Fali Nariman

Upendra Baxi writes: Adieu, Fali, my friend

February 22, 2024 6:27 pm

A warm and large-hearted human being, he championed the cause of rule of law and constitutionalism.

Fali Nariman (1929-2024): Jurist & humanist secured many a verdict shaping modern India

February 22, 2024 7:03 am

Nariman’s uncompromising rectitude first came to public attention when on June 26, 1975 he resigned his post as Additional Solicitor General hours after then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had declared the Emergency. He was the only senior government law officer to do so.

Fali S Nariman: From prime ministers to peons, everyone looked up to him

February 21, 2024 7:55 pm

Fali S Nariman had a deep and abiding respect for the law, and his arguments were always carefully crafted

Fali S Nariman: 9 notable cases of the late jurist

February 22, 2024 11:22 am

Fali Nariman had been part of several landmark cases which paved the way for the evolution of Indian constitutional law. Here is a look at some of these cases.

'Great giant of an intellectual': PM Modi, CJI Chandrachud mourn Fali S Nariman's passing

February 21, 2024 7:56 pm

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud began the day's proceedings in the Supreme Court by condoling Nariman's death.

Dissenting view in SC’s Article 370 order would have helped understand case better: Nariman at Justice Sunanda Bhandare Lecture

January 06, 2024 7:39 am

“An American judge had once said that ‘a dissent may salvage for tomorrow’, a legal principle that has been omitted or forgotten today,” Nariman said.

Don't blame Constitution for everything that goes on in this country: Fali Nariman

October 07, 2023 6:26 am

His response came to a question from the audience on whether the citizens have given themselves too many rights because courts are “choked” and the “future of deciding those rights is now uncertain”.

Justice Nariman calls out Rijiju ‘diatribe’; sitting on SC names ‘deadly’ for democracy

February 08, 2023 2:29 pm

‘As citizen, I may criticise... as authority, you are bound by decision’

Hope time for 1st woman CJI won’t be very far off: Justice Nariman

April 17, 2021 7:57 am

Speaking on women leadership in the 20th century, he said “the 1960’s brought a rich haul of women Prime Ministers."

‘Rock of Nariman household, she always helped the underdog’

June 10, 2020 6:19 am

Unlike her husband, who made it a point of stressing that he was a Parsi from Burma, Bapsi was very much a Bombay girl, born and brought up in the city.

Fali Nariman on judicial clean chit to Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots

April 21, 2014 10:14 am

Fali Nariman on LK Advani being a more suitable candidate than Modi

April 16, 2014 5:50 pm

I am apprehensive about Modi: Fali Nariman

April 17, 2014 10:36 am