M. M. Pareed Pillay Explained

M. M. Pareed Pillay
Honorific-Prefix:Justice
Office:15th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
Termstart:3 January 1985
Termend:17 September 1995
Appointer:Zail Singh
Nominator:Y. V. Chandrachud
Birth Place:Aluva, Kerala, India
Citizenship:Indian
Relatives:M. M. Abdul Khader (brother)
M. K. Mackar Pillay (uncle)

Manadath Mohammed Pillay Pareed Pillay is an Indian judge, jurist and lawyer who served as the 15th Chief Justice of Kerala.[1] He was also appointed the first Chairman of the Kerala State Human Rights Commission in 1998 by the Governor of Kerala.[2] [3]

Early life

Pareed Pillay was born in Aluva to M. K. Mohammed Pillay, the younger brother of prominent industrialist and philanthropist M. K. Mackar Pillay.

Pillay's brother, M. M. Abdul Khader was a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India, who also served as the Advocate General of Kerala from 1969 to 1979.[4]

References

  1. Web site: Former Judges of High Court of Kerala. 2020-07-13. highcourtofkerala.nic.in.
  2. Web site: About Commission. 2020-07-13. Kerala State Human Right Commission. en-gb.
  3. Kerala Law Department Notification, Kerala Gazette, 11 December 1998, http://www.kshrc.kerala.gov.in/images/pdf/17_2.pdf
  4. Web site: History Kerala Law Academy. 2020-07-13. www.keralalawacademy.org.