Madhava Menon – A first-rate teacher of top-class practising lawyers | The Indian Express

Madhava Menon – A first-rate teacher of top-class practising lawyers | The Indian Express

Written by Fali S Nariman |Updated: May 9, 2019 8:08:59 am

The writer is a constitutional jurist and senior advocate to the Supreme Court

Madhava Menon – A first-rate teacher of top-class practising lawyers

With the passing of N R Madhava Menon, India’s legal fraternity has lost its teacher

Let us not mourn Madhava Menon, the innovator of modern legal education in India. Instead, let us all silently say a small prayer that his noble soul rests in eternal peace and that the memory of his life’s work is never forgotten.

When Madhava Menon completed 50 years as a law teacher in September 2009, I had said that “old warhorses like Madhava Menon never retire”. But now the inevitable has happened. The man who never retired is also no more.