Justice G.R. Swaminathan

Born in 1968, Justice.G.R.Swaminathan had his early schooling in the small provincial town of Thiruvarur. He obtained his law degree in the year 1990. He is a first generation lawyer. After enrolling himself in the year 1991, he practised for over thirteen years at Chennai. Following the establishment of Bench of Madurai, he shifted his practice.

He had a very busy practice in almost all branches of law at the appellate level. He was the standing counsel for several public sector undertakings. He became the Assistant Solicitor General of India for Madurai Bench in the year 2014. He was elevated as Additional Judge of the Madras High Court in June 2017 and later made permanent. For the first time in judicial history, he presented his performance card on completion of two years of service. He has authored several land mark judgments covering free speech, prisoners' rights, animal rights and the rights of differently-abled. Known for his prodigious output, during his tenure of less than six years, he has so far authored 52,094 judgments and orders.

He is a regular resource person in the National Judicial Academy at Bhopal. His wife Ms.Kamakshi is a homemaker and an activist espousing the cause of the differently abled. Their older son Mr.S.Chandrasekhar is a special child. They have a daughter Ms.S.Sadhana who is a law student.