Deshamanya Shivakumaran Pasupati is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, President's Counsel, Solicitor General and Attorney General.
Shiva Pasupati | |
|---|---|
| 34th Attorney General of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 5 June 1975 – 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Victor Tennekoon |
| Succeeded by | Pandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva |
| 28th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 1974–1975 | |
| Preceded by | R. S. Wanasundera |
| Succeeded by | I. F. B. Wickramanayake |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Ananda College Jaffna Hindu College University of Ceylon |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Early life and family edit
Pasupati is the son of physician V. T. Pasupati and Kamalambikai.[1][2] He was educated at the Ananda College and Jaffna Hindu College.[3][2] After school he joined the University of Ceylon from where he graduated with a degree in law.[4] He then obtained Post-Graduate Diploma in International Law from the University of Cambridge.[4]
Career edit
Pasupati was Director of Public Prosecutions.[5] He was Solicitor General between 1974 and 1975.[6] He then served as Attorney General from 1975 to 1988.[1][2][7] Pasupati is a President's Counsel.[1]
Pasupati was awarded the Deshamanya title, the second highest Sri Lankan national honour, in 1989.[8]
Later life edit
Pasupati moved to Australia and served as a legal advisor for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[9][10] He took part in the Norwegian peace process between 2002 and 2006.[11][12][13]
Pasupati is chairman of Australians for Human Rights of the Voiceless and president of the Tamil Senior Citizens' Association (NSW).[14][15]
References edit
- ^ a b c Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 131.
- ^ a b c Maneckshaw (23 April 2013). "The house that became the Uthayan office". Ceylon Today.
- ^ Hettiarachchi, Kumudini (11 November 2012). "Sivagurunathan of Ananda: He came from Jaffna". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ^ a b "'Shiva Pasupati' - Distinguished old boy of Jaffna Hindu". JaffnaHindu.Org.
- ^ "In Re Vincent and Benjamin". LawNet.
- ^ "Permanent Holders of the Office of Solicitor General". Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Permanent Holders of the Office of Attorney General". Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "National Awards". Presidential Secretariat.
- ^ "LTTE leadership in a state of dilemma". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 5 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
- ^ "President facing deadly enemy within". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 7 May 2006.
- ^ "Mahinda talks to Prabha via Uthayan". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 June 2006.
- ^ "Solheim, Canadians join as LTTE's Paris meet concludes". TamilNet. 28 August 2003.
- ^ "Paris meeting 'Positive and Innovative'". TamilNet. 30 August 2003.
- ^ "Former Attorney General Shiva Pasupati highlights Human rights violations by Sri Lankan Government". Tamil Sydney.
- ^ "Mr Shiva Pasupati". Tamil Senior Citizens' Association (NSW).