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Dr Justice A K Rajan was born on 25 January 1943 in Silukkuvarpatti Village, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science (Physics) from Madras Christian College, Tambaram in 1965; Bachelor of Law from Madras Law College in 1968 and Master of Law (Constitutional Law and International Law) from the University of Madras in 1974. He practiced Law before the High Court of Judicature at Madras from 1968 and also served as part-time Junior Professor in Madras Law College from 1976 till he was directly appointed as District and Sessions Judge in 1987. After heading the judiciary in various districts such as Dindigul, Trichy, Sivagangai and Madurai, he was deputed as Law Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu from 1996 to 1999. As Law Secretary, Justice Rajan drafted many important bills; some of them were first of its kind, which later became Law. When serving as District and Sessions Judge, Salem, he was elevated as Judge of the Madras High Court, in September 2000. Justice Rajan retired in January 2005. He was conferred with the Honorary Doctorate in Law by the University of Madras in its 150th Annual Convocation held in November 2007. Justice Rajan is the Chairman of the Coastal Aquaculture Authority since 2006