Nanje Gowda Venkatachala (Kannada: ನಂಜೇಗೌಡ ವೆಂಕಟಾಚಲ; 3 July 1930 – 30 October 2019)[1] was a judge of the Supreme court of India and 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.
[2] N. Venkatachala was born in Mittur village of Mulabagal taluk in Kolar district in a respectable agriculturist's family.
[5] In spite of not having suo-moto powers to investigate, Sri Venkatachala used the appeals coming to Lokayukta, to initiate probe and raid.
[6] While purists questioned his model of raiding government officials without notices, he was lauded in equal measure for acting as a deterrent towards corruption.