The Chambers

Justice Sunder Mohan

Judge, High Court of Madras

A junior of Thiru. N. Natarajan, he assisted his senior in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Jain Hawala case and the Bombay blasts case. Elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Madras on 6 June 2022.

M. Ravindran

Senior Advocate, former Additional Solicitor General of India at Madras

Honed his trial practice under Thiru. N. Natarajan in the early years of his career, and went on to serve as an Additional Solicitor General of India at Madras.

K. Asokan

Senior Advocate

Came up through the chamber before his designation as a Senior Advocate at the Madras Bar.

R. Muthukrishnan

Senior Advocate, former Acting Chairman of the Bar Council of India

A junior of the chamber, designated a Senior Advocate at the Madras Bar. A member of the Bar Council of India, he served as its Acting Chairman from 11 March to 5 May 1995.

R. Shunmugasundaram

Senior Advocate, former Advocate General of Tamil Nadu and Member of Parliament

His junior from 1977 to 1981, who has said that his senior groomed him and was the reason for all he became. He went on to serve as a Member of Parliament, as Public Prosecutor of the State, and as Advocate General of Tamil Nadu.

Arvind P. Datar

Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

A Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court and the Madras Bar, and among the country's foremost authorities on constitutional and taxation law.

V. Krishnamurthy

Senior Advocate, former Additional Advocate General for Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court

A junior of the chamber, who went on to serve as Additional Advocate General for Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court of India.

A. Natarajan

Senior Advocate, former Public Prosecutor of the State

Trained in the chamber, and served as Public Prosecutor of the State before his designation as a Senior Advocate.

N. R. Elango

Senior Advocate, former Member of Parliament

His twenty fourth junior, who carried his senior's craft of cross examination into his own practice, and went on to serve as a Member of Parliament.

P. Kumaresan

Senior Advocate, former Additional Advocate General

A junior in the chamber. He served as an Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, and was designated a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Madras in 2022.

Valampuri John

Advocate, former Member of Parliament

A junior who came up at the Bar before a life in public service, serving as a Member of Parliament and known across Tamil Nadu as an orator and writer.