A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar is a judge of the Kerala High Court, the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The court is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi.
Nambiar was born to Justice K. A. Nayar, former judge of the Kerala High Court and Chandralekha Nambiar. He completed his schooling from Lawrence School, Lovedale, graduated in chemistry from the Sacred Heart College, Thevara and obtained LL.B from Government Law College, Ernakulam with First Rank for which he was awarded the N. Govinda Menon Memorial Gold Medal. Nambiar has completed Masters of Arts in law from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Nambiar enrolled as an advocate in 1990 and started practising in Ernakulam district with M/s. Menon & Pai Advocates. He specialised in constitutional law and in direct and indirect taxation. In July2011, he was designated a senior advocate in the Kerala High Court and on 23January2014 he was elevated as an additional judge of High Court of Kerala and became permanent judge of High Court of Kerala on 10March2016.
Pointing out various Articles in the Constitution of India, the bench consisting of Justice Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias initiated suo motu contempt of court proceedings against Popular Front of India for calling strike on 23 September 2022 without seven days notice in connection with the nationwide raids on Popular Front of India offices and arrests of its leaders by the National Investigation Agency and causing damages to public properties and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. The bench directed the organisation and its officials to deposit an initial compensation of Rs. 5.2 crores (Rs. 52 million) with the State Government, towards the damages caused in the illegal strike.