He ceased to be state election commissioner of Andhra Pradesh pursuant to the judgement of AP High Court on 29 May 2020.
[2] After retiring from the high court he was appointed Chairman of Sales Tax Special Tribunal for a three-year term.
[1] The SIPCOT chemical industry estate in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, was investigated in November 2002 by a team from the Indian People's Tribunal headed by J. Kanakaraj.
It found that "Villages like Kudikadu, Thaikal, Eachangadu and Sonnanchavadi lie in a virtual 'gas chamber' surrounded on three sides by chemical factories and bounded on the fourth by the river".
[5] In December 2005 he was on the jury at a Public Hearing on Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation for Tamil Nadu Coastal Women.
[11] Kanagaraj was provided accommodation in a luxury flat in Landmark Pride Apartment at Benz Circle, Vijayawada, for a monthly rent of Rs 1,11,800.