Pattabhi Sundar Raman is an Indian lawyer who is the currently, the Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. He is the younger son of former Advocate-General and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...

 politician V. P. Raman

V. P. Raman

Venkata Pattabhi Raman was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu from 1977 to 1979.- Early life and education :...

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Early life and education

Pattabhi Sundar Raman was born on November 7, 1960 to Indian lawyer V. P. Raman

V. P. Raman

Venkata Pattabhi Raman was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu from 1977 to 1979.- Early life and education :...

 who served as the Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu from 1977 to 1979. His elder brother is the popular stage and television personality Mohan V. Ram

Mohan V. Ram

Mohan Ram is an Indian film and television actor and management trainer. He is acclaimed for playing supportive or negative roles in Tamil television serials prominent ones being Marmadesam and Chidambara Rahasiyam directed by Tamil director Naga. He is the eldest son of lawyer and politician V. P...

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Sundar Raman did his schooling in Vidya Mandir, Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

 and graduated in commerce

Commerce

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 from Loyola College, Chennai. Raman obtained his law

Law

Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

 degree from the Madras Law College.

Career

Raman started practising as a lawyer in 1985 and founded the law firm Raman and Associates on the death of his father in 1989.

Raman practised in the Madras High Court

Madras High Court

The Madras High Court is a senior court located at Chennai , in India. The court buildings, which are believed to be the second largest judicial complex in the world, are located near the beach, in one of the city's major business districts....

 and the Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...

 and was, in September 2004, designated a senior advocate of the Madras High Court. On June 11, 2006, Raman was appointed Additional Advocate-General in place of R. Mutthukumaraswamy who had resigned. Raman became the Advocate-General on July 29, 2009, when the serving Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu G. Masilamani tendered his resignation.

Controversies

When senior politician Abhishek Manu Singhvi

Abhishek Manu Singhvi

Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress party and is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament...

 of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 withdrew from appearing on behalf of Megha Distributors, a lottery promotion agency challenging a lottery ban imposed by the Government of Kerala

Government of Kerala

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 due to criticism from the Kerala state unit of the party, Raman took over the case. This action was severely criticized by the state cabinet and Chief Minister of Kerala

Chief Minister of Kerala

The Chief Minister of Kerala is the elected head of government of the state of Kerala, India. By the Constitution of India, the Chief minister is appointed by the Governor of the state....

 V. S. Achuthanandan

V. S. Achuthanandan

Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of the state of Kerala. He had been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India since 1985, and until July 2009, when he was reverted to the Central Committee of the party owing to his...

 as well as senior Congress politician and Oommen Chandy

Oommen Chandy

Oommen Chandy is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Kerala. He has held the Chief Minister of Kerala position earlier from 2004 to 2006, and was the Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011.-Early life:Oommen Chandy or 'Kunjoonju' was born...

. Eventually, at the advice of M. Karunanidhi

M. Karunanidhi

Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N...

, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Raman offered to withdraw from the case.