CJI Justice Surya Kant and wife Savitha Vasisht offering plantain to elephant at Guruvayur Temple on Saturday
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Highlighting the guru-shishya bond between Prof Menon and Venkataramani, CJI said the award recognised not merely a distinguished legal career but also the enduring influence of teaching in shaping students, institutions and the legal profession. Recalling Prof Menon’s commitment to public welfare, Justice Kant said he had given life to the principle that the welfare of the people is the supreme law through education. Justice Kant was speaking at a function in Kochi where he presented Prof Madhava Menon Memorial Tribute of Honour Award to senior lawyer and Attorney General of India R Venkataramani. Prof Menon placed the poor and marginalised at the centre of legal training through curricula and legal aid clinics, rather than leaving them at its periphery. Prof Menon was the founding vice-chancellor of India’s first National Law School in Bengaluru and National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata. He also served as the founding director of National Judicial Academy in Bhopal. The function was organised by Bar Council of Kerala (BCK) in association with BCK Advocates Academy for Continuing Legal Education Trust. BCK chairman G Muraleedharan presided over the event. Kerala HC Chief Justice Soumen Sen delivered the keynote address, while Sikkim HC Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque also addressed the gathering. Venkataramani delivered the response. Advocate General of Kerala K Jaju Babu, Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy and Training chairman S Sivakumar, Bar Council of India member P Santhosh Kumar, former BCK chairman T S Ajith, Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association president Peeyus K A and K K Nasser also attended the function. Download the TOI App.
Kochi : CJI Surya Kant on Saturday, while honouring the pedagogical vision of late legal educator Prof (Dr) N R Madhava Menon, said our truest monuments are not made of stone but are the minds we shape and the institutions we leave behind.