Sundaram Nainar Sundaram (3 August 1932 – September 2001) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Gujarat and Telangana High Court.

Career

Nainar Sundaram was born in 1932 in

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...

. His father Herbert Sundaram was a District and Sessions Judge. He studied from Anderson High School of

Kanchipuram Kanchipuram ('; ) also known as ''Conjeevaram,'' is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu. Known as the ''City of Thousand Temples'', Kanchipuram is known for its temple ...

and P.S. Higher Secondary School. He graduated from

Loyola College, Chennai Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an auto ...

and obtained his law degree from

Madras Law College Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, commonly known by its former name Madras Law College, is a law school, located in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is also referred to as Government Law College or GLC, Chennai. It was established in ...

. In 1955, Nainar Sundaram started practice in civil and criminal side in the

Madras High Court The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...

. On 4 January 1978 he was appointed an additional Judge of Madras High Court. Nainar Sundaram was elevated to the post of the Chief Justice of

Gujarat High Court The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the ''Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960'' after the state of Gujarat split from Bombay State. The seat of the court is Ahmedabad. The prese ...

on 15 June 1992. Thereafter he became the Chief Justice of the

Telangana High Court The Telangana High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Telangana. Founded by the 7th Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, initially, it was set up as High Court of Hyderabad for the then Princely State of Hyderabad Deccan and later renamed ...

in December 1993. Justice Nainar Sundaram was appointed the first Chairperson of State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu after retirement.

References

1932 births 2001 deaths Indian judges 20th-century Indian judges Judges of the Madras High Court Chief Justices of the Gujarat High Court Chief Justices of the Telangana High Court People from Tirunelveli Loyola College, Chennai alumni {{India-law-bio-stub