Shiva Pasupati

Deshamanya Shiva Pasupati PC
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

Deshamanya Shivakumaran Pasupati is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, President's Counsel, Solicitor General and Attorney General.

Pasupati is the son of physician V. T. Pasupati and Kamalambikai. He was educated at the Ananda College and Jaffna Hindu College. After school he joined the University of Ceylon from where he graduated with a degree in law. He then obtained Post-Graduate Diploma in International Law from the University of Cambridge.

Pasupati was Director of Public Prosecutions. He was Solicitor General between 1974 and 1975. He then served as Attorney General from 1975 to 1988. Pasupati is a President's Counsel.

Pasupati was awarded the Deshamanya title, the second highest Sri Lankan national honour, in 1989.

Pasupati moved to Australia and served as a legal advisor for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He took part in the Norwegian peace process between 2002 and 2006.

Pasupati is chairman of Australians for Human Rights of the Voiceless and president of the Tamil Senior Citizens' Association (NSW).

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