'Bhishma Pitamah'of Indian judiciary Nariman dies

New Delhi: Fali Nariman, a doyen of the Indian judiciary, who was part of several landmark proceedings that helped shape modern India, including the Kesavanand Bharati case in which the Supreme Court laid down the basic structure doctrine, died on Wednesday.

He was 95. Nariman is survived by his son and former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman, daughter Anaheeta and daughter-inlaw Sanaya.

His wife Bapsi Nariman had died in 2020. He was suffering from various ailments including heart disease.

He was born into a Parsi family on January 10, 1929 in Rangoon, now Yangon, in Myanmar.

His family fled to India during the Japanese invasion when he was only 12. Nariman enrolled as an advocate at Bombay High Court in November 1950 and was designated a senior advocate in 1961.

He practised law for more than 70 years at Bombay High Court, and since  1972, in the Supreme Court. (PTI)