Rohinton Fali Nariman is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the son of the late Indian jurist Fali S Nariman.
Wiki/Biography
Rohinton Fali Nariman was born on Monday, August 13, 1956 in Bombay, Bombay State (now Mumbai, Maharashtra), India (68 years old; as of 2024). His zodiac sign is Leo. He attended Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay. Nariman did B.Com. Holds a bachelor’s degree from Shri Ram Business School, Delhi. He pursued LLB from Delhi University Law School Campus Legal Center and secured second rank in the batch. From 1980 to 1981, he studied for a master’s degree in law (LLM) at Harvard Law School, studying under famous lawyers such as Laurence Tribe and Roberto Mangabeira Unger. professor.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Hair color: black (semi-bald)
Eye color: dark brown
family
He comes from a Parsi family.
Parents and siblings
His father, Fali Sam Nariman, was an Indian jurist and senior Supreme Court lawyer. He died on February 21, 2024 at the age of 95. His mother, Bapsi F. Nariman, died in 2020. He has a sister named Anahita.
Rossington Farley Nariman’s parents
Rohinton Farley Nariman and family
wife and children
He is married to Sanaya Nariman.
Rossington Farley Nariman and Sanaya Nariman
Profession
Nariman began his legal career in 1979. The Times of India named him one of the top ten lawyers of his era. After completing one year at Harvard University, he practiced maritime law for one year at Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens in New York. On December 15, 1993, at the age of 37, he was appointed as Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. Chief Justice Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah modified the rules for appointing Nariman as he was only 37 years old and the minimum age for appointment was Senior positions in the Supreme Court are 45 years old. Nariman has practiced law for more than 30 years and has reported on more than 500 Supreme Court judgments. He has high attainments in comparative constitutional law and civil law. Nariman has argued numerous cases, including important Constitutional Court judgments such as PA Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra and State of Punjab v. Devans Modern Breweries Ltd.
Rohinton Fali Nariman as he emerges from court
He has handled matters involving Anil Ambani’s Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. (Reliance Industries Limited) gas sharing dispute. He also established the Supreme Court Lawyers Welfare Trust with the aim of nurturing new talent and ensuring the welfare of lawyers. At the age of 55, he served as Solicitor General of India. Nariman resigned as Solicitor General of India on February 4, 2013 after eighteen months in office. The exact reasons for his resignation are not known to the public, although there has been speculation about tensions between him and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. On July 7, 2014, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the fifth judge to be promoted directly from the Bar to the Supreme Court. On August 12, 2021, he was eligible to retire at the age of 65.
noteworthy judgment
freedom of speech
The controversial rule, which gives Indian police the power to arrest anyone who publishes emails or other electronic messages that “cause annoyance or inconvenience”, was criticized by Nariman and Justi Cherameswar of India Two Supreme Court justices overturned. The judge ruled that Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which provides a jail term of up to three years for similar offences, was unconstitutional. According to Nariman and Cherameswar,
What may offend one person may not offend another. What may cause annoyance or inconvenience to one person may not cause annoyance or inconvenience to another person. ”
In their judgment, the judges clarified the need to distinguish between discussion, advocacy and incitement. They stressed that no discussion or advocacy, even of unpopular causes, could be restricted. Restrictions are only required when such discussion or advocacy escalates to incitement, causes public disorder or threatens national security.
triple talaq
In a historic judgment, Justice Nariman ruled against Triple Talaq, saying:
Triple Talaq is a non-recognized form of divorce. Even Hanafi law considers triple talaq to be sinful. The 1937 Act recognized triple talaq and therefore did not violate Article 13. The court cannot stand idly by while the petitioner appears in court. The practice of triple talaq is harmful and can be reviewed through legislation. ”
Sabarimala judgment
In the popular ‘Sabarimala case’, he argued that banning menstruating women from entering the Sabarimala temple violated various provisions of the Indian Constitution. He said,
Well-intentioned criticism of the judgment, albeit of the Supreme Court of the land, is of course permissible, but in the scheme of our constitution, thwarting or encouraging people to thwart the directions or orders of the Supreme Court is not acceptable. ”
Facts/Trivia
- Rohinton Farli Nariman is also known as the “Renaissance Man” of the Supreme Court of India.
- In November 2016, he published a book based on Zoroastrianism called The Fire Within: Zoroastrian Faith, Choice, and Modern Life.
Cover of the book “The Fire Within: Zoroastrian Faith, Choice, and Modern Life”
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