After obtaining a distinction in his Certificate of Legal Practice test, he read in chambers of Datuk L. Rekhraj (a judge in the High Court of Malaya) in the firm Messrs. Syarikat K.L.
Murugesan participated in the International Academy for Leadership Seminar in Saarbrücken, Germany, which was organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, in 2003.
[5] He Represented MIC in a national debate entitled “DebatPerdana - Towards Towering Personality of Malaysian Youths” which was televised live.
The other notable members of the panel were Ungku Aziz, Datin Paduka, Sharifah Mazlina (the First Malaysian to reach the South Pole) and Tan Seng Giaw (former Deputy President of DAP).
[6] Datuk Murugesan was chosen by the Barisan Nasional national committee to contest in the Kota Raja parliamentary seat in Klang.