Shiva Pasupati | |
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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. [1] [2] He was educated at the Ananda College and Jaffna Hindu College. [3] [2] After school he joined the University of Ceylon from where he graduated with a degree in law. [4] He then obtained Post-Graduate Diploma in International Law from the University of Cambridge. [4]
Pasupati was Director of Public Prosecutions. [5] He was Solicitor General between 1974 and 1975. [6] He then served as Attorney General from 1975 to 1988. [1] [2] [7] Pasupati is a President's Counsel. [1]
Pasupati was awarded the Deshamanya title, the second highest Sri Lankan national honour, in 1989. [8]
Pasupati moved to Australia and served as a legal advisor for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. [9] [10] He took part in the Norwegian peace process between 2002 and 2006. [11] [12] [13]
Pasupati is chairman of Australians for Human Rights of the Voiceless and president of the Tamil Senior Citizens' Association (NSW). [14] [15]