Born on 12.1.1937. Enrolled as an Advocate of the Madras High Court on 10.7.1958. Practised in all types of Civil suits, Appeals, Revisions and Writs in the High Court, Madras. Appointed permanent Judge of Madras High Court on 02.06.1986. Appointed Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court on 12.8.1996. Appointed as a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 21.03.1997. Died on 25.02.2000.