Dr. Justice T.K. Thommen

Hon�ble Dr. T. Kochu Thommen, M.A., LL.D., Barrister-at-Law, Judge, Supreme Court of India. Thamarappallil Kochu Thommen Born on 26th September 1928 at Kottayam. Bachelor of Arts (Honours), History and Politics, 1951, Madras. Master of Arts, 1952 Madras. Barrister-at-Law, 1956, Lincoln�s Inn, London. Master of Laws, 1960, Leyden, Holland. Doctor of Laws, 1962, Leyden. Presently Judge, Supreme Court of India, since 14th December, 1988. As High Court Judge : Judge, High Court of Kerala, 9th May, 1975 to 13th December, 1988. (Acted as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala during 1985 and 1988). As Advocate : Signed the Roll of Barristers of the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division, England, 28th November, 1956. Enrolled as an advocate of the High Court of Kerala, 11th November, 1957. With the United Nations : Consultant in Shipping Law to the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development ( UNCTAD), Geneva, 1967-70. United Nations Adviser to the Government of Jamaica in Port Operation and Admiralty Law, 1970. At the University : Chairman, Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Law, University of Kerala since, 1985. Rusk Center Senior Scholar at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA, April, 1988. Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Cochin, 1980-85. Member Board of Studies in Law, University of Kochin, 1974-80. Member, Board of Studies in Law, University of Calicut, 1977-78. Member, Faculty of Law, University of Cochin, 1976-85. Member, Board of Post-graduate Studies in Law, University of Kerala, 1967-69. Teaching : Part-time Honorary Professor of Law, Law College, Cochin 1966-67. Part-time Lecturer in International Law, Law College, Madras, 1964-65. Tutor in History and Political Science, Presidency College, Madras, 1951-52. Research Fellowships : The Netherlands Government Research Fellow, University of Leyden, 1960-62; subject : Legal Status of Government Merchant Ships in International Law. Fellow, The Hague Academy of International Law, Centre for Research, 1964; subject: The Concept of State Sovereignty in International Law. Rockfeller Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, 1965-66; subject: International Unification of Shipping Law. Publications include: �Legal Status of Government Merchant Ships in International Law� (Martinus Nijh off, The Hague, 1962). �International Legislation on Shipping� (United Nations, New York, 1968 � published in English, French, Russian and Spanish). �Bills of Lading in International Law and Practice�, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 1985. Also a number of articles on different aspects of Shipping Law and other subjects. Other Experience : Member, Governing Body of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, since 1977. Secretary, the Indian Law Institute, Kerala Branch, 1967-71. President, The Institute of Public Speaking, Madras, 1963-65. Attended courses and seminars on International Law, 1960-64, at the Hague Academy of International Law. Participated in a number of symposia on legal topics in India and abroad. Member, Bar Council, Kerala, 1958-60. President of the Madras Presidency College Union, 1949-50. Won debating contests as a student in India and abroad.