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Kannan sworn in Additional Judge of Madras High Court

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With this, the strength has gone up to 46 against the sanctioned 49

— Photo: M. Vedhan

Chief Justice of the Madras High Court A. K. Ganguly administering the oath of office to K. Kannan, who was sworn in Additional Judge in Chennai on Thursday.

CHENNAI: K. Kannan was on Thursday sworn in as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court. With his appointment, the strength of the High Court has gone up to 46, against the sanctioned strength of 49.

At a brief ceremony, Chief Justice A.K. Ganguly administered the oath of office.

Advocate-General G. Masilamani said the 54-year-old Judge was born in Cuddalore. He was a third generation lawyer in the family with his father and grandfather having been lawyers.

“Industrious”

He had a lucrative and extensive practice and his presentation of law was convincing and succinct. He was industrious and approached cases analytically. He had a keen interest in the academic side of the law.

He had authored several books and was also a vocalist.

Presidents of the Madras High Court Advocates Association, Madras Bar Association and Women Lawyers Association, R.C. Paul Kanagaraj, R. Krishnamurthy and K. Santhakumari, and Chairman of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Chandramohan, were among those who felicitated Mr. Justice Kannan.

They recalled his valuable contribution to the public through mediation centres. He was a trained mediator. He had a strong foundation in all branches of law.

Mr. Justice Kannan was a voracious reader and a prolific writer.

Mr. Justice Kannan said the litmus test that Mahatma Gandhi would apply for approbating any State policy or intervention or any action, was to pose a question whether it would result in wiping the tear of the nameless Indian. The mantra ought to resonate with greater meaning in the field of law. This was not to suggest that only the poor knock at the doors of courts.

The core litigation still germinated from the assertion of their basic rights to food, shelter and their means of living. “We need to consciously focus our attention to these areas and redeem them to centre stage for concerted action and jettison publicity-oriented litigation.”

Earlier, with their term being extended by two years, Additional Judges Justices K. Chandru, V. Ramasubramanian, S. Manikumar and A. Selvam were sworn in by the Chief Justice.

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