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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|10th Chief Justice of Manipur High Court}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = M. Sundar<br />
| office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Manipur High Court|10th Chief Justice]] of [[Manipur High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 15 September 2025<br />
| status =<br />
| term_end = <br />
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| nominator = [[B. R. Gavai]]<br />
| predecessor = [[K. Somashekar]]<br />
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Madras High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 5 October 2016<br />
| term_end2 = 14 September 2025<br />
| nominator2 = [[T. S. Thakur]]<br />
| appointer2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|7|19|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Madras Law College]]<br />
| education = <br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice <br />
}}<br />
'''M. Sundar''' (born 19 July 1966) is an Indian judge who is currently serving as the [[Chief Justice]] of [[Manipur High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-15 |title=M Sundar sworn in as chief justice of Manipur high court |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m-sundar-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-manipur-high-court-101757922883342.html |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> He has previously served as a judge of the [[Madras High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Court |first=Madras High |title=Madras High Court |url=https://hcmadras.tn.gov.in/present_judges.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428092245/https://hcmadras.tn.gov.in/present_judges.php |archive-date=2025-04-28 |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=hcmadras.tn.gov.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
Sundar was born on 19 July 1966 in [[Chennai]]. He did his graduation in law from [[Madras Law College]] and he belonged to the first batch of 5 years integrated Law Course. He was enrolled as an advocate in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-11 |title=SC Collegium Recommends Justices P.B. Bajanthri, Soumen Sen, and M. Sundar as Chief Justices of Patna, Meghalaya, and Manipur High Courts - Law Trend |url=https://lawtrend.in/sc-collegium-recommends-justices-p-b-bajanthri-soumen-sen-and-m-sundar-as-chief-justices-of-patna-meghalaya-and-manipur-high-courts/ |access-date=2025-09-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He practiced as an advocate primarily in the Madras High Court mostly on the matters of civil side.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-13 |title=Justice M. Sundar Appointed as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court - Law Trend |url=https://lawtrend.in/justice-m-sundar-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-manipur-high-court/ |access-date=2025-09-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He was appointed as Judge of [[Madras High Court]] on 5 October 2016 and has been serving there since. He is also serving as executive chairman of Madras State Legal Services Authority since 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-18 |title=Justice M. Sundar nominated as Executive Chairman of Legal Services Authority |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/justice-m-sundar-nominated-as-executive-chairman-of-legal-services-authority/article69590079.ece |access-date=2025-09-12 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> On 11 September 2025 Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI [[B. R. Gavai]] recommended him to be appointed as Chief Justice of [[Manipur High Court]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bench |first=Bar & |date=2025-09-11 |title=Supreme Court Collegium recommends Justice M Sundar as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-collegium-recommends-justice-m-sundar-as-chief-justice-of-manipur-high-court |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref> and government cleared his appointment on shortly<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-13 |title=Madras HC Judge Justice M. Sundar to be next Chief Justice Of Manipur High Court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/madras-hc-judge-justice-m-sundar-to-be-next-chief-justice-of-manipur-high-court/article70046800.ece |access-date=2025-09-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and he took oath as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court on 15 September 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2025-09-15 |title=Justice M Sundar takes oath as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/manipur/justice-m-sundar-takes-oath-as-chief-justice-of-manipur-high-court/article70051756.ece |access-date=2025-09-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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