| 1. He left school after high school to help his family financially. |
| 2. Initially, he was barred from taking BA exams due to low attendance but became the top scorer in the end. |
| 3. He served as a senior associate at P. Appukuttan & Associates in Hosdurg, Kerala from 1996 to 2004. |
| 4. He practiced law in the Supreme Court of India from 2005 to 2007. |
| 5. In 2007, he relocated to the US with his wife. |
| 6. He built a prosperous legal profession in the US. |
| 7. He secured the 240th District Court judge position in Fort Bend County, Texas in 2022. |
| 8. As a child, he rolled beedis and worked as a labourer to support his family. |
| 9. He was the fourth child in his family. |
| 10. He briefly discontinued education after Class 10 and worked full-time as a beedi roller for a year before resuming studies. |
| 11. During his swearing-in ceremony as judge on 1 January 2023, he placed his hand on the Bhagavad Gita and the US Constitution held by his wife. |
| 12. Born in the remote village of Balal in Kasaragod. |
| 13. At the age of 18, he received a two-year pre-degree and graduated second in his class. |
| 14. In 1989, he was accepted at Payyannur College, an affiliate of the University of Calicut, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1992, graduating second in his class. |
