The National Law School, which will come up in the Srirangam constituency, will raise legal education standards in Tamil Nadu to international levels, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said here on Monday.
She was laying the foundation stone for the law school, which will be established on a 25-acre campus at Navalurkuttapattu on the outskirts of the city with an investment of Rs.100 crore.
She recalled that a school of excellence was established in 2002 at Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, functioning with seven government law colleges and a private college under its fold. However, keeping in mind the need for a national-level law school on a par with international institutions, the Assembly recently passed a Bill to establish the National Law School in the Srirangam constituency. The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone for several other new projects worth Rs.60.27 crore in her constituency.
Bharathidasan University's constituent college, currently functioning from a temporary building, will get its own building at a cost of Rs.5.40 crore on Tamil Nadu Agricultural University land at Navalurkuttapattu.
To meet the demand of banana growers, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for a banana commercial complex, which will include a cold storage and godown. It will be established at Thiruchendurai with an investment of Rs.4 crore.
To cater for the needs of farmers in the region, four veterinary hospital buildings will be constructed at Andhanallur, Kuzhumani, Navalurkuttapattu and Pettavaithalai at an estimate of Rs.1.06 crore.
The Mukkombu (Upper Anicut) picnic spot will get a facelift at a cost of Rs.65 lakh, strengthening tourism infrastructure in the constituency. Foundation stones were laid for two other projects under the Tourism Department – an auditorium near Singaperumal Temple, Srirangam, and a canopied pedestrian corridor between the Amma Mandapam bathing ghat on the Cauvery to the Rajagopuram of Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple, sanctioned at a cost of Rs.6 crore.
She commissioned a battery-operated vehicle for the benefit of senior citizens and the differently-abled, acquired by the Thiruvanaikovil Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari temple.
Fulfilling a major demand of a section of Srirangam residents, pattas were issued to 1,810 residents of Melur, Vellithirumutham, Kondayampettai and Thimmarayasamudiram areas. Although they were enjoying the properties since 1927, the residents were unable to get pattas.
Ms. Jayalalithaa also laid the foundation for a housing tenement to be built by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board at a cost of Rs.24.44 crore at Dr. Jayalalithaa Nagar in Srirangam.
Drinking water schemes will be completed before the onset of summer.
These apart, the Chief Minister commissioned development projects, totally worth Rs.7.89 crore, already executed in the constituency, and inaugurated the distribution of welfare assistance worth Rs.71.82 crore to about 1.02 lakh beneficiaries under various government schemes.
Looking forward to law schools enrolling students who are not wanton law-breakers; lawyers who will uphold the rule of law; a legal and judicial system that will fulfill its solemn duty of bringing justice to the citizenry rather than merely playing with the technicalities of law. May be even an Indian Mccaulay sitting down in Stonehouse, ooty to install an updated, new Indian Criminal Procedure Code fit for the purposes of 21st century India.
It is great that Chief Minister Jeyalalitha is focusing on education, health care and welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu will certainly prosper under Jeyalalitha's leadership and the future generation will benefit as a result of it. Like MGR, Jeyalalitha has dedicated her life to the people of Tamil Nadu.
TamilNadu Govt should make English as an important subject from 10th std onwards to make the Law course a successful carrier for the students. Because of this effective Language barrier, only few Tamil Lawyers are found in Supreme Court.As the usage of Legal forums are increasing due to the awareness programs the demand for good lawyers are bound to go up. Anyhow the idea of the govt is really worth
It is good to have world class Law Schools in Tamilnadu/India and I wish the Law School's construction
is completed in time and put to use.
its a good sign for boost of law courese in the state, thanks for Purachi thalaivi, in the same way give the prominence to the othere courses, and standardised the universities, corruption is going on the issue of degrees especially in the correspondence courses, you please take measures to curtail the issue.
A person who is trying to evade or delay the process of law for the past 15 years, lays the foundation stone for the Rs.100 crore National Law School! comical and pathetic, the Indian Political system!!!
Appreciate Jayalalithaa's efforts in setting up such schools which are very much necessary to increase the quality of Law education. Also of paramount importance is setting up of fast track courts to clear the ever increasing number of cases across India and not just TN, and deliver amicable judgement, reduce the judgement delivery time for the cases from several years to less than a year, increase the number of judges, improve and increase the pace of investigations and so on.
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