Kochi: Legal luminary T.P. Kelu Nambiar, who passed away in September 2012, still lives as far as the High Court registry is concerned.
For, it listed him in the cause list for a bail application on June 2, shocking his family as well as the legal fraternity. Incidentally, this is the second faux pas caused by the court registry in a fortnight.
The name of the constitutional expert was listed as P.B. Ajoy, T.P. Kelu Nambiar for a bail application number 2960/2015.
Senior counsel K. Ram Kumar filed a complaint in this regard before the Chief Justice, Registrar-General and Kerala High Court Advocates Association.
“The carelessness, callousness and the cavalier manner in which the registry is preparing the cause list is evident from the case number 24 in court 3-C,” Mr Ram Kumar said in his complaint.
He said the issue had to be viewed seriously and stringent action should be taken. Such instances cannot be viewed lightly in the wake of a division bench initiating action against lawyers for the mistake caused by the registry, he added.
Recently, the division bench had criticised the lawyers and issued a notification that clients would be alerted if the lawyer skips a hearing. Later, the court withdrew the order finding that the issue was caused due to the error by the High Court registry.
