Published on : 18 Oct 2025, 7:04 am 6 min read

Last Sunday, the former Attorney General K. Parasaran was felicitated on completing 75 years as an advocate and 50 years as senior counsel. This remarkable and memorable event was attended by no less than five sitting Supreme Court judges, the Chief Justice and other sitting and retired judges of the Madras High Court. In the course of his reply, 98 year-old Parasaran remarked that he owed a great deal to his father, who was also a doyen of the Madras Bar - R. Kesava Aiyangar (1892 – 1991). Sadly, few people today know about him even in the Madras High Court, but his life has important lessons for us, particularly, the younger members of the Bar.

In the list of Senior Advocates of the Madras High Court, his name is the first. He was

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