Remembering a champion of Jurisprudence

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsExpressing grief over the death of senior advocate TP Kelu Nambiar, the legal luminaries observed that his contributions to the field of jurisprudence and justice would be always remembered. Recalling his association with Nambiar, Justice V Chitambaresh of the Kerala High Court said that Nambiar was one of the greatest lawyers that the Kerala High Court has ever seen. High Court advocate V V Nandagopal Nambiar remembered that he has been a champion of the bar, for his excellence and integrity of profession. He has always been a good reader of not only the books but of judges too. His writings have taught the younger lawyers the essence of advocacy. Justice V R Krishna Iyer stated in the forward of Nambiar’s book, ”I have admired him as an advocate who fearlessly and forcefully argued cases at the court. He is a lovable human being. The esteem which he enjoys from the legal fraternity is a tribute to his learning, advocacy, integrity and independence.” Some of the land mark cases he won include Payyavoor panchayath contempt of court case, HMT case and various election cases. He appeared for the Chief Secretary in the Payyavoor case. Senior advocate M K Damodaran who is a student of Nambiar said that he was a great lawyer and a good teacher. Many judges of the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court were his students, including former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and Justice Narayana Kurup, parliamentarians A K Antony, Vayalar Ravi and A C Jose, former Director-General of prosecutions K K Raveendra Nath and advocate Thamban Thomas among others. Damodaran also said that he had an uncompromising approach at the bar and was acclaimed as a fighter in court. In a speech delivered at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Nambiar’s law practice in September, 2004, Justice A R Laxman, former judge of the Supreme Court of India had said, “while he sharply criticises levity and vanity, he always strived for excellence in profession and life. Because of his intellectual integrity and unflinching professional rectitude, he had served as chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of Kerala for about 20 years.” Nambiar often quoted Lord Denning’s words- ”To succeed in the profession of law, you must seek to cultivate command of language. Words are the lawyer’s tools of trade. When you are called upon to address a judge, it is your words which count the most. It is with them that you will hope to persuade the judge of the rightness of your cause.” Nambiar had been a member of the committee constituted by government to inquire into the Vice-Chancellor Vilanilam case and advisor to the government on the Cauvery water dispute. He was also a member of the law reforms committee. first published:September 17, 2012, 11:51 ISTlast updated:September 17, 2012, 11:51 IST
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Expressing grief over the death of senior advocate TP Kelu Nambiar, the legal luminaries observed that his contributions to the field of jurisprudence and justice would be always remembered.

Recalling his association with Nambiar, Justice V Chitambaresh of the Kerala High Court said that Nambiar was one of the greatest lawyers that the Kerala High Court has ever seen.

High Court advocate V V Nandagopal Nambiar remembered that he has been a champion of the bar, for his excellence and integrity of profession. He has always been a good reader of not only the books but of judges too. His writings have taught the younger lawyers the essence of advocacy.

Justice V R Krishna Iyer stated in the forward of Nambiar’s book, ”I have admired him as an advocate who fearlessly and forcefully argued cases at the court. He is a lovable human being. The esteem which he enjoys from the legal fraternity is a tribute to his learning, advocacy, integrity and independence.”

Some of the land mark cases he won include Payyavoor panchayath contempt of court case, HMT case and various election cases. He appeared for the Chief Secretary in the Payyavoor case.

Senior advocate M K Damodaran who is a student of Nambiar said that he was a great lawyer and a good teacher. Many judges of the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court were his students, including former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and Justice Narayana Kurup, parliamentarians A K Antony, Vayalar Ravi and A C Jose, former Director-General of prosecutions K K Raveendra Nath and advocate Thamban Thomas among others. Damodaran also said that he had an uncompromising approach at the bar and was acclaimed as a fighter in court.

In a speech delivered at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Nambiar’s law practice in September, 2004, Justice A R Laxman, former judge of the Supreme Court of India had said, “while he sharply criticises levity and vanity, he always strived for excellence in profession and life. Because of his intellectual integrity and unflinching professional rectitude, he had served as chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of Kerala for about 20 years.”

Nambiar often quoted Lord Denning’s words- ”To succeed in the profession of law, you must seek to cultivate command of language. Words are the lawyer’s tools of trade. When you are called upon to address a judge, it is your words which count the most. It is with them that you will hope to persuade the judge of the rightness of your cause.”

Nambiar had been a member of the committee constituted by government to inquire into the Vice-Chancellor Vilanilam case and advisor to the government on the Cauvery water dispute. He was also a member of the law reforms committee.