NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, AUG 27
Former Supreme Court judge Justice AR Lakshmanan (78) died at Kauvery Hospital in Tiruchirappalli on Thursday due to sudden cardiac arrest. His wife Meenakshi Aachi had died on Tuesday, and he was in grief.
Justice Lakshmanan is survived by two sons AR.L. Arunachalam and AR.L. Sundaresan, practising as a designated senior counsel in the Madras High Court, and two daughters Umayal and Saravanavalli.
Born in Devakottai in Sivaganga district on March 22, 1942, he had obtained his degree in law from the Madras Law College in 1966 before commencing his practice as a lawyer for 23 years.
In 1990, he was appointed as a judge of Madras High Court and was elevated as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in 1997. Thereafter, he served as Chief Justice of Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh High Courts till 2002.
He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 2002 and retired in 2007. He was part of the Bench that banned smoking in public places. Subsequently, he held the post of Chairman of the Law Commission and submitted 32 reports to the government on judicial reforms.
The cremation ceremony will take place at his native place Devakottai at 11.30 AM.
