The Hindu: Chennai: Monday, March
20, 2017.
Law firm M/s.
Subbaraya Aiyar Padmanabhan and Ramamani Advocates on Sunday launched mobile
applications for the RTI Act, I-T Act, Civil Procedure Code, Criminal Procedure
Code, Indian Penal Code and 15 other Acts that are often referred to by lawyers
and the public.
“The
free-to-use Android apps are without any kind of advertisements,” said Vikram
Vijayaraghavan, a software engineer-turned-lawyer, who along with an engineer,
developed the apps.
“We keep updating them. Already in the beta
version, over two lakh users have downloaded the apps. In the I-T Act app,
tribunal judgements from across the country are updated daily,” he said.
The apps were
launched by Rajib Kumar Hota, Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai, at
the valedictory of the 7th K.R. Ramamani Memorial Taxation Moot Court
Competition organised at the School of Excellence in Law of The Tamil Nadu Dr.
Ambedkar Law University.
Value of
ethics
In his
address, Madras High Court Judge Nooty Ramamohana Rao stressed the need for
youngsters to imbibe ethics in their respective professions right from the
beginning.
Madras High
Court Judge M.S. Ramesh spoke about the need to pass smart judgements on issues
while commenting on social media forums and networks.
Former
Additional Advocate General, Tamil Nadu, Aravindh Pandiyan, who was a junior to
the late Ramamani, recalled how his senior had showered affection on all his
juniors.
Former
vice-president, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), N. Bharathvaja Sankar,
Asha Vijayaraghavan, judicial member ITAT, and S. Narayana Perumal, Director
in-charge, School of Excellence in Law, were among those who participated in
the event.