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NR Elango
N Rangnathan Elango NR Elango) (born 16 July 1966) is an Indian lawyer and . Designated as Senior Advocate by the High Court from 2010 onwards, he has represented a sweep of cases from the high-profile to the controversial for which he has received accolades from the law fraternity. One of his major achievements include defending all cases registered against DMK functionaries since 2011

NR Elango is known as a Honest lawyer with many distinctions to his credit. He obtained a law degree from B.L. (Five Years), Government Law College,Tiruchirapalli and started practising law in Madras High court. He is married with Aruna Elango a home maker He has two teenaged children, a 15 year old daughter and a 12 year old son pursuing their school education in chennai.

Practiced independently from the year 2001 both in the Trial and the Appellate Sides and had a successful practice.In2001 the Hon’ble High Court at Madras directed the Government of Tamil Nadu to appoint him as one of the Junior Counsels to assist Mr.K.V.Venkatapathy, Senior Counsel, in the appeals relating to TANSI case and Pleasant Stay Hotel case (Corruption Case). Appointed as a Government Advocate in the criminal side in the Office of The Public Prosecutor, High Court Madras from the period of 1996 to 2001 and further appointed as Additional Public prosecutor, High Court Madras from the period of 2006 to 2010

He is a well known face amongst the legal community in India, He has appeared in many high-profile cases spanning 25 years as a member of  Bar association. He was Appointed as Additional Public prosecutor, High Court Madras on 23.06.2006 by the Government of Tamil Nadu and holds the post till date.

Early life
NR Elango was born in sholingur, a small agriculture town, 22 km from Arakkonam .His father  Late  R N Ranganathan was Member of legislative assembly from sholingur constituency] Raised in a Family driven by dravidian values, he was lured by the charisma of Thanthai periyar and  Kalaignar Karunanidhi. He did his schooling at Goodlet Higher Secondary School in Sholinghur and was active member of Self respect party / Dravidar Kazhagam even during his school days.

As a lawyer
N R Elango has been practicing as an Advocate for more than 25 years in Supreme Court, High Court and various District Courts.

He was designated as Senior Advocate by the High Court from 2010 onwards.

He was trained as a Junior under Mr.N.Natarajan, Senior Counsel, who was Senior Special Public prosecutor for CBI Cases Viz., Bombay Bomb Blast Cases, Hawala Cases, etc., and a leading criminal lawyer in the country.

While working with Mr.N.Natarajan, Senior counsel he had an opportunity to handle several criminal trials before the Magistrate courts, and Sessions Courts. Also handled appeals and Revisions before the Hon’ble High Court, Madras.

Appointed as a junior Counsel to assist Mr.N.Natarajan, Senior Special Public Prosecutor of Govt. of Tamil Nadu in several Prosecutions of corruption cases before the Special Courts for corruption cases and in the High Court, Madras.

In 2001 the Hon’ble High Court at Madras directed the Government of Tamil Nadu to appoint him as one of the Junior Counsels to assist Mr.K.V.Venkatapathy, Senior Counsel, in the appeals relating to TANSI case and Pleasant Stay Hotel case (Corruption Case).

Appointed as a Government Advocate in the criminal side in the Office of The Public Prosecutor, High Court Madras from the period of 1996 to 2001 and further appointed as Additional Public prosecutor, High Court Madras from the period of 2006 to 2010.

High-profile cases
He has a number of

While working with Mr.Natarajan, Senior counsel handled several criminal trials before the Magistrate courts, and Sessions Courts. Also handled appeals and Revisions before the Hon’ble High Court, Madras.

During the tenure, as Government Advocate (Criminal side) independently handled criminal Appeals, Revisions, Criminal Original Petitions

Appeared in few cases before the Supreme Court and one such case was reported in (2004) 2 SCC 9.

In W.P.No.11727 of 2001 the Hon’ble High Court at Madras directed the Government of Tamil Nadu to appoint me as one of the Junior Counsels to assist Mr.K.V.Venkatapathy, Senior Counsel, in the appeals relating to TANSI case and Pleasant Stay Hotel case (Corruption Case)

While working with Mr.Natarajan, Senior counsel handled several criminal trials before the Magistrate courts, and Sessions Courts. Also handled appeals and Revisions before the Hon’ble High Court, Madras.

During the tenure, as Government Advocate (Criminal side) independently handled criminal Appeals, Revisions, Criminal Original Petitions (more than 50,000 cases including bail and anticipatory bail petitions)

Appeared in few cases before the Supreme Court and one such case R. Sai bharathi v. J. Jayalalitha was reported in (2004) 2 SCC 9.

In W.P.No.11727 of 2001 the Hon’ble High Court at Madras directed the Government of Tamil Nadu to appoint me as one of the Junior Counsels to assist Mr.K.V.Venkatapathy, Senior Counsel, in the appeals relating to TANSI case and Pleasant Stay Hotel case (Corruption Case)

Awards and achievement
Delivered lecture to the I.A.S. officers on 05.06.08 in the Seminar  conducted  by   the  Tamil  Nadu  State Judicial Academy on the following topics, Indian Evidence Act, Tamil Nadu Act 14/82 and Habeas corpus petitions in the Morning session.

Magisterial guides and Criminal rules of Practice in the afternoon session.

The Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy had chosen me as one of the panelist in the “District level continuing education Workshops” held on 28th June 2008 at Dindigul.

Addressed the questions of participants, along with Hon’ble Thiru Justice K.N.Basha in Part 1 and with Hon’ble Thiru Justice T.Sudanthiram in Part 2 of the workshop.

The Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy had chosen me as one of the panelist in the “District level continuing education Workshops” held on 09.08.2008 at Coimbatore.

Delivered a lecture on “Appreciation of Evidence in criminal cases”, along with Hon’ble Thiru Justice V.Dhanapalan and Hon’ble Thiru Justice T.Sudanthiram.

Delivered lecture on 18.11.08 in State Crime Records Bureau to the Deputy Superintendents of Police and Inspectors of Q Branch CID of Tamil Nadu Police on the salient features of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Delivered Lecture at the Seminar on Amendments in Drug & Cosmetics Act, 1940 on 28th February 2009 conducted by the Tamil Nadu State Aids control Society & Drugs control Administration.

Delivered Lecture on “Legal aspects to be considered while investigating cases under PC Act and Sections of law relevant and procedure after filing charge Sheet” at C.B.I. Regional Training Centre, Chennai in the Training held for the Investigation team of C.B.I.

Delivered lecture on 23rd January 2010 at Department of Criminology, University of Madras on “Ethics in the Prosecution Process and Human Rights”.