Ex-SC Judge who probed 1984 anti-Sikh, 2002 Godhra riots dead
New Delhi: Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati, who investigated the 1984 anti-Sikh and the 2002 Godhra riots, passed away on Saturday at the age of 86. The former Supreme Court Judge died of a cardiac failure at 1.15 pm on Saturday in Gujarat, family members said.
Girish Thakorlal Nanavati, born on February 17, 1935, was enrolled as an advocate in the Bombay High Court on February 11, 1958. He was appointed as permanent Judge of the Gujarat High Court from July 19, 1979, and transferred to the Orissa High Court on December 14, 1993.
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Nanavati was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court with effect from January 31, 1994. He was transferred as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court from September 28, 1994. Nanavati was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court with effect from March 6, 1995, and retired on February 16, 2000.
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Justice Nanavati was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court with effect from March 6, 1995, and retired on February 16, 2000.[/caption]
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Justices Nanavati and Akshay Mehta had in 2014 submitted their final report on the 2002 riots to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. Nanavati was appointed by the NDA government to probe the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
-PTC News
