The Madras High Court on Wednesday bid farewell to its Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) M. Duraiswamy on account of his retirement from service on attaining the age of superannuation. He had been a judge of the High Court for 13 years. He was elevated on March 31, 2009 and served as Acting Chief Justice twice.
In his farewell address, Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram said, the ACJ had left an indelible mark in the institution. “Your Lordship hails from Madurai and I am very proud to say that I also belong to the same place,” the A-G said and pointed out that the ACJ’s grandfather had served as public prosecutor in Madurai.
Further, stating that the ACJ’s father D. Muthuvel was a retired district judge, the A-G said, Justice Duraiswamy had obtained his law degree from the Madras Law College and enrolled himself with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in 1987. He was groomed by A.S. Venkatachalamoorthy, former Chief Justice of Chattisgarh High Court.
