Kandiah Neelakandan ( ta, கந்தையா நீலகண்டன்; 16 April 1947 – 18 February 2018) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and the lead

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in Neelakandan & Neelakandan (previously Murugesu and Neelakandan). He died on 18 February 2018 when he was 70 years old.

Early life and family

Neelakandan was educated at

Udupiddy American Mission College Udupiddy American Mission College ( ta, உடுப்பிட்டி அமெரிக்கன் மிஷன் கல்லூரி ''Uṭuppiṭṭi Amerikkaṉ Micaṉ Kallūri'') is a national school in Udupiddy, Sri Lanka. It w ...

and

Jaffna Hindu College Jaffna Hindu College ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணம் இந்துக் கல்லூரி, translit=Yāḻppāṇam Intuk Kallūri; si, යාපනය හින්දු විද්‍යාලය, translit=Yāpanaya Hindu Vidyāl ...

. After school he joined

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, graduating in 1969. Neelakandan was married to Sasithevi, daughter of V. Murugesu, his partner.

Career

Neelakandan was

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as an

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of the Supreme Court in 1970. He joined Murugesu and Kularatne in January 1970 as a Professional Assistant. He became a partner of the firm, which was renamed Murugesu and Neelakandan, in 1973. He was chief editor of the Bar Association Law Journal for many years. He was Group Deputy Chairman of George Steuart and Co, Sri Lanka's oldest company, from 2008 to 2012. He had previously been

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of the company. Neelakandan was a member of the Company Law Advisory Commission, the Law Commission of Sri Lanka and the Council of Legal Education. He has written several books on Sri Lankan company law. He was general-secretary of the All Ceylon Hindu Congress before becoming its president. He was president of the Sri Lanka-India Society.

Death

Kandiah Neelakandan died on 18 February 2018 afternoon at the age of 70 in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

due to illness.

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* 1947 births 2018 deaths Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College Alumni of Udupiddy American Mission College Sri Lankan Hindus Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers {{SriLanka-bio-stub