C. V. Kumaraswami Sastri

Diwan Bahadur Sir
Calamur Viravalli Kumaraswamy Sastriyar
Puisne Justice of the High Court of Madras
In office
1914–1930
GovernorJohn Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen

George Frederick Stanley
Member of the Sedition Committee
In office
1917–1919
PresidentSir Sidney Rowlatt
Governor‑GeneralFrederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Judge of Berhampur
In office
1911–1914
GovernorSir Arthur Lawley
Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
Personal details
Born19 July 1870
Madras, British India
Died24 April 1934
Madras, British India
RelationsC. V. Runganada Sastri (grandfather)
P. Ananda Charlu (uncle
C. V. Viswanatha Sastri (brother)
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer (brother-in-law)
V. N. Viswanatha Rao (son-in-law)
V. N. Srinivasa Rao (grandson)
Bharati Krishna Tirtha (cousin)
Calamur Mahadevan (cousin)
ChildrenC. V. Nagaraja Sastri
Laksmi Calamur Viravalli
C. V. Ekambara Sastri (blood nephew/adopted son)
ParentC. V. Sundara Sastri (father)
EducationPresidency College
Madras Law College

Diwan Bahadur Sir Calamur Viravalli Kumaraswami Sastri Kt. (19 July 1870 – 24 April 1934) was an Indian jurist, statesman, and Sanskrit scholar who was leader of the Madras Bar as a Vakil of the High Court, before being appointed as a puisne justice of the Madras High Court in 1914, and, later, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. He also served on numerous special committees; most notoriously, the Rowlatt Committee - service on which nearly imperiled his later service as Chief Justice.[1] The great-grandson, great-great-grandson, and great-great-great-grandson of celebrated Sanskritists,[1] he himself was noted for achieving "brilliant success, with speed"[1] from his first days practicing law. In his heyday, he was considered "the most brilliant representative of the Madras Judicial Service", and the successor to V. Bhashyam Aiyangar.[2]

  1. ^ a b Dezalay, Yves; Garth, Bryant G. (15 November 2010). Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-14463-4.
  2. ^ Sundararajan, Saroja (2002). Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar, a Biography. University of Michigan. ISBN 978-81-7764-326-8.