Shiva Pasupati

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

Deshamanya
Shiva Pasupati
PC
34th Attorney General of Sri Lanka
In office
5 June 1975 – 1988
Preceded byVictor Tennekoon
Succeeded byPandikoralalage Sunil Chandra De Silva
28th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
In office
1974–1975
Preceded byR. S. Wanasundera
Succeeded byI. F. B. Wickramanayake
Personal details
Alma materAnanda College
Jaffna Hindu College
University of Ceylon
ProfessionLawyer
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Early life and family

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]

Career

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]

Later life

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]

References
  1. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 131.
  2. Maneckshaw (23 April 2013). "The house that became the Uthayan office". Ceylon Today.
  3. Hettiarachchi, Kumudini (11 November 2012). "Sivagurunathan of Ananda: He came from Jaffna". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  4. "'Shiva Pasupati' - Distinguished old boy of Jaffna Hindu". JaffnaHindu.Org.
  5. "In Re Vincent and Benjamin". LawNet.
  6. "Permanent Holders of the Office of Solicitor General". Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka).
  7. "Permanent Holders of the Office of Attorney General". Attorney-General's Department (Sri Lanka).
  8. "National Awards". Presidential Secretariat.
  9. "LTTE leadership in a state of dilemma". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 5 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  10. "President facing deadly enemy within". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 7 May 2006.
  11. "Mahinda talks to Prabha via Uthayan". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 June 2006.
  12. "Solheim, Canadians join as LTTE's Paris meet concludes". TamilNet. 28 August 2003.
  13. "Paris meeting 'Positive and Innovative'". TamilNet. 30 August 2003.
  14. "Former Attorney General Shiva Pasupati highlights Human rights violations by Sri Lankan Government". Tamil Sydney.
  15. "Mr Shiva Pasupati". Tamil Senior Citizens' Association (NSW).


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