Dr. A T Markose
Born: 1919 June 23
Occupation: Jurist, Law teacher, Author of Law books
Known for:Pioneers of professional legal education in India, Judge of International administrational Tribunal,Founder Director of Delhi Law Institute and School of Legal Studies and director and lecturers in various institutions, guest lecturer in the Queen’s university of Belfast.
Parents: Aanithottathil Thomman and Vallamkulam Kandathil Chinnamma
Awards: Awardee of the Best Law Teacher in the SAARC Nations in 2011 (Posthumously)
Date of demise: year :1977 October 15
Books on law: Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India,Public Law – Some Aspects
A.T.Markose was born on 1919 June 23 in the Mamalassery panchayat.His father is Aanithottathil Thomman and mother is Vallamkulam Kandathil Chinnamma. His brother A. T. Pathrose is well known as an social worker.
Like his siblings he completed his lower primary education from the Mamalassery L.P. school [ till 4th standard]. Parents were very much interested in their children's education who were basically farmers. They sent their children to further education of their choice. A.T. Markose completed his B.A. History from U.C.College Aluva and M.A. LL.B from Banaras. He took his Ph.d from Lucknow university. He was a research fellow at Harvard law school (1956-1957).
After the Ph.d he went to Pune law college as a lecturer. Later he practiced law in the John & Rao associates.
In 1955 he was the director of the Trivandrum law college and he left Trivandrum and went to Delhi. He is the founder of the Delhi law institute[1956]. He was the director of Ernakulam Government Law college from 1963 February to June.
A.T. Markose was appointed as Special Research officer by the Kerala Government for starting the Calicut law college.
The contemporaries of A.T.Markose was of the opinion that he was eligible for being a Supreme Court, this wasn’t possible unless he had a practice of 10 years. He was the Judge of International Administration Tribunal, Geneva.
There were various institutions where he shed the light of knowledge. “School of Legal Studies” CUSAT, was one of the institution which he was a founder along with “Delhi Law Institute”.
He was the founder director of School of Legal Studies (1962).
Queen’s university of Belfast and was one of the foreign Institution where he served as guest lecturer. He was a visiting professor at Harvard law.
Books written by A.T. Markose
A.T. Markose is one major exponent of law in the Indian law history.
His literary works “Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India” and “Public law: some aspects” were his master works as a contribution to law. After the independence of India the administrative laws in India were based on the texts of England. The book “Judicial Control of Administrative Action India” was a pioneer in the Indian law history to deal with the administrative laws in India. This was mentioned by M.C.Setalvad( Attorney General of India,1956, and the chairman First Law Commission of Free India) in the foreword given in the book[1].
[2]Prof. A T Markose who has taught constitutional law in the university of Kerala and the Queen’s University of Belfast, is founder Research Director of the Indian Law Institute. He has been an Advocate of Administrative Law before the High Courts and the Supreme Court. He is eminent in this special branch of law and his book; “Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India” has already made its mark in the field. His lectures in this Volume are illuminating and depict the law of administrative action as a sound system, guided and controlled as it is by well-recognised principles. I trust that a study of this publication would be a rewarding introduction to the subject.[Foreword given to the Public law- Some Aspects by T.K. TUKOL the Vice- chancellor of Bangalore University May 28,1971]
A.T Markose has been an Advocate of Administrative Law before the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Later he turned his attention to the professional legal education in India. A. T. Markose was a celebrity in the field of law at his golden age but in a way or so he was forgotten from the history. The appreciation and recognition given to such eminent person was very less as many eminent personality in the Kerala history.
Even Though some of the eminent personalities remembers him and his cheerful presence. Notable one among them is N.R. Madhava Menon who mentioned him in his autobiography “ The Story of a Law Teacher:Turning Point”.