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Constitutional expert and High Court advocate
T.P. Kelu Nambiar (85) passed away on Sunday, 16th September, 2012, at his
residence ‘Anamika’ in Ernakulam South in the evening. His body will be
cremated on Monday at Ravipuram crematorium at 12 pm.He had appeared at the court
for various leaders including former Kerala Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar. Former
Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan was his disciple.He is survived by wife Dr.
Hemalatha Nambiar, son Chandramohan and daughters Shyamala and Radhika.He
studied at Ootty and Madras Christian College. He attained graduation in
economics from Mangalore St. Aloysius College. From 1950 to 1951 he served as
teacher at Chirakkal Rajas School. He got BL from Madras Law College in 1953.
In 1954, he practiced under his father-in-law A. Achuthan Nambiar at Madras
High Court. He joined Kerala High Court on November, 1956. He completed ML at
Madras University in 1958. He served as a part-time teacher at Ernakulam Law
College from 1961 to 1966.
He began legal practice in 1954, following
in the footsteps of his father-in-law A.Achuthan Nambiar, he was well aware of
the contributions of legal stalwarts of yore to his profession. Small wonder,
in several speeches of his, he called upon greenhorn advocates to learn history
to shape their future. Kelu Nambiar’s speeches
and articles were collated and published in three volumes, which offer several
valuable lessons in advocacy. “A case has to be argued with precision, without
indulging in unlimited arguments,” he said in an address to junior lawyers in
2003. “Oral marathon by lawyers goes unappreciated. Do not frontload your case
with untenable contentions,” he told them.The eminent lawyer also paid rich
tributes to his distinguished predecessors in his noted articles.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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