Justice Nariman retired, the second senior judge in the Supreme Court: The verdict on the Sabarimala case was pronounced; CJI Ramana said – we have lost the lion protecting the judicial institution

Justice Nariman has been involved in decisions under Section 377, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and the disclosure of criminal records of politicians.

Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, the second senior judge in the Supreme Court, who delivered the verdict in the Sabarimala case, retired on Thursday. CJI NV Ramana bid him farewell.

In this program, CJI Ramana said- ‘With the retirement of Justice Nariman, we have lost a lion protecting the judicial institution. He has been one of the strong pillars of the existing judicial system. They are principled individuals, committed to what is right. I am sure many more chapters will be written in his life. As per tradition, on the last day of the working day, Justice Nariman shared the bench with the CJI. The CJI said, “Justice Nariman is a storehouse of legal acumen. His retirement comes as a surprise. Whether the age of such persons is a suitable criterion for deciding the period of retirement.’

According to the report, Justice Nariman was the fifth lawyer to be directly elevated from the Bar to a Supreme Court bench. As a judge of the Supreme Court, he has disposed of about 13,565 cases. He was appointed senior advocate in 1993 at the age of just 37. For this the rules had to be changed. Earlier the minimum age to become a senior advocate was 45 years.

During the farewell ceremony, CJI Ramana said about the supposedly easy life of the judges that we work even during the court holidays. do research. Write pending decisions. But when false narratives are created about the easy lives of judges, it’s hard to swallow. There is another misconception in the minds of people that judges live in big bungalows, work only 10 to 4 and enjoy their holidays, but this is untrue.

Will be remembered: Important decision given on Section 66A of IT Act
Justice Nariman was one of the judges hearing the Sabarimala temple case in Kerala. This bench had ruled that women between the ages of 10 and 50 can enter the temple. According to tradition, women of this age group were prohibited from going there. In 2015, the verdict was given in the Shreya Singhal case. In this, Section 66A of the IT Act was abolished. Under this, the police could arrest anyone who made objectionable remarks on social media.

Justice Nariman has been involved in decisions under Section 377, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and the disclosure of criminal records of politicians. Supreme Court Advocate on Record Association president Shivaji Jadhav said Justice Nariman did not delay justice. They used to hear it within two or three days of reserving the verdict.