Justice V. Lakshminarayanan
Father’s name SR.S. VENKATACHARI
Date of Birth 04.10.1970
Date of Enrolment 28.06.1995 ( Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
High School and Higher Secondary Sir M.Ct. Muthiah Chettiar Higher Secondary School
Bachelor of Law
National Law School of India University, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore (1990-1995)
Bachelor of Science
D.G. Vaishnav College, (affiliated Madras University) Arumbakkam, Chennai.(1987-1990)
ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS
• Deputy Editor in Chief, the Madras Law Journal and Madras Law Journal (criminal) – 2010 till date
• Member, Honorary Editorial Committee, the Madras Law Journal - 2008-2010
• Joint Editor of the STUDENT ADVOCATE 1994 & 1995.
• Member of the Honorary Board of Editors of the Indian Student Law Review
• Contributor in the volume on Landlord and Tenants, Halsbury’s Law of India. Book Authored by Mr. K. Kannan, Senior Advocate, Madras (Later elevated as a judge of the Madras and Punjab & Haryana High Courts)
• Co author on Constitutional Czars in the Hall of fame along with Mr. Vijayaraghavan, Advocate, High Court, Madras
• Co author on Mulla’s transfer of Property Act, 1882 (14th Edition) along with Mr. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh
• Co-author along with Professor Dr. Telekat Devidas, Professor, Constitutional and Administrative Law, NLSIU, Bangalore - on Administrative Law in the MARCH OF THE LAW Journal, 1995
• Have been a resource person at the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy in training Judicial officers from the level of District Munsif (civil Judge Lower Division) to District Judges (civil Judge Senior Division)
• Have been a resource person on the Arbitration and Conciliation Act with the Madras Institute of Management Studies.
• Have been a speaker at the seminar held by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Nani Palkivala Arbitration Centre (NPAC) on judicial approach to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act at Coimbatore.
• Nominated by His Excellency the Governor of the State of Tamil Nadu as Senate Member (Law) of the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in 2018 and again in 2021.
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION
• Represented India in the Prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program in 2012.
• Lecturer at the National Judicial Academy of Nepal on Law Reporting and Editing – An Indian Perspective – 16th January, 2021.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• June 1995 till date Practicing Advocate, High Court, Madras
• Have appeared before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts of Mumbai, Delhi and Karnataka, Company Law Board, Debts Recovery Tribunal and appellate Tribunals in Chennai and Bombay
• Central Administrative Tribunals, State Administrative Tribunal, National Green Tribunal (southern Zone) Chennai
• Intellectual Property Appellate Board
• Wakf Tribunals at Chennai, Madurai & Vellore.
Standing Counsel for the
i. Tamil Nadu Waqf Board from 2008
ii. Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (Government of India Undertaking) from 2007
iii. Central Warehousing Corporation (Government of India Undertaking) from 2000
iv. Honorary Legal Advisor for the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board from 2018
v. Anna University, Guindy, Chennai from 2021
vi. National Health Mission, DMS, Chennai
AREAS OF PRACTICE
1. Constitutional law
2. Civil & Criminal Law
3. Law of Trusts with special emphasis on Hindu & Islamic law of trusts
4. Intellectual property
PUBLICATIONS
Have penned more than 250 articles in leading law journals and national dailies including the Madras Law Journal, the Supreme Court Cases, The Law Weekly, March of the Law, the Student Advocate, The Deccan Chronicle and the Times of India.