The Bar Council is proud to honour Cecil Rajendra, a Member of the Bar practising in Penang, with the Malaysian Bar Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.
The award was presented at the Malaysian Bar’s Annual Dinner & Dance, which was held at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur, on 16 March 2019.
Please click here to view the citation for Cecil Rajendra, written by Mureli Navaratnam, who is also a Member of the Bar practising in Penang.
The Bar Council instituted the Malaysian Bar Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 as a form of recognition of, and appreciation for, outstanding Members of the Malaysian Bar who have demonstrated particular dedication and exemplary lifetime service, and made invaluable and outstanding contributions, to the Bar.
The Award was first conferred (posthumously) on Raja Aziz Addruse, at the Malaysian Bar’s Annual Dinner & Dance on 10 March 2012. Since then, the recipients have been Peter Mooney, Mahadev Shankar, Dr Radhakrishna Ramani (posthumously), Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh (posthumously), V C George, and Param Cumaraswamy. Please click on the name of the recipient to view the respective citation.
The Malaysian Bar congratulates Cecil Rajendra on being conferred the Malaysian Bar Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.
Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor
President
Malaysian Bar
19 March 2019