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    Justice P. Govinda Menon

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    The Hon�ble Mr. P. Govinda Menon, B.A., B.L., Judge, Supreme Court, 1 September 1956 to 15 October, 1957; b. September 1896, s. of V.K. Kunhan Unni m. Kalyanikutthi Amma d. of Dewan Bahadur K.S. Menon, Ex-Chairman Air Transport Licensing Board, Government of India, one s. Educ.: Ganpat High School, Calicut; Samorin�s College Calicut, Persidency College, Madras, Law College Madras, Enrolled September 1920, practiced in Madras High Court both Civil and Criminal; appointed Crown Prosecutor December, 1940; proceeded to Japan as the Indian Representative before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at Tokyo prosecuting General Tojo and other major Japanese War Criminals; and was in Japan from April to September, 1946 as the Chief Indian Prosecutor; Judge, High Court, Madras, July 1947 � September 1956; Publications; Author of the Chapter on Marumakhattayam and Allyasantana Law in Mayne, Hindu Law.