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"Digital library must for lawyers"

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NEW LIBRARY: Chief Justice A.P. Shah (right) seen with Justice M. Karpagavinayagam (fourth from right) and Pondicherry Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy (left), after inaugurating a new library section at the Madras Bar Association in Chennai on Tuesday. — Photo: K.V. Srinivasan.

CHENNAI: Lawyers and their associations must follow the global trend of setting up digital libraries, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court A.P. Shah has said.

Inaugurating a library section, named after Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor of Pondicherry T. Murugesan, here on Tuesday, he said books were getting costlier and maintaining a law library was expensive.

Pointing out that all law books, national and international, were available in digital form, Mr. Justice Shah said if 40 senior lawyers contributed at least Rs. 20,000 each, a digital library could be established.

Responding to the call on the spot, the former Advocate-General, R. Krishnamoorthy, donated Rs. 50,000 for setting up a digital library in the Madras High Court.

Suitable location

The Chief Justice offered to allot a suitable location if lawyers associations came out with a proposal for establishing a digital library on the campus.

Congratulating the Pondicherry Government on building an impressive combined court complex, the Chief Justice said the Territorial Government had also agreed to sanction more posts of judges.

Pondicherry Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy said lawyers and judicial officers must strive to solve legal issues expeditiously, especially if the litigating parties were poor people.

Appreciating the services of Mr. Murugesan, the Chief Minister said he had contributed to the development of Tamil through the Kamban Kazhagam.

Justice M. Karpagavinayagam said books must be educative as well as entertaining. Those who read them must digest the contents. Madras Bar Association president K.R. Tamizhmani and secretary S. Vijayakumar spoke.

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