A Female lawyer known as “THE MAN” in the world of Legal Profession
Born on 5 th March, 1928, at Changanassery in Kottayam District, in the State of
Kerala to Adv. K.T Thomas and Smt. Anamma. Being born in a Catholic Christian
family, she was made to learn the importance of service to the poor and complete
abstinence from the established sins and material pleasures. With regard to the
religious importance, she was taught about Jesus as well as Krishna. She had
fluent grasp in Latin, Sanskrit, Malayalam and English. After her primary schooling,
she along with her family shifted to Thiruvananthapuram for her high school
studies. A graduate in B.Sc., she chose to do L.LB from Madras University and
being fascinated by the special features of our Indian Constitution and its
influence in the society, she did her L. L. M in Constitutional Law. She was taught
by the British professors who taught her the true meaning of liberty, freedom and
equality. With her aim to further grasp deeper knowledge in Constitution and
constitutional values, she came to the doors of Indian Law Institute, Delhi to do a
doctoral research on Constitution, but found her path at the opposite doors of
Indian Law Institute and thus, started practicing in the Supreme Court of India.
She had a perspective so original and kind that she learnt to be a better person
from her every experience and struggle. Knowing Krishna as the man of love and
Jesus as the one propagating love, the prayer “Our father in Heaven” was
engraved in her heart and soul, for she believed and preached that every
creature, under the might of Father of Heaven, is a creation of god and therefore
equal, as our constitution also guarantees the same under Art. 14 and we are all
the children of god. Above that, for her, the creature and the creator are equal.
With Krishna and Jesus in her heart, she propagated love to every person she
came across with. The love, which is not just between a man and a woman, a
parent and a child, siblings, neighbour or even fellow countrymen, but to the
entire race of humankind. It was indisputable, for she believed that before looking
at the sex, caste, country and religion of a person, they must be seen as a human
first. For she was a strong believer of Karma and always made the best efforts to
make amendments of her own mistakes. For she had the courage to gracefully
accept the mistakes of her own and forgive the mistakes of others. She never got
married, for she was not connecting to bodies, but was connecting to the souls
and thus, she enlightened and strengthened her power by dedicating her entire
life for the service of the human race. The lady in black was powerful, for she had
nothing to lose. She was known as ‘The Man’ in the legal fraternity for she deeply
felt the burden of stones the other people were carrying and was courageous
enough to fight against injustice irrespective of any odds.
Being a strong believer in minimalism, she gave up all luxuries and materialistic
things that life had offered to her. She was a constant learner and made sure to
learn from every person, situation and struggle in her life. Whereas she learnt the
gentleness and kindness from her pious family background, she learnt the
importance of individualism and liberty from the fellow British dwellers in India.
She learnt socialism from the prevalent communism in Kerala at that time and
learnt to fight for the rights, being empathetic because of the atrocities faced by
poor people in India. She was not a blind follower of any theory and not addicted
to any ideology except the concept of love, but she learnt from every theory to
propagate faith, hope and love. She was the desired product of the revolution.
The Constitution of India was her Bible and she lived a life like what our
forefathers Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar dreamt for the Indians.
Her fraternity was not limited to Christians or even Indians, but to the entire
mankind. She lived to serve the humankind. She openly revolted against the
illegal detentions during the time of Emergency. She always fought against any
illegal transgression of Individual’s right. She tried to help as much as people as
she could till her last breath.
Whenever she was asked about her future and who would take care of her at her
old age, she always told her that it was her God who will protect her. She deposed
such exorbitant faith in God and his protection. In the year 2008, her old junior
Adv. Saju Jakob, who she had been knowing since 1990, returned from Germany
to practice in India and accidentally met her again while praying in the Church.
Soon after, they started working together and developed a bond of love which
was beyond any bond of blood. Having lived her last years in the house of Adv.
Saju Jakob, she passed her wisdom and legacy to him, believing him to be the
successor of her revolution and struggles, which she has fought for ages. She
regarded him as her adopted son. She was very active that even at the age of 92,
she used to come to Court every day and she joined the heavenly abode with a
smile at the end moment of her life, knowing that her revolutionary life would go
on forever.
May the light guided by the noble torchbearer brighten the heart of every
individual.
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