S.NAGAMUTHU
M. Venugopal – Appellant
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District Magistrate Cum District Collector, Kanyakumari District – Respondent
Indian society has a long cherished tradition to respect and protect the elders. It is the pious obligation of the siblings to maintain their parents and grandparents. The great saint Tamil poet “Avvaiyar” said “Annaiyum Pithavum Munnari Deivam” which means mother and father are the first God known to the children. Until few decades, in the past, these traditions, heritage and moral values were taught at the schools as part of curriculum. Since, the children learnt these invaluable tenets, in their childhood, it was not required to remind them of their obligation towards the elders, by making any law to respect and protect them. In recent years, under the guise of preparing the younger generation to compete globally in knowledge sharing and employment, we have gradually removed the moral studies from the school curriculum. On the other side of the coin, when the joint family system was in prevalence, the grandparents, in order to at-least while away their time, used to tell moral stories to their grandchildren. “Patti Kathaigal” (Grandmother's stories) played a major role to imbibe good qualities in the children. Now joint family system has also slowly faded away. As a resu
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