Vigneswaran sworn in Tamil
- Monday, 07 October 2013
Retired Judge C.V. Vigneswaran was sworn in by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Chief Minister for Northern PC a few moments ago.
Several members of the TNA and President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga were present.
who is vigneswaran
Vigneswaran was born on 23 October 1939 in Hulftsdorp colombo the capital of Ceylon His parents were born in Manipay in northern Ceylon and he had two sisters.His father Canagasabapathy was a public official who worked in several parts of the country. Vigneswaran's grandfather was a cousin of statesmen P.Ramanatha P. Ramanathan and P. Arunachalam.
Vigneswaran's father's work meant that the family moved often. Vigneswaran spent the first nine years of his life in Kurunegala and studied at Christchurch College. The family then moved to Anuradhapura where Vigneswaran attended Holy Family Convent. Vigneswaran joined Royal College, Colombo aged 11.After school Vigneswaran obtained BA from the University of London and LLB from the University of Ceylon. He then joined Ceylon Law College, qualifying as a proctor and an advocate. He was president of the Law Students’ Union at the college in 1962.
One of Vigneswaran's sons is married to the daughter of government minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara.His other son is married to the niece of former MP Keseralal Gunasekera.
Vigneswaran joined the Judicial Service on 7 May 1979. He served as a magistrateand District Judge in Batticaloa, Chavakachcheri and Mallakam. He became District Judge for Colombo in January 1987. He was appointed to the High Court in 1988, serving in Northern, Eastern, North Central, Uva and Western provinces. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1995.
Vigneswaran was appointed to the Supreme Court in March 2001. He retired in October 2004.
In April 2013 it was reported that Vigneswaran had been chosen by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to be its chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming election toNorthern Provincial Council(NPC).The reports were denied by the TNA.However, in July 2013, after nominations were called for the provincial council election, the TNA announced that Vigneswaran would be its chief ministerial candidate in the Northern Province.He contested the provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates inJaffna Districtand was elected to the NPC
Courtesy - http://www.theindependent.lk
