B. Senguttuvan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byAbdul Rahman (politician)
Succeeded byKathir Anand
ConstituencyVellore
Personal details
Born(1956-05-21)21 May 1956
Died19 August 2021(2021-08-19) (aged 65)
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[1]

B. Senguttuvan (21 May 1956 – 19 August 2021) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Vellore constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) candidate in 2014 election,[1] defeating A. C. Shanmugam by a margin of 59,393 votes, to become the second ADMK candidate to win from the Vellore constituency after a gap of 30 years.[2] He was an advocate, who enrolled himself as a lawyer in 1983.[3] He served as Vellore district's Government Pleader from 2001 to 2006 and as the Public Prosecutor from 2011 to 2014, until he resigned the post to contest the 2014 general election. Both these periods were those of ADMK's regime in Tamil Nadu.[3]

He has been a member of the ADMK from his student days at the Madras Law College in 1980, and as of 2014 he was the joint secretary of the AIADMK advocates’ wing in the district.[4] He has authored books on the Code of Civil Procedure, Dishonouring of Cheques, Industrial Disputes Act[5] and Sexual Offences Against Women and Children.[6] He was born in Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyar family.[7]

Senguttuvan died in 2021.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2014". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "After 30 years, AIADMK wrests Vellore". The Hindu. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "AIADMK announces two advocates as candidates for Vellore, Arakkonam". The Hindu. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jayalalithaa Picks Educated Quartet for 4 Seats in Tiruvannamalai, Vellore". The New Indian Express. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Plan for law college in Vellore". The Hindu. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Speed up probe into sexual offence cases, says HC judge". The Times Of India. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "AIADMK Got Max From Gudiyattam Segment". The New Indian Express. 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ex-MP Senguttuvan dies aged 65 in Vellore | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.