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| CJI Balakrishnan receives first V K Krishna Menon award | | | AGENCIES
LONDON, Nov 2: Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has received the first V K Krishna Menon Award for his fearless fight against corruption in the Judicial system and for espousing social causes.
Receiving the award from Maneck Dalal, OBE, Chairman of the V K Krishna Menon Foundation at a packed auditorium here last evening, Justice Balakrishnan said: "I feel deeply humbled and privileged to receive the honour."
The Chief Justice was awarded for his extraordinary contributions for upliftment of values of social justice, tirelessly fighting corruption in the judicial system and maintaining cordial relations with the world-wide judiciary.
Justice Balakrishnan said the first time he met Menon was in 1964 when he came to the Maharaja College in Ernakulam to deliver a lecture.
When someone in the audience questioned him how a poor country like India could become a force to reckon with, Menon shot back saying "India is not poor. People of India are poor."
Justice Balakrishnan said Krishna Menon, who came to study in the UK, was the moving force in England for achieving India's independence and galvanised the support of Britishers who were in favour of India's independence.
"Menon was one of the best lawyers India has ever produced," Balakrishnan said and cited the case when he went to argue against the then Kerala Chief Minister E M S Namboodiripad in a contempt of court case and won.
"I will ever grateful for the honour and I will uphold the great values attached to V K Krishna Menon," he said. |
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