V. Manicavasagar
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The Honourable Justice Deshamanya Manicavasagar Vaithalingam |
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| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon | |
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Assumed office December 17, 1964 |
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| Appointed by | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon | |
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In office April 1980 – March 1985 |
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| Chancellor of the University of Jaffna | |
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In office January 1, 1979 – 1984 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | December 17, 1906 Colombo, British Ceylon |
| Died | December 27, 1993 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Spouse(s) | Valamba Manicavasagar nee Selliah |
| Relations | Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, D. M. Swaminathan Justice Siva Selliah |
| Children | Arunachala Manicavasagar, Nirmala Ragunanthan nee Manicavasagar |
| Residence | 78 Ward Place, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater |
Colombo Law College, Royal College Colombo |
Deshamanya Manicavasagar Vaithalingam (December 17, 1906 - December 12, 1993) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Chancellor of the University of Jaffna and Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon.
Vaithalingam was born on December 17, 1906 to prominent Colombo stockbroker Mudaliyar Arunachala Vaithalingam. Both his paternal and maternal family hails from the affluent town of Manipay, Jaffna. He began his education at the Royal College, Colombo where he excelled in academics and went on to obtain a degree in law from the Colombo Law College.
Vaithalingam joined the judicial service 9 years after being called to the bar, as an Acting Magistrate in Mallakan. For over two decades, he functioned as a Magistrate and District Judge in different parts of the island and in October, 1962, he was appointed a Commissioner of Assize. He continued as such till his appointment to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1964 by President Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
Mentioned below are a few of the numerous judgments in which Justice Vaithalingam was involved. All of the cases below are from the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and no judgments from lower courts have been included.
After retiring from the Supreme Court, Vaithalingam was appointed Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon and was then appointed as the first Chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
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