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Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar
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Muralidhar began his law practice in Chennai in September 1984 and
in 1987 shifted to the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High
Court. He was active as a lawyer for the Supreme Court Legal Services
Committee and later was its member for two terms. His pro bono work
included the cases for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Disaster and
those displaced by the dams on the Narmada. He was appointed amicus
curiae by the Supreme Court in several PIL cases and in cases involving
convicts on the death row. Muralidhar was counsel for the National
Human Rights Commission and the Election Commission of India and
a part-time member of the Law Commission from December 2002 till
May 2006 when he was appointed a judge of the Delhi High Court. Muralidhar
was awarded the Ph D by the Delhi University in 2003. He is the
author of `Law, Poverty and Legal Aid: Access to Criminal Justice'
a book published by LexisNexis Butterworths in August 2004
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