Thiru.S.Karthikeyan

Born in Nangavalli, a small hamlet at Salem District.
Studied upto 12th standard in a Government School. Obtained Scholorship in Rural Talent Searching Examination during secondary and higher secondary.
Completed 5 years Integrated Law degree in Salem Central Law College between 1996 and 2001. After successful enrolment with Bar Counsil of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the year 2001,started practice of law in civil and criminal side in Madras High Court and other subordinate courts in chennai under the tutelage of present Justice Dr.G.Jayachandran, Judge, High Court of Madras and former Justice of Madras High Court, Mr. Justice P.N.Prakash.
Between 2001 and 2003 completed Master of Law in International Law and Constitutional Law inMadras University.
In 2006 secured Master of Arts in Human Rights and Duties Education from Madras Unitversity under Distant Mode.
In the year 2014, directly selected as District Judge and served in Dindigul, Thanjavur, Madurai and Karaikal as District Judge in various capacities. In the same year, completed Post Graduate Diploma in Criminology and Forensic Science in Annamalai University.
Between the years 2018 and 2020 completed Master of Science in Cyber Forensics and Information Security in University of Madras.
In April 2021 appointed as Law Secretary to the Union Territory of Puducherry and served in the said capacity till December 2022.
In October 2021 registered Ph.D with Sastra Univerisity, Thanjavur and carrying on research in the topic “Culpababilty in Artificial Intelligence”
Thereafter, repartiated to Tamil Nadu Judicial Service and served as Presiding officer, I Additional Labour Court, Chennai.
Since September 2024 serving as Principal Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai.