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{{short description|Judge}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = '''Hon'ble Justice'''
| image = Justice K. Sukumaran.jpg
| name = K. Sukumaran
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| office = [[Judge]] of [[Bombay High Court]]
| termstart = 19 March 1991
| termend = 12 July 1992
| nominator =
| appointer =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[High Court of Kerala]]
| term_start2 = 28 September 1981
| term_end2 = 18 March 1991
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| citizenship = {{IND}}
| nationality =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1930|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = [[K.K. Usha|Justice K.K. Usha]]
| signature = Justice K Sukumaran Autograph.png
}}
'''K. Sukumaran''' is an Indian [[lawyer]] who served as a [[judge]] in the [[High courts of India|high courts]] of [[Kerala]] and [[Mumbai]] in India. He has led several inquiries into [[human rights abuse]]s. He is the author of several books on legal topics.

==Formal career==
K. Sukumaran had his high school education from St. Albert's High School, Ernakulam and was a graduate of [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharaja's College]] in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://maharajascollege.in/template.php?id=50&page=19&catid=50
|title=Maharaja's Alumni
|publisher=Maharaja's College
|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>
He began practice in 1955 as a lawyer at the high court of Kerala.
From 1969 to 1976 he was government pleader at the high court.
He was the legal counsel for [[Kerala Agricultural University]].<ref name=NoForesight/>
In 1981 he was appointed an additional judge and the next year became a permanent judge at the court.<ref name=IPTbio/>
He was appointed by the government to inquire into a scandal related to the [[Idamalayar Dam|Idamalayar]] and [[Kallada River|Kallada]] Dams.
Based on his report, Minister [[R. Balakrishna Pillai]] and others were prosecuted and convicted by a Special Court.<ref name=NoForesight/>
He served on the Kerala bench until 18 March 1991.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html
|title=Former Judges
|publisher=High Court of Kerala
|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>
He then transferred to the high court of Bombay, serving there until his retirement in 1992.<ref name=IPTbio/>
While with the Bombay high court he functioned on the Benches of the high court at [[Nagpur]] and [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] and the High Court of [[Goa]].<ref name=legalcell/>

==Post retirement==

After retirement K. Sukumaran became a senior counsel at the [[Supreme Court of India]].
At the request of the Non Resident Keralites Association he was appointed chairman of a committee to suggest amendments to the Emigration Act, 1983,
but due to bureaucratic obstacles this did not achieve much.<ref name=OILS>{{cite web
|url=http://www.legalcell.com/overseas_indians_legal_solutions.htm
|title=Overseas Indians Legal Solutions (OILS)
|work=Legal Cell
|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>
As Chairman of NISA he dealt with the problems of Overseas Indians.<ref name=legalcell/>
He is the Chairman of Legal Reporting Trust, publisher of the [[Malayalam]] journal ''Niyama Sameeksha''.
The journal discusses legal concepts in language accessible to ordinary people.
His fifth book in Malayalam, Niyamavum Jeevithavum (Law and Life) won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 2002.<ref name=IPTbio/>

Early in 1999 the [[Indore]] authorities began a vigorous [[Slum clearance in India|slum clearance]] drive, removing slum dwellers from legal pattas they had been given by the state government.
K. Sukumaran led an inquiry for the [[Indian People's Tribunal]] (IPT), visited the rehabilitation sites, and on 2 May 1999 delivered an interim report to the government, which accepted that in principle the demolitions were not legal.<ref>{{cite book
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uW5IFE59bRsC&pg=PA71 |page=71
|title=A Rights Based Approach to Slum Rehabilitation and Housing: A Study in Mumbai
|first=Binti |last=Singh
|publisher=GRIN Verlag |year=2012 |isbn=978-3656114079}}</ref>
He led another IPT inquiry into relief and rehabilitation after the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], publishing a report in December 2001.<ref name=NoForesight/>
He also led an IPT inquiry into atrocities that had been committed against [[Dalit]]s in and around [[Varanasi]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], publishing a report in October 2002.<ref name=IPTbio/>

==Views==

Speaking in January 2011 at a new forum of lawyers called "Justitia", K. Sukumaran said "When laws are violated and justice denied, every living person should react and respond to the situation".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.jamaateislamihind.org/index.php?do=category&id=62&blockid=&pageid=220
|work=Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
|date=13 Jan 2011
|title=Forum of lawyers 'Justitia', inaugurated in Kerala
|accessdate=2012-04-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629210429/http://www.jamaateislamihind.org/index.php?do=category&id=62&blockid=&pageid=220
|archive-date=29 June 2009
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
In June 2011 calls were being made for an investigation into the conduct of [[K. G. Balakrishnan]], former Chief Justice of India.
In an interview, K. Sukumaran said it was "a fact that judges are approached by vested interests and attempts made to influence them".
After acknowledging that some high courts were corrupt, he said "I am pained by the dirt being flung at the judiciary because I have great respect and admiration for its edifice. I have been part of this edifice, part of the judiciary. The integrity and independence of this institution must be safeguarded and this must be a national priority".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/ex-cji%E2%80%99s-brother-used-his-name-for-personal-gains%E2%80%9D-25844.html
|title='Ex-CJI's brother used his name for personal gains'
|date=15 June 2011
|work=First Post
|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
K. Sukumaran has written several Malayalam-language books:

* ''Nyayadhipa Chintakal'' (Judge's Thoughts)
* ''Bharana Ghadanayum Anubandha Chintakalum'' (Constitution and Allied Thoughts)
* ''Jeevithavaum niyamavum'' (Life and Law)
* ''Niyama Sparsangal'' (Legal Touches)
* ''Niyamavum Jeevithavum'' (Law and Life)

==References==
{{Reflist |refs=
<ref name=IPTbio>{{cite web
|url=http://www.iptindia.org/wp-content/pdf/report/Report-On-Caste-Based-Atrocities-On-Dalits-In-Varanasi-And-Surrounding-Areas-In-Uttar-Pradesh.pdf
|title=Caste Based Atrocities on Dalits in Varanasi and Surrounding Areas in UP
|publisher=IPT
|author=Justice K. Sukumaran
|date=October 2002
|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>
<ref name=legalcell>{{cite web
|url=http://www.legalcell.com/Legal_aid_consultants_eminent_personalities.htm
|work=Legal Cell
|title=Overseas Indians Legal Solutions (OILS) Personalities and Consultants
|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>
<ref name=NoForesight>{{cite web
|url=http://www.iptindia.org/wp-content/pdf/report/No-foresight-No-Follow-up-An-enquiry-into-the-relief-and-rehabilitation-process-in-the-earthquake-affected-areas-of-Gujarat.pdf
|date=December 2001
|title=NO FORESIGHT… NO FOLLOWUP
|publisher=IPT
|author=Justice K. Sukumaran
|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>
}}

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