Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Eminent jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate Fali Nariman died on February 21. He was 95.The noted jurist was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1991 and Padma Vibhusham in 2007.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the legal doyen’s death and said he had devoted his life to ‘make justice accessible to common citizens.’
Fali Nariman started his practice as lawyer at the Bombay High Court and later moved to Delhi. He was appointed the Solicitor General of India in 1972, but he resigned in 1975 to protest then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s decision to declare Emergency. The veteran advocate was also the President of the Bar Association from 1991 to 2010.
In his long career, Fali Nariman argued several landmark cases, including the National Judicial Appointments Commission case, which was struck down by the Supreme Court.
