| Kandiah Neelakandan | |
| Native Name: | கந்தையா நீலகண்டன் |
| Native Name Lang: | ta |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1947 |
| Death Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
| Education: | Udupiddy American Mission College, Jaffna Hindu College |
| Alma Mater: | Sri Lanka Law College |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Spouse: | Sasithevi |
Kandiah Neelakandan (Tamil: கந்தையா நீலகண்டன்; 16 April 1947 - 18 February 2018) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and the lead partner in Neelakandan & Neelakandan (previously Murugesu and Neelakandan).[1] [2] He died on 18 February 2018 when he was 70 years old.[3]
Neelakandan was educated at Udupiddy American Mission College and Jaffna Hindu College.[4] After school he joined Sri Lanka Law College, graduating in 1969.
Neelakandan was married to Sasithevi, daughter of V. Murugesu, his partner.[5]
Neelakandan was called to the bar as an attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court in 1970.[6] He joined Murugesu and Kularatne in January 1970 as a Professional Assistant.[5] He became a partner of the firm, which was renamed Murugesu and Neelakandan, in 1973. He was chief editor of the Bar Association Law Journal for many years.[7] He was Group Deputy Chairman of George Steuart and Co, Sri Lanka's oldest company, from 2008 to 2012.[1] [8] [9] He had previously been secretary of the company.[1]
Neelakandan was a member of the Company Law Advisory Commission, the Law Commission of Sri Lanka and the Council of Legal Education.[1] He has written several books on Sri Lankan company law.[1] He was general-secretary of the All Ceylon Hindu Congress before becoming its president.[10] [11] [12] [13] He was president of the Sri Lanka-India Society.[14]
Kandiah Neelakandan died on 18 February 2018 afternoon at the age of 70 in Colombo due to illness.[15] [16]