Justice M Sathyanarayanan (born 10 June 1949) is a former

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of the

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. He was the third judge chosen to deliver the verdict in the

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MLA disqualification case.

Education

He studied B.Com at the

DG Vaishnav College DG Vaishnav College (Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College), commonly known as DDGDVC, is a Liberal arts, commerce and science college in Chennai, India. It is an autonomous institution affiliated with the University of Madras. It is loc ...

, in Mardas, (now Chennai) after which, he studied law at the Madraw Law College.

Career in law

Sathyanarayanan was enrolled as an advocate on 6 April 1983. He was a junior advocate under M N Padmanaban and K S Dinakaran. He practiced on the civil as well as criminal side before the

and lower courts. He also undertook service and tax matters, appearing for clients like All India Service Officers and

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. He also worked as the standing counsel for

Judgeship

He was appointed an additional judge of the Madras High Court on 23 April 2008 and as permanent judge on 9 November 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sathyanarayanan, M Judges of the Madras High Court Judiciary of India Living people 1959 births