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His grandad died 45 years before he became a lawyer. But maybe you think KKV gave his practise to Gsanks?
From https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/columns/mk-nambyar-a-constitutional-visionary-book-review
Basically Menon J- Nambiar- Venugopal- Gsanks.
And surprise surprise Menon J father if you see Gadbois was a zamindar, literally generational privilege and a practice of over 150 yrs is being inherited by him
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/content/657675/former-chief-secy-m-sankaranarayanan.html
This is his grandfather: His father, Justice Govinda Menon, was India's chief prosecutor at the Tokyo war trials before being appointed to the Supreme Court.
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/content/657675/former-chief-secy-m-sankaranarayanan.htmland deep ties with the Nambiar, and Menon (NLS founder)
âŽâŽâŽ stop this glazing âŽâŽâŽ
Should we read anything into this? Or just GS trying to maintain cordial relations with both sides of the fence?
Lots of interesting nuance - worth watching about his views on spineless judges, the first generation lawyers escapist labelling and the importance of character