A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar is a judge of the

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, Kochi.Website High Court of Kerala
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Early life and education

Nambiar was born to Justice K. A. Nair, former judge of the Kerala High Court and Chandralekha Nayar.Live Law News 12 September 2017
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and obtained

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from Government Law College, Ernakulam with First Rank for which he was awarded the N. Govinda Menon Memorial Gold Medal. Nambiar has completed Masters of Arts in law from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Career

Nambiar enrolled as an advocate in 1990 and started practising in Ernakulam district with M/s. Menon & Pai Advocates. He specialised in constitutional law and taxationboth

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and indirect. In July2011, he was designated a

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in the

and on 23January2014 he was elevated as an additional judge of High Court of Kerala and became permanent judge of High Court of Kerala on 10March2016.News - The Hindu on 30 November 2013
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References

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