K. S. Rajah [SEP] country of citizenship
, which recognizes lawyers who display the highest ideals of the profession, from the Law Society of Singapore.
Early years, education and career.
The eldest of 13 children of a Sri Lankan couple, K. S. Rajah was born in Perai, Province Wellesley (now Seberang Perai), Penang, in what was then the Straits Settlements (now Malaysia) on 3 March 1930. His father was a clerk, and as the family was not well off he often could not afford books and had to borrow them and
K. S. Rajah
Kasinather Saunthararajah (3 March 1930 – 17 June 2010), known professionally as K. S. Rajah, was a Senior Counsel and Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Born in Penang, he came to Singapore in 1950 and worked as a teacher before embarking on part-time law studies at what was later known as the University of Singapore, graduating in 1963 with a Bachelor of Laws with honours (LL.B. (Hons.)). He then spent the next 22 years with the Singapore Legal