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...
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India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.
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