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Call to amend outdated laws

KOTTAYAM: Revenue Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has called for immediate steps to amend the outdated laws, some of which were enacted during the British regime, and bring about necessary modifications in the Acts to meet the changing needs of the country's democratic and social system.

He was speaking during a function organised by the Kottayam Bar Association here on Saturday.

Mr. Radhakrishnan opined that some of the existing laws were no longer of any use to the citizens of the country. Moreover, there were laws like the Indian Evidence Act (enacted in 1872) that should be reviewed and modified in such a way that it suited the existing circumstances, he said.

e-library

Justice V. Ramkumar of the Kerala High Court dedicated an e-Library, donated by the advocate M.P. Govindan Nair diamond jubilee celebration committee.

Justice Ramkumar also delivered the Justice K.K. Mathew commemorative speech on ‘Appreciation of expert evidence in criminal trial,' held as part of the ongoing centenary celebrations of the District and Sessions Court in Kottayam.

District Judge K.P. Prasannakumary; Suresh Kurup, MLA; Mr. Govindan Nair; Bar Council Member Ajithan Namboothiry; and Bar Association President Cherian Chacko and Secretary Raju Abraham spoke.

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