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M. Karpaga Vinayagam

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'''M. Karpaga Vinayagam''' (born 16 May 1946) is an Indian Judge, Tamil scholar and former Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.

==Early life==
Vinayagam was born in 1946 at [[Devakottai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] in a family with legal background. He passed B.A. in [[Economics]] in 1969 from [[Alagappa University]] and got [[LL.B]]. degree from the [[Madras Law College]] in 1972.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==Career==
Vinayagam started practice as a Criminal side Advocate in the [[Madras High Court]]. He appeared as the Government Counsel in the High Court for seven years consecutively. In 1993 he became the Editor of the [[Delhi]] based Law journal Current Criminal Report. Vinayagam was elevated as a Judge in the Madras High Court in 1996. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of [[Jharkhand High Court]] on 17 September 2006. Apart from his judicial career Justice Vinayagam has immense knowledge on Classical and ancient [[Tamil language]]. He wrote a book on Criminal Law in the Ancient Period.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> After the retirement, he practiced in the [[Supreme Court of India]] as senior advocate. In November 2008 Vinayagam was reappointed in the post of the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, [[New Delhi]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==References==



[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian judges]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Jharkhand High Court]]
[[Category:Judges of the Madras High Court]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:Tamil scholars]]
[[Category:People from Sivaganga district]]
[[Category:People from Devakottai]]


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