After a practice lasting seven-and-a-half decades, 100-year-old lawyer Y.G. Krishna Murthy is contemplating hanging up his boots this summer.
Meet Yellamraju Gopala Krishna Murthy, who created a record of sorts by arguing a case in the high court here in January as he turned a hundred years old.
But the Hyderabad-based lawyer does not want to continue the practice beyond this summer.
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However, I would like to keep going to the court to keep the company of friends,” Murthy told PTI here on the sidelines of the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference that concluded here on Wednesday.
He was felicitated at the concluding ceremony of the conference. Not surprisingly, he was the cynosure of all eyes and several foreign delegates vied to get photographed with him at the event.
Born on January 2, 1912 in the coastal town of Tenali in Andhra Pradesh, Murthy enrolled as a lawyer in Madras in 1936.
He practised at the high court in Guntur and then moved to Hyderabad after the court was shifted. He was elected member of the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh for three terms. He also practised at the Supreme Court in 1948.
To queries on his lifestyle, the centenarian said “I must go for morning walk whatever the season for at least two miles every day. I have all faculties except some problem with vision. I continue to read newspapers everyday”.
“I go to bed before 10 pm and wake up by 5 am. I feel I cannot remain in bed after 5 am,” Murthy said.
He is a strict vegetarian and a frugal eater.
The morning walks used to be even longer earlier and he used to go to work on a bicycle till recently.
According to Murthy, 40 per cent of the factors for sound health is genetic and the rest lies with individual efforts.
“One should be happy and content. Because, if one is content, there will be no disappointment. One should also have ambition at the same time. But, for the sake of ambition, you should not adopt other methods. You should be honest always,” he said.
On the functioning of the courts, he expressed concern over the delay in posting cases and their trial.
—PTI