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'''Kumar Rajarathnam''' (13 March 1942 – 27 September 2015) was an Indian [[Barrister]] and former Chief Justice of the [[Madhya Pradesh]] High Court. He was the first barrister to be appointed a judge, after the [[Independence of India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Reputed-jurist-and-former-MP-HC-chief-justice-Kumar-Rajaratnam-dies-in-the-city/articleshow/49133595.cms|title=Reputed jurist and former MP HC chief justice Kumar Rajaratnam|date=28 September 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Rajarathnam studied at [[Loyola College, Chennai]] and was called to the Bar from [[Gray's Inn|Gray's lnn]]. He was enrolled as an advocate on 10 March 1971 and started his lawyer career in the [[Madras High Court]]. On 1 January 1994 he was appointed the Judge of Madras High Court. Justice Rajarathnam was transferred to the [[Karnataka High Court]] on 24 January 1994. He was elevated in the post of Chief Justice of the [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]] in September 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/profiles-elevated-as-cj.asp#|title=FORMER HON'BLE JUDGES OF HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA|website=karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/justice-k-rajaratnam-swornin-as-mp-hc-chief-justice_119905.html|title=Justice K Rajaratnam sworn-in as MP HC Chief Justice|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> Rajarathnam retired in 2004 and became the second Chairman of the Securities Appellate Tribunal in Mumbai since 20 March 2004 to 20 December 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sat.gov.in/scripts/detailsat.asp?releaseId=E0000US4|title=FORMER PRESIDING OFFICERS OF SECURITIES APPELLATE TRIBUNAL|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> In 2015, he died in Chennai at the age of 73.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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