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| predecessor = M. M. Kumar
| successor = [[Badar Durrez Ahmed]]
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'''Narayanan Nadar Paul Vasanthakumar''' (born 15 March 1955) is from [[Palliyadi]], Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, India was the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He retired on 14 March 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.livelaw.in/justice-paul-vasanthakumar-retires-jk-cj-justice-r-sudhakar-acting-cj/ | title=Justice Paul Vasanthakumar Retires as J&K CJ, Justice R.Sudhakar Acting CJ | publisher=LiveLaw News Network | date=14 March 2017 | accessdate=6 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/npvj.htm | title=Hon'ble Thiru. Justice N. Paul Vasantha Kumar | publisher=www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in | accessdate=30 November 2014}}</ref> He was appointed as an additional judge of High Court of Madras on December, 2005 and as permanent judge on 20 April 2007. He took oath as the chief justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on February 2015.<ref>http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/npvj.htm</ref>

== Career ==
He was Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1980 and was Junior to Late Mr. T. Martin. He was given an honorary post of member in Ecclesiastical Synod Courts, C.S.I. Specialist in Service Law, [[Labour law|Labor Law]] and Education matters. He held the post of Senior Standing Counsel for Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission and also Standing Counsel for Central Government. In 2005, he was appointed as Additional Judge of High Court of Madras and later on 2007 as Permanent Judge . During his term in the [[Madras High Court|High Court of Madras]], he had delivered several important judgement on several legal issues.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/formercj.php|title=Jammu & Kashmir High Court|last=Court.|first=NIC J&K High|website=jkhighcourt.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref>

== Notable Judgments ==
Some important judgement pronounced by Justice Vasanthakumar includes statutory prohibition for failing a student and retaining (him) in the same standard, refusing permission for [[granite]] [[quarry]]ing in hilly areas, making compulsory for banks to provide loans to students for educational purposes.<ref name=":0" />

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