V. C. Gopalratnam Explained

Vembakkam Comanduru Gopalratnam, son of V. C. Desikachariar^{[1] [2]} was a lawyer, writer, humorist, and legal historian. He wrote The High Court (A Century Completed), finished just months before his death in 1962. He was also author of Hāsya Nāṭakaṅkaḷ Kaṭṭuraikaḷ, a work in Tamil.^[3] A member of the Vembaukum family, he co-edited the quarterly trade journal The Lawyer^[4] and was partially resident in Vasantavilas, where he took on as a junior a youthful Randor Guy.^[5]

Publications

Book: A century completed : a history of the Madras High Court, 1862-1962 . 1962 . Madras Law Journal Office . Madras . 11687458.

Notes and References

1. News: 2013-02-12 . A home of law . 2024-03-21 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
2. News: 2013-01-01 . A road straddling two religions . 2024-03-27 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
3. Book: Gopalratnam, V. C. . Hāsya nāṭakaṅkaḷ, kaṭṭuraikaḷ . 1944 . Tin̲amaṇi Kāriyālayam . Tin̲amaṇi veḷiyīṭu . Cen̲n̲ai . 39769376.
4. Gledhill . A. . January 1957 . Lawyer (Quarterly Law Journal). Edited by V. C. Gopalratnam and N. R. Raghavachari. [Published by Madras State Bar Federation, High Court Madras. Inland Rs. 5; foreign 10s. annually.] ]. International & Comparative Law Quarterly . en . 6 . 1 . 194 . 10.1093/iclqaj/6.1.194 . 1471-6895.
5. Web site: MyTimes . Team . 2023-04-25 . MYLAPORE TIMES - Tribute: Randor Guy, deep Mylapore connections and loads of Mylapore stories re-told . 2024-03-21 . MYLAPORE TIMES . en-US.