Gopal Sri Ram Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings: Gopal Sri Ram, officially known as Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram was a Malaysian judge born on August 16, 1943.
He was called to the English bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1969 and subsequently called to the Malaysian bar in 1970. Gopal Sri Ram was in active practice as an advocate until his elevation on September 17, 1994.
In 1994, he became the first practicing lawyer in Malaysia to be appointed directly to the Court of Appeal from the private bar when the court was first established during Mahathir Mohamad’s administration.
Gopal Sri Ram was also appointed as a bencher by the Lincoln’s Inn in 2005 and was well known for his brilliant explosive as well as unconventional judgments. He also appeared in several leading cases covering a wide area of law.
In 2009, he was promoted to the Federal Court but retired in 2010. Gopal Sri Ram wrote about 800 judgments while sitting in the Court of Appeal and Federal Court between 1994 and 2010.
He returned from retirement to practice law again and was appointed in 2018 by then attorney-general, Tommy Thomas to lead the prosecution in the 1MDB-related cases and Rosmah’s graft case.
As of January 2023, he was a judge of the Federal Court, a senior lawyer, and a distinguished constitutional jurist. However, he died on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at the age of 79.
Gopal Sri Ram was born on August 16, 1943. He celebrated his 79th birthday on August 16, 2022, before he died in January 2023.
Gopal Sri Ram was born to Gopal Ayer Ramaswamy (father) and Mangalam Seetharama Aye (mother).
His father was an assistant commissioner for labor in the state of Selangor for which he was awarded the Member of the British Empire (MBE) and Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work. He was the only non-British to have been conferred an MBE by King George VI.
There’s no information about his mother but she has been very supportive of his son’s career.
Gopal Sri Ram was a happily married man. He was married to Chandra Sri Ram.
Gopal Sri Ram was blessed with two sons, one of whom is a practicing lawyer. However, only one of his son’s names is known. He’s called Govind Sri Ram
Gopal Sri Ram has a brother named; Datuk Gopal Ayer Sreenevasan. He was a pioneering Malaysian surgeon and instrumental in the development of medical services in Malaysia.
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