Dr. Jusitce AR. Lakshmanan, presently Judge of Supreme Court of India and an awardee of "Shiromani Vikas Award", "Viyay Shree Award" and "For the Sake of Honour Award", was born on March 22, 1942 in Sivaganga district of Tamil nadu. He completed his study upto S.S.L.C. from Devakottai and after graduating in Economics from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirrapalli and his B.L. from Madras Law College in 1966. he started his practice from Madras High Court under the guidance of Mr. Justice G. Ramanujam, the then government pleader of Madras High Court.