M Sathyanarayanan

Justice M Sathyanarayanan is a former judge of the Madras High Court. He was the third judge chosen to deliver the verdict in the Tamil Nadu MLA disqualification case.

Education

He studied B.Com at the DG Vaishnav College, in Mardas, after which, he studied law at the Madraw Law College.

Career in law

Sathyanarayanan was enrolled as an advocate on 6 April 1983. He was a junior advocate under M N Padmanaban and K S Dinakaran. He practiced on the civil as well as criminal side before the Madras High Court and lower courts. He also undertook service and tax matters, appearing for clients like All India Service Officers and Punjab National Bank. He also worked as the standing counsel for Punjab National Bank.

Judgeship

He was appointed an additional judge of the Madras High Court on 23 April 2008 and as permanent judge on 9 November 2009.