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{{Short description|Indian lawyer (died 2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = K. P. Dandapani
| image = Advocate General K.P. Dandapani.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth Date|1946|05|11}}
| birth_place =
| spouse = Sumathi
| children = 2
| parents = {{Unbulleted_list|V. K. Padmanabhan|M. K. Narayani}}
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2023|03|21|79|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India
| other_names =
| known_for = [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General]] to the [[Government of Kerala]]<br>(2011–2016)
| occupation = [[Senior advocate]]
}}

'''K. P. Dandapani''' ({{circa|1946}} – 21 March 2023) was an Indian lawyer. He was [[Advocate general (India)|advocate general]] to the [[Government of Kerala]] from 2011 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Office of the Advocate General of Kerala |url=http://www.keralalawsect.org/index.php/advocate-generals-office |accessdate=28 December 2012 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322024238/http://www.keralalawsect.org/index.php/advocate-generals-office |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=KP Dandapani, takes charge as Advocate General |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-26/thiruvananthapuram/29585837_1_charge-kerala-advocate-general |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907222231/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-26/thiruvananthapuram/29585837_1_charge-kerala-advocate-general |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 September 2011 |accessdate=28 December 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=ibnlive>{{cite news |title=K P Dandapani appointed Advocate-General |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/k-p-dandapani-appointed-advocategeneral/153832-60-122.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205095512/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/k-p-dandapani-appointed-advocategeneral/153832-60-122.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2011 |accessdate=28 December 2012 |newspaper=IBN Live |date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Advocate General |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/advocate-general |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114072007/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/advocate-general |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 January 2014 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=28 December 2012 }}</ref><ref name=hindu>{{cite news |title=K.P. Dandapani to be new AG |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/24/stories/2011052459480700.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810035000/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/24/stories/2011052459480700.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 August 2011 |accessdate=28 December 2012 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dandapani takes charge |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/dandapani-takes-charge/article2051829.ece |accessdate=28 December 2012 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=KP Dandapani, takes charge as Advocate General |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=109283 |accessdate=28 December 2012 |newspaper=Mathrubhumi |date=27 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113043553/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=109283 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Information |url=http://www.keralalawsect.org/index.php/component/content/article/193 |work=Law Department Library |publisher=Law Department - Government of Kerala |accessdate=28 December 2012 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804091244/http://www.keralalawsect.org/index.php/component/content/article/193 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Early life==
K. P. Dandapani was born in [[Kerala]] as was the son of V. K. Padmanabhan and M. K. Narayani.<ref name="ibnlive" /> Dandapani completed his primary education at St. Albert's High School, Ernakulam. After his primary education, he attended St. Albert's College followed by [[Government Law College, Ernakulam]]. He completed his law degree and graduated in 1968 and enrolled as an advocate in the same year.<ref name="hindu" />

==Career==
Dandapani enrolled as an advocate on 17 May 1968. He started his legal practice under S. Easwara Iyer.<ref name="hindu" /> He started independent practice in 1972 with his wife Sumathi Dandapani, in the fields of civil, company, constitution, and criminal laws.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adv KP Dandapani new advocate general |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=109133 |accessdate=28 December 2012 |newspaper=Mathrubhumi |date=24 May 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216111028/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=109133 |archive-date=16 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1996, he was appointed judge of [[Kerala High Court]]. However, five months after the appointment he was transferred to [[Gujarat High Court]] after being terminated by the [[President of India]] for non compliance of order{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}, and he and his wife became designated as senior advocates by the Kerala High Court.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

He was the legal adviser and standing counsel of many companies and establishments, including the [[PowerGrid Corporation of India]],<ref>{{cite web |title=POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. versus RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI, GOURI NIVAS |url=http://www.rishabhdara.com/sc/view.php?case=43848 |accessdate=28 December 2012 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925134855/http://www.rishabhdara.com/sc/view.php?case=43848 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> [[The Leela Group]], [[National Institute of Technology Calicut]], [[Greater Cochin Development Authority]], [[Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering|Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam]], [[Malabar Christian College|Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode]], [[Malayala Manorama]] and [[Anna Kitex Group]]. He was president of the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association. He was one of the committee members of Kerala High Court Legal Service Authority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kerala High Court Legal Services Committee |url=http://kelsa.nic.in/hccom.htm |accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Members |url=http://kelsa.nic.in/members.htm |publisher=Kerala State Legal Services Authority |accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Dandapani was married to Sumathi and had two children. His daughter Mittu is a practicing lawyer in [[Australia]], and his son Millu is a practicing lawyer of the [[Kerala High Court]]. His wife Sumathi Dandapani is also a practicing senior advocate in the Kerala High Court.<ref name="ibnlive" />

Dandapani died on 21 March 2023, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senior Advocate and former Kerala Advocate General KP Dandapani passes away |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/senior-advocate-former-kerala-advocate-general-kp-dandapani-passes-away |access-date=21 March 2023 |publisher=Bar and Bench |date=21 March 2023}}</ref>

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