M C B Koman I C S Judge: Born on 14th May 1897 son of Rao Bahadur Sir M C Koman Civil Surgeon Madras General Hospital, M C Balachandra Koman graduated from Madras Christian College. He was a Barrister-at -Law from the Middle Temple while a probationer with Indian Civil Service at Queens College Cambridge in 1921. His first appointment was as Assistant Collector at Masulipatam in Kistna District of erstwhile Madras Presidency He served the usual Revenue grades of District Collector, Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Local Self Government Department and then became District and Sessions Judge at Chingleput in 1935. He served as District and Sessions Judge at Madurai (1940 - 1941) District and Sessions Judge at Trichinopoly (1941 - 1942) District and Sessions Judge at Cuddalore (1942 - 1943) and district and Sessions Judge Tanjore (1949). M C B Koman was elevated Additional Judge on the Bench of His Majesty's High court of Judicature in 1945 - 1946 when a European Judge went on furlough. Koman retired as Principal Judge City Civil Court in August 1958. Thereafter he was appointed Hon. Director of Legal studies at Madras Law College until his relinquishment.And in Judge M C B Koman's death it is felt that one more ring in the attenuated chain of the old order of the Indian Civil service has snapped.
Advocate Sharath Chandra of the Madras High Court has published an article captioned 'The Curious Case of Justice Koman' in the Madras Law Journal in November 2018 after consulting me over telephone some two months earlier.
ReplyDeleteJustice P T Raman Nair was from the ICS cadre.Not Koman alone.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr. Ramachandran. However P.T. Raman Nair ICS was the Madras High Court Registrar from February 1945, who led Justice Koman ICS to the hallowed dais for the swearing in ceremony in full view of the Chief Justice, and all other Officers of the Crown in September 1945.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr. Ramachandran. Padinjarae Thazhathu Raman Nair ICS was the High Court Registrar who led Justice Koman ICS to the dais for the swearing in ceremony in full view of Judges and all other Officers of the Crown in September 1945.
ReplyDeleteJustice P T Raman Nair ICS, later was Judge in thw Kerala High Court.He enquired the Andhra rice scandal of the EMS government in 1957-1959
ReplyDeleteHope you will correct the only Malayalee ICS judge reference.I had been a journalist for the past 40 years,and I would like to write on Balachandra Koman.
ReplyDeletePlease mail me whatever details you have on him
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