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{{short description|Indian judge of Kerala High Court}}
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| name = C. S. Dias
| honorific_prefix = '''Hon'ble Justice'''
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| office = [[Kerala High Court|Judge of Kerala High Court]]
| term_start = 18 November 2019
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| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| nominator = [[Ranjan Gogoi]]
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| alma_mater = [[Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ernakulam, Kochi]], India
| mother = Phyllis Dias
| father = Adv.R.G.Dias
| spouse = Adv Mini Dias<ref name="KMUDI"/>
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| website = {{URL|http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/csd.html|High Court of Kerala}}
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'''Conrad Stansilaus Dias''' (born 19 November 1969) is a judge of the [[Kerala High Court]], the highest court in the [[Indian state]] of [[Kerala]] and in the [[Union Territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]. The court is headquartered at [[Ernakulam, Kochi]].<ref name="hc">{{cite web|url=http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/csd.html|title=Official}}</ref><ref name="Appointment">{{cite web|url=https://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Additional%20Judge%20Kerala%20High%20Court%20.PDF|title=Appointment Notification|work=Official - Department of Justice - Government of India|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="SCC">{{cite web|url=https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2019/11/13/kerala-hc-appointment-of-advocate-conrad-stansilaus-dias-as-addl-judge/|title=Kerala HC Appointment of Advocate Conrad Stansilaus Dias as Addl. Judge|work=scconline.com|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Manorama">{{cite web|url=https://www.manoramanews.com/news/kerala/2019/11/18/justice-c-s-dias-kerala-high-court.html|title=ജസ്റ്റിസ് ഡയസ് കേരള ഹൈക്കോടതി ജഡ്ജിയായി സത്യപ്രതിജ്ഞ ചെയ്തു|work=manoramanews.com|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Money">{{cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/sc-collegium-recommends-16-lawyers-as-hc-judges-3698411.html|title=SC Collegium recommends 16 lawyers as HC judges|work=moneycontrol.com|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="KMUDI">{{cite web|url=https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=185777&u=kerala-hc-judge|title=അഡ്വ. സി.എസ്. ഡയസിനെ കേരള ഹൈക്കോടതി ജഡ്ജിയായി നിയമിച്ചു|work=keralakaumudi.com|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Dias was born in Ernakulam, Kerala, to Adv.R.G.Dias and Phyllis Dias. He is an Anglo Indian. He did his schooling at the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ernakulam. He secured his law degree from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram in 1992.<ref name="hc"/>

==Career==
Dias completed his law in 1992 and started practising as a lawyer in the [[High Court of Kerala]]. He specialised in the fields of Civil, Constitutional, Family and Arbitration laws. He served as counsel for the High Court of Kerala from 2016 to 2019, Retainer Standing Counsel for the Ministry of Railways from 2010 to 2019, Central Government Counsel from 2012- 2015; member of the National Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Women and Child Development 2018 - 2019. He was appointed as ''[[amicus curiae]]'' by the High Court in several cases, including the Puttingal fireworks tragedy case.<ref name="Amicus">{{cite web|url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56e66b0b607dba6b534375fd|title=122 Prisoners Vs State of Kerala|work=casemine.com|access-date=10 October 2006}}</ref><ref name="Amicus2">{{cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/91499/|title=Betsy vs Nil|work=indiankanoon.org|access-date=16 October 2009}}</ref> On 18 November 2019 he was appointed as additional judge of the High Court of Kerala.<ref name="Appointment"/><ref name="hc"/><ref name="Manorama"/> He was made a permanent judge of the High Court of Kerala on 25 May 2021. He is the Administrative Judge In Charge of Kottayam District. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre and the Board of Governors of the Kerala High Court Arbitration Centre. He is also a member of the Sensitisation Committee for Family Courts, a member of the Computerisation and Codification Committee, and the Editorial Board Member of the Kerala High Court Newsletter - Chronicles. He is the Chairman of the Happiness, Welfare and Grievance Committee for the District Judiciary of the Kerala State.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in High Court of Kerala]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Judges of the Kerala High Court]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, alumni]]

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