Justice Antony Dominic (born 30 May 1956) is a retired Indian judge and former
Chief Justice at the
High Court of Kerala
The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep. It is located in Kochi. Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court has the power to issu ...
. The High Court, headquartered at
Ernakulam
Ernakulam () is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the namesake of Ernakulam district. The eastern part of Kochi city is mainly known as Ernakulam, while the western part of it after the Venduruthy Bridge ...
, is the highest court in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
of
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
and in the
Union Territory
Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the Government of India, central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own State governments of India, s ...
of
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and th ...
. He was the Chairman of the
State Human Rights Commission of Kerala.
Education
Dominic obtained his
degree in law from S.D.M. Law College,
Mangalore
Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...
.
Career
He started his practice in Munsiff's Court and JFCM,
Kanjirappally
Kanjirappally is a taluk and a town in Kottayam district situated about away from the district capital, in the state of Kerala, in southwestern India.
Etymology
Climate
Kanjirappally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It receiv ...
in 1981. Later, Dominic shifted to Kerala High Court at Ernakulam in 1986. He acquired extensive experience in
Company
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,
Labour and
Constitutional law
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s. Dominic was appointed Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court in January 2007 and promoted to Permanent Judge in December 2008.
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He was elevated to the post of Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala on 6 February 2018, and his tenure ended on 29 May 2018.
Currently, he is the Chairman of the State Human Rights Commission of Kerala.
References
Judges of the Kerala High Court
Living people
Malayali people
1956 births
21st-century Indian judges
20th-century Indian lawyers
Scholars from Mangalore
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