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M.M. Ismail dead

By Our Staff Reporter

M.M. Ismail

CHENNAI, JAN. 17. Justice M.M. Ismail, the former Acting Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, passed away here today.

Born on February 8, 1921 at Nagore, Mr. Justice Ismail studied at the Madras Law College in 1945, after completing his mathematics (honours) degree from the Presidency College.

He was appointed additional judge of the Delhi High Court in February 1967 and was transferred to the Madras High Court in November 1967. He became Chief Justice of the court on November 6, 1979.

On July 8, 1981 he tendered his resignation, following his transfer to the Kerala High Court as its Chief Justice.

On October 27, 1980 Mr. Justice Ismail was sworn-in as Acting Governor of Tamil Nadu in the place of Prabhudas Patwari.

As president of the Kamban Kazhagam he was responsible for organising literary festivals focussing on classical Tamil literature.

The Tamil Nadu Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala, has condoled the death of Mr. Justice Ismail.

In a message, the Governor said the former Chief Justice was a legal luminary and had contributed a lot to the judiciary.

"He evinced keen interest in Tamil literature, and established the Kamban Kazhagam to popularise the epic, Ramayana."

Mr. Barnala described his death as a loss to the judiciary and Tamil literature.

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