Kesavan Sankaran (29 March 1900 – death date unknown) was a prominent jurist of the former Cochin/Travancore-Cochin judicial establishment and later became the 2nd Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala.
Career Sankaran started practice as an advocate in 1925 after passing the B.L degree. He was appointed to the Cochin High Court in July 1948, before the integration of the princely-state judicial systems into the modern Kerala High Court. He subsequently served through the constitutional transition following the formation of Travancore-Cochin in 1949 and the establishment of the High Court of Kerala on 1 November 1956.
Upon the retirement of Chief Justice K. T. Koshi, Sankaran was elevated as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 1 February 1959. He held office until 29 March 1960.
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