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[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''Sir Calamur Viravalli Kumaraswami Sastri''' (19 July 1870 – 24 April 1934) was an Indian lawyer and Sanskrit scholar who served as a [[judge]] of the [[Madras High Court]]. Eminent lawyer and statesman [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]] was his [[brother-in-law]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir Kumaraswami Sastri |work=[[The Times]] |date=25 April 1934 |page=9 }}</ref>

== Early life ==

Kumaraswami Sastri was born in [[Madras]] in 1870, the eldest son of C. V. Sundara Sastri.<ref name="supplementp72">{{cite book | title=Supplement of Who's who in India| last=Bhargava| first=Prag Narain| year=1912| pages=72| publisher=Newul Kishore Press| location=Lucknow}}</ref> Kumaraswami Sastri was the grandson of [[C. V. Runganada Sastri]], [[polyglot]] and one of the first Indians to serve in the [[Madras Legislative Council]].<ref name="supplementp72" /> He had three brothers and a sister, Seethammal, who married Sir [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]].

Kumaraswami Sastri graduated from the [[Presidency College, Madras|Presidency College]] and Law College, Madras, where he won the Elphinstone Thompson and Morehead Law scholarships. He also won the Innes Medal.<ref name="supplementp72" />

== Career ==

Sastri started his career as a lawyer of the Madras High Court in 1894.<ref name="dezalayp71">{{cite book|title=Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire|page=71|author=Yves Dezalay|author2=Bryant G. Garth|year=2010|publisher=University of Chicago}}</ref> After serving as a lawyer, Sastri eventually became Judge of the Madras Small Causes Court.<ref name="supplementp72" /> He was awarded the "Diwan Bahadur" title while serving as the District Judge of Berhampur in 1911.<ref name="supplementp72" />

In 1914, Sastri was appointed judge of the Madras High Court.<ref name="dezalayp71" /> He was a member of the infamous [[Rowlatt Committee|Sedition Committee]] also known as [[Rowlatt committee]] under [[Justice Rowlatt]], which resulted in the infamous [[Rowlatt Act]]. He was knighted in the 1924 New Year Honours list.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32893/supplements/2 The London Gazette, 1 January 1924]</ref>

== Death ==

Sastri died in Madras in 1934, aged 63.<ref name="times"/>

== Notes ==

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