Bengaluru. Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna became emotional while sharing a unique story on the occasion of the birth centenary of her father and former Chief Justice of India ES Venkataramaya. Justice Nagarathna is in line to become the first woman Chief Justice of the country. She addressed a lecture on the occasion of the birth centenary of Chief Justice Venkataramaya at the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru. Her father had taught there after retirement. Supreme Court judge Justice PS Narasimha also addressed the memorial lecture at the law school.

Justice BV Nagarathna also narrated an interesting anecdote about the meeting of two lawyers in a train. One of them became the President, the other became the Chief Justice of India. He told that in December 1946, the All India Lawyers Conference was held in Nagpur. Since there was no direct train between Bangalore and Nagpur, one had to go to Madras i.e. Chennai to take the Grand Trunk Express. Some lawyers from Chennai as well as Bangalore were travelling in the railway compartment. Soon everyone became friends with each other.

Justice Nagaratna, who met in the Ashok Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan after 43 years
, said that '43 years later, in June 1989, two lawyers who met in a railway compartment met in the Ashok Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. One of them was R Venkataraman, who was to be sworn in as the President of India. The other lawyer was Justice ES Venkataramiah, who was then the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India and was going to administer the oath to Venkataraman. When my father told President R Venkataraman about this after the swearing-in ceremony, he also remembered the train journey to Nagpur.

Justice Nagarathna said- Father taught values
​​Addressing the program, Justice Nagarathna said that she considers it her good fortune that she got important lessons of life in the multifaceted personality of her father. She said, 'I have always been a law student under his guidance. I have seen the strength of personality in him, which has further strengthened my personal belief that fighting for a good cause is most beneficial.' Justice Nagarathna said that her father's love for literature and Indian culture and thirst for knowledge introduced her to various subjects.