Justice M Sathyanarayanan (born 10 June 1949) is Former

Judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

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

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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

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after which, he studied law at the Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai.

Career in law

Justice 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 was appointed as an Additional Judge of the

on 23 April 2008 and as permanent Judge on 9 November 2009.

References

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