P. Ramanathan (judge)

Ramanathan was born on 1 September 1932. Ramanathan was educated at St. Joseph's College, Colombo and Montford High School in southern India. He was a keen sportsman. After school Ramanathan went to the UK and studied at the St David's College, University of Wales and Gray's Inn. ==Career==

Ramanathan worked for the British Inland Revenue for a while before returning to Ceylon. He became an advocate of the Supreme Court and practised law. He joined the Attorney-General's Department in the late 1970s as a crown counsel. He was appointed to the High Court in 1978 and served in Matara, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Colombo. In 1985 he was appointed to the Court of Appeal. He was later promoted to President of the Court of Appeal. He was then appointed to the Supreme Court. Ramanathan was elected Master of the Bench by Gray's Inn. He was also president of the British Scholars' Association, president of the Medical-Legal Society, member of the council of the Indo-Pacific Association of Law and Medicine and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Ramanathan was awarded the Deshamanya title, the second highest civilian honour in Sri Lanka, by President Chandrika Kumaratunga. ==Later life==

After retiring from the Supreme Court Ramanathan was appointed the 4th governor of the Western Province in 2000. He was also chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and trustee of several religious organisations including Sri Ponnambalam Vaneswarar Kovil in Colombo. One of his dachshunds won the "Champion of Champions" title at a dog show in Kandy in the 1990s. He was also a Rotarian and a Freemason. ==References==