Kandiah Neelakandan

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Early life and family

Neelakandan was educated at Udupiddy American Mission College and Jaffna Hindu College.[4] After school he joined Sri Lanka Law College, graduating in 1969.

Neelakandan was married to Sasithevi, daughter of V. Murugesu, his partner.[5]

Career

Neelakandan was called to the bar as an attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court in 1970.[6] He joined Murugesu and Kularatne in January 1970 as a Professional Assistant.[5] He became a partner of the firm, which was renamed Murugesu and Neelakandan, in 1973. He was chief editor of the Bar Association Law Journal for many years.[7] He was Group Deputy Chairman of George Steuart and Co, Sri Lanka's oldest company, from 2008 to 2012.[1][8][9] He had previously been secretary of the company.[1]

Neelakandan was a member of the Company Law Advisory Commission, the Law Commission of Sri Lanka and the Council of Legal Education.[1] He has written several books on Sri Lankan company law.[1] He was general-secretary of the All Ceylon Hindu Congress before becoming its president.[10][11][12][13] He was president of the Sri Lanka-India Society.[14]

Death

Kandiah Neelakandan died on 18 February 2018 afternoon at the age of 70 in Colombo due to illness.[15][16]

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