New Delhi, Feb 12 : The Congress said on Sunday that S.Abdul Nazeer’s nomination as the governor of Andhra Pradesh posed a threat to the judiciary. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a prominent lawyer and Congress leader, cited the late Arun Jaitely, a former finance minister and minister of law, who had remarked in 2013 that post-retirement occupations threaten the judiciary and have an impact on pre-retirement decisions. We share the same sentiments, and the judiciary is in danger, according to Singhvi.
He stated, It is not about any specific individual because I am personally acquainted with him, but in general, we are opposed to the appointment of judges after retirement.
The BJP’s defence that it had previously occurred cannot serve as a justification, according to Singhvi, since the problem still exists.
Arun Jaitely’s video clip was uploaded by Congress MP and general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh, who added, “Adequate proof of this in the past three to four years for sure.”
After Ranjan Gogoi, who presided over the Ayodhya bench and was elected to the Rajya Sabha, this is the second appointment.
In the Ayodhya case, Justice S.Abdul Nazeer, one of a five-member Supreme Court bench, retired in January.
The 2016 demonetization process had been upheld by the Constitution Bench, chaired by Justice Nazeer. Additionally, he had said that ministers, MPs, MLAs, and other leaders’ right to free speech did not require any further limitations.
Justice Nazeer, who was born on January 5 in Beluvai in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, enrolled as an advocate on February 18 of that same year after completing his LLB from the SDM Law College in Mangaluru.
On May 12, 2003, he was appointed as the Karnataka High Court’s Additional Judge after having previously worked there.
On September 24, 2004, he was appointed as a permanent judge, and on February 17, 2017, he was promoted to the Supreme Court.
In addition to the triple talaq decision, Justice Nazeer also participated in important constitutional court rulings on the right to privacy, the Ayodhya issue, and most recently, the Centre’s 2016 decision on demonetisation and parliamentarians’ free speech.
Justice Nazeer stated that although a false impression is given due to disinformation, the situation in the Indian judiciary today is not as dire as it formerly was.