Manadath Mohammed Pillay Pareed Pillay is an Indian judge, jurist and lawyer who served as the 15th Chief Justice of Kerala.

[1] He was also appointed as the 3rd Kerala Lokayuktha in 2009 and the first Chairman of the Kerala State Human Rights Commission in 1998 by the Governor of Kerala.

[2][3] Pareed Pillay was born in Aluva to M. K. Mohammed Pillay, the younger brother of prominent industrialist and philanthropist M. K. Mackar Pillay.

[citation needed] Pillay's brother, M. M. Abdul Khader was a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India, who also served as the Advocate General of Kerala from 1969 to 1979.

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