Facts: - office: judge commission of india supreme court of india chairman , 18th law - birth date: 22 march 1942 - name: justice a.r. lakshmanan - image: justice lakshmanan.jpg - birth place: india - termstart: december 20 , 2002 2006 - termend: march 22 , 2007 2009 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of a. r. lakshmanan .
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arunachalam chettiar lakshmanan , b.a. , b.l. , is a former judge of the supreme court of india .he studied in chennai -lrb- madras -rrb- .before his elevation to the supreme court in 2002 , he served as a judge on the madras high court and kerala high court .he was also appointed as chief justice of rajasthan high court in 2000 and andhra pradesh high court in 2001 .he retired in 2007 .he hails from the nagarathar community and his native is devakottai , tamil nadu .he served as chairman of the law commission of india during 2006-2009 .he is representing tamil nadu in the mullai periyar panel appointed by the hon ' ble supreme court of india .the panel is headed by justice a.s.anand .