Ahmedabad: Justice (retired) GT NanavatiA former Supreme Court judge who probed the 2002 and 1984 riots died in Ahmedabad on Saturday. He was 86 years old.
His family said that he died of cardiac arrest on Saturday afternoon. He has two sons in his family, both lawyers. Gujarat high Court
Nanavati was born in 1935 and enrolled as an advocate in the Bombay High Court in February 1958. He was elevated as a judge of Gujarat HC in 1979. In 1993, he was transferred to the Orissa HC, where he served as its Chief Justice. Very. A year later, he was transferred Karnataka HC as its Chief Justice. In 1995, he was promoted to the Supreme Court. Nanavati retired in 2000.
Soon after his retirement, the NDA government at the Center entrusted him with the task of investigating the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He presented his report in two volumes in 2005.
In March 2002, the Modi government in Gujarat appointed him as the chairman of a commission that was investigating the burning of the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express. Before joining the commission, it had only one member: Justice (Retd) KG Shah.
With his appointment as the commission’s chairman, the Gujarat government expanded the scope of the investigation into the post-Godhra riots. After some time Justice Shah passed away and Justice (Retd) Akshay Mehta became a member of the commission. The commission submitted the final report on the riots in 2014 to the then Chief Minister of Gujarat. Anandiben Patel,
His family said that he died of cardiac arrest on Saturday afternoon. He has two sons in his family, both lawyers. Gujarat high Court
Nanavati was born in 1935 and enrolled as an advocate in the Bombay High Court in February 1958. He was elevated as a judge of Gujarat HC in 1979. In 1993, he was transferred to the Orissa HC, where he served as its Chief Justice. Very. A year later, he was transferred Karnataka HC as its Chief Justice. In 1995, he was promoted to the Supreme Court. Nanavati retired in 2000.
Soon after his retirement, the NDA government at the Center entrusted him with the task of investigating the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He presented his report in two volumes in 2005.
In March 2002, the Modi government in Gujarat appointed him as the chairman of a commission that was investigating the burning of the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express. Before joining the commission, it had only one member: Justice (Retd) KG Shah.
With his appointment as the commission’s chairman, the Gujarat government expanded the scope of the investigation into the post-Godhra riots. After some time Justice Shah passed away and Justice (Retd) Akshay Mehta became a member of the commission. The commission submitted the final report on the riots in 2014 to the then Chief Minister of Gujarat. Anandiben Patel,
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