As many as 21 judges were transferred without their consent, 200 chambers of lawyers practising in Tis Hazari courts were demolished without notice back then.
He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1999 by the Vajpayee Government but spoke independently in Parliament. He didn't feel obliged to the government of the day or the ruling party.
He did not hesitate in criticising the Supreme Court when he felt it was necessary to, most recently for its judgment upholding the repeal of Article 370.
Nariman, in his legal career spanning over 7 decades, was a part of cases that shaped constitutional law in independent India. PM Narendra Modi, CJI DY Chandrachud mourned his death.
This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Indian Jurist, President of The Bar Association, Fali Nariman in conversation with ThePrint Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Shekhar...
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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