Ariranga Pillay

Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (Tamil: அரி ரங்க கோவிந்தசாமி பிள்ளை; born 14 June 1945) was the chief justice of Mauritius from 1996 until 2007, when he was succeeded by Y. K. J. Yeung Sik Yuen.

[1] He studied Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1966 to 1969, gaining a B.Sc (Econ) degree, after which he studied law at Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1971 with a B.A in Jurisprudence.

He held numerous appointments, among others Principal Crown Counsel, Assistant Solicitor General and Parliamentary Counsel at the Attorney General's office and Ministry of Justice.

On 1 May 1996 he was appointed the Chief Justice of Mauritius, retiring on 13 June 2007.

He is also a member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights since 1997[3] as well as the appointed Adviser to the Governing Council of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies.