Dr. Sebastian Champappilly
Champappillil House,
Maveli Nagar, Cross Road-5,
Cochin University P.O.,
Kochi - 682022
Kerala, India

Phone:
0484-2575702; 9895815122
E-mail:

Areas of Practice
Family Law
Constitutional Law
Service Law
Civil and Criminal Law

Dr. Sebastian Champappilly

Date of Birth: 25th December 1955

Educational Qualification

Ph.D. (in law, with distinction from Cochin-University of Science & Technology)
L.L.M. (Criminal Law) Vikram University, Ujjain
L.L.B. (First Class and 6th Rank)
M. A. (Politics), Garhwal University, U.P.
B. A. (Economics), Kerala University

Experience

• Enrolled as Advocate on 16.12.1983, on the Roll of the Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh. Shifted practice to Kerala in 1985. Since then practicing in the High Court of Kerala and courts subordinate to it.
• Worked as member of the Faculty under the Directorate of Training, High Court of Kerala for giving Statutory Training to the newly recruited Munsiff-Magistrates.
• Standing Counsel for Cochin University of Science and Technology in the High Court of Kerala, 2008.
• Part-time Lecturer in the Government Law College, Ernakulam from 1994 to 1998.
• Part-time Lecturer in Department of Law, Cochin University of Science and Technology from 1995 to 1998.
• Visiting Faculty in the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Cochin.
• Member of the Academic Council, Department of Law, Cochin University of Science and Technology.

As Consultant to the Law Reforms Commission of Kerala, co-authored with Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.T. Thomas, the "Kerala Christian Marriage Bill, 2009" and the "Kerala Christian Adoption Bill, 2009".

Reported Judgments

• 1992 (1) KLT 651 Leelamma v. Dileep Kumar
• 1997 (1) KLT 526 B v. S
• 1999 (1) KLT 74 Saly Joseph v. Baby Thomas
• 1999 (1) KLT 458 Lovely Thomas v. Tomy Alexander
• 2000 (3) KLT 697 Jessy Antony v. Sonyson
• 2001 (1) KLT 443 Rosamma v. Annamma
• 2001 (2) KLT 154 Shajan v. Bini Mathew
• 2001 (2) KLT 653 M v. R
• 2002 (1) KLT 467 Sherly Thomas v. Johny
• 2002 (3) KLT 12 Suo motto reference in the matter of Indian Divorce Act
• 2002 (3) KLT 22 Sebastian Champappilly v. Registrar
• 2003 (1) KLT 520 Vanchiyoor Madom D.S. v. State of Kerala
• 2003 (3) KLT 6 (FB) Mathew Varghese v. Rosamma Varghese
• 2004 (1) KLT 19 Paul Thomas v. State of Kerala
• 2004 (3) KLT 1002 Ayurveda Medical Association v. State of Kerala
• 2005 (1) KLT 269 Issac v. Elamma
• 2005 (2) KLT 239 Raman v. State
• 2005 (3) KLT 57 Maxim George v. IOC
• 2005 (3) KLT 620 Kerala Homeo Medical Graduates Association v. State
• 2006 (2) KLT 11 In Re-Mariamma Thomas

The Encyclopedia of Legal History, Oxford University Press, New York has accepted his contribution on "Marumakkathayam Law" and also "Christian Law" as legal literature for publication.

Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia, has published his profile and accepted and published his contributions in the Internet.

Publications: Author of the following Books

• Christian Law (1988)
  (The Preface to "Christian Law" is written by Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.K. Mathew, Former Judge of Supreme Court of India.)
•  Law relating to Police in Kerala (1988)
• Christian Law of Succession in India (1997)
  (This book is judicially recognized as an authority in the judgment reported in 2001, KLJ 555 Jose v. Antony & Ors.)
• Christian Law on Marriage, Adoption & Guardianship and Canon Law on Marriage (2003)
  (The Preface to this book is contributed by Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.N. Srikrishna. -- Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of Kerala)
• Muslim Law (2006). (Contains an analysis of the judgments rendered by Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)
• Christian Law of Divorce (2007)

An appreciation of the book is written by Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer and published in 2007 (4) K.L.T Journal. P. 31.

All the six publications are considered to be pioneering efforts in the respective areas. These Books are acclaimed to be authoritative by Professionals and Academicians. They are now Text Books prescribed by the Law Departments of different Universities. There are several articles on legal issues published in the Kerala Law Times (K.L.T) and also in the S.C.C.