| 词条 | P. Ramanathan (judge) |
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|honorific-prefix = Deshamanya Justice |name = P. Ramanathan |native_name = |native_name_lang = |honorific-suffix = |image = P. Ramanathan.jpg |imagesize = |office1 = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka |term_start1 = |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = |successor1 = |office2 = 4th Governor, Western Province |term_start2 = 21 January 2000 |term_end2 = 1 February 2002 |predecessor2 = K. Vignarajah |successor2 = Alavi Moulana |office3 = 1st Chancellor, Uva Wellassa University |term_start3 = 27 July 2005 |term_end3 = 7 December 2006 |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |birth_date = {{birth date|1932|09|01|df=yes}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|2006|12|07|1932|09|01|df=yes}} |death_place = |citizenship = |nationality = |party = |otherparty = |spouse = Mano Ramanathan (née Saravanamuttu) |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = St. Joseph's College, Colombo Montfort School St. David's College |occupation = |profession = Lawyer |religion = Hindu |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = Ethnicity |data1 = Sri Lankan Tamil }}Deshamanya Justice Pathmanathan Ramanathan (1 September 1932 – 7 December 2006) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and judge. Known as Rama, he was a High Court judge, Court of Appeal judge, provincial governor, university chancellor and a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.[1][2] Early life and family{{See also|Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family}}Ramanathan was born on 1 September 1932.[1] He was the son of Sangarapillai Pathmanathan, a broker and chairman of the Low-Country Products Association, and Srimani, grand daughter of Ponnambalam Ramanathan, a leading politician during British colonial rule.[1][3] Ramanathan was educated at St. Joseph's College, Colombo and Montford High School in southern India.[1][3][4][5] He was a keen sportsman. After school Ramanathan went to the UK and studied at the St. David's College, University of Wales and Gray's Inn.[1][3][4][5] Whilst in the UK he lived in London House, a hall of residence for Commonwealth students.[1] There he formed lifelong friendships with luminaries such as Sinha Basnayake, Desmond Fernando, Dr. Tony Gabriel, Palitha Kirthisinghe, Ajit Jayaratne, Dr. Lal Jayawardena, Dr. Mano Muttucumaru and Dr. Gihan Tennekoon.[1] Ramanathan married Mano, daughter of Suppiah Saravanamuttu, a lawyer from Colombo.[6] CareerRamanathan worked for the British Inland Revenue for a while before returning to Ceylon.[3] He became an advocate of the Supreme Court and practised law.[1][5] He joined the Attorney-General's Department in the late 1970s as a crown counsel.[1][3][4][5] He was appointed to the High Court in 1978 and served in Matara, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Colombo.[1][3][4][5] In 1985 he was appointed to the Court of Appeal.[1][3][5] He was later promoted to President of the Court of Appeal.[3][5] He was then appointed to the Supreme Court.[1][3][4][5] Ramanathan was elected Master of the Bench by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.[3] He was also president of the British Scholars' Association, president of the Medical-Legal Society, member of the council of the Indo-Pacific Association of Law and Medicine and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.[3][4] Ramanathan was awarded the Deshamanya title, the second highest civilian honour in Sri Lanka, by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.[3][4] Later lifeAfter retiring from the Supreme Court Ramanathan was appointed the 4th governor of the Western Province in 2000.[1][3][5] He was appointed chancellor of the new Uva Wellassa University in July 2005.[7] He was also chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and trustee of several religious organisations including Sri Ponnambalam Vaneswarar Kovil in Colombo.[1][3] Ramanathan was a member of the kennel club and regularly displayed his dogs at shows.[8] One of his dachshunds won the "Champion of Champions" title at a dog show in Kandy in the 1990s. He was also a Rotarian and a Freemason.[1] Ramanathan died on 7 December 2006.[1][9][10] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {{cite news|last=Sanmuganathan|first=Muttusamy|title=Remembering Justice Ramanathan: A Man for All Seasons|url=http://www.island.lk/2009/09/01/features2.html|newspaper=The Island, Sri Lanka|date=1 September 2009}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=K. Vignarajah}}{{s-ttl|title=Governor of Western Province|years=2000–2002}}{{s-aft|after=Alavi Moulana}}{{s-end}}{{Governors of Western Province}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramanathan, P.}}2. ^{{cite news|title=An exceptional, rare person in the cynical times|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/12/04/fea03.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=4 December 2008|author=G. L. Peiris}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 {{cite news|last=Maniccavasagar|first=Kalabhooshanam Chelvatamby|title=Deshamanya Justice Ramanathan - a colossus, multi-dimensional and multi-faceted personality|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/01/15/fea20.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=15 January 2007}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|last=Amarasingham|first=Kumudu|title=Justice Ramanathan: A fairer view of life|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20051127/review.htm|newspaper=The Sunday Leader|date=27 November 2005}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news|last=Malalasekera|first=Sarath|title=Legal luminaries who lit up the Bar|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/09/13/fea25.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=13 September 2010}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Goonesekere|first=R. K. W.|title=1st September Birthday Tribute Justice P. Ramanathan|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=5622|newspaper=The Island, Sri Lanka|date=31 August 2011}} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Edirisinghe|first=Dasun|title=Sarath Amunugama appointed Vice Chancellor|url=http://www.island.lk/2005/07/30/news30.html|newspaper=The Island, Sri Lanka|date=30 July 2005}} 8. ^{{cite news|last=Cooray|first=Methsiri|title=Justice P. Ramanathan|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2006/12/10/imp05.asp|newspaper=Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka|date=10 December 2006}} 9. ^{{cite news|last=de Silva|first=G. P. S.|title=Justice P. Ramanathan|url=http://www.island.lk/2008/12/07/features5.html|newspaper=The Island, Sri Lanka|date=7 December 2008}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Death of Deshamanya Justice P. Ramanathan|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/12/08/news10.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=8 December 2006}} 16 : 1932 births|2006 deaths|Alumni of Saint Joseph's College, Colombo|Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter|Deshamanya|Governors of Western Province, Sri Lanka|Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration|People from Colombo|Sri Lankan Hindus|Sri Lankan Tamil judges|Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers|Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka|Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka|High Courts of Sri Lanka judges|Members of Gray's Inn|Sri Lankan judges of international courts and tribunals |
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