Former CJI, PIL pioneer Bhagwati passes away at 95.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ddux4zwJa8/WUNZWkzCzYI/AAAAAAAAEgU/UbwhF80rZYQN5jX-kqxecghjIGu5DPNZwCLcBGAs/s1600/p-n-bhagwati-living-by-the-example-of-taking-refuge-to-lord-krishna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="672" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ddux4zwJa8/WUNZWkzCzYI/AAAAAAAAEgU/UbwhF80rZYQN5jX-kqxecghjIGu5DPNZwCLcBGAs/s320/p-n-bhagwati-living-by-the-example-of-taking-refuge-to-lord-krishna.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/P-N-Bhagwati" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-cji-pil-pioneer-bhagwati-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/59169497.cms" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">P N Bhagwati</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">passed away on Thursday. He was 95. Justice Bhagwati is survived by his wife Prabhavati Bhagwati and three daughters - Parul Jayakar, Pallavi Shroff and </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Sonali-Bhagwati" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-cji-pil-pioneer-bhagwati-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/59169497.cms" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Sonali Bhagwati</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The funeral will be held on Saturday, family sources said. Justice Bhagwati was appointed a judge of the </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Supreme-Court" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-cji-pil-pioneer-bhagwati-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/59169497.cms" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Supreme Court</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">in 1973 and became the 17th CJI in 1985.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">He was the architect of a new concept - </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Public-Interest-Litigation" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-cji-pil-pioneer-bhagwati-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/59169497.cms" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Public Interest Litigation</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> (PIL) - for dispensing justice to the voiceless poor on whose behalf a third person could approach the Supreme Court or high courts.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">For his pioneering work in devising this great concept, akin to class action suit in the US - and many other landmark decisions, the government had conferred </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Padma-Vibhushan" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-cji-pil-pioneer-bhagwati-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/59169497.cms" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Padma Vibhushan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">, the second highest civilian award, on him in 2007</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Early in his career as a judge of the SC, he was part of the five-judge bench which in 1976 delivered the infamous ADM Jabalpur judgement that upheld the government decision to suspend fundamental rights, including the Right to Life, during Emergency, which remained in force in India from 1975 to 1977.</span><br /> <div class="last6brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /> <div class="last5brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Justice H R Khanna was the only judge among the five who gave the dissenting judgement holding that the Right to Life is a core fundamental right which could never be suspended by any government even during Emergency.</span><br /> <div class="last3brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Interestingly, Justice Bhagwati was also part of the five-judge bench which delivered a landmark judgement expanding the width of Right to Life in </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Maneka-Gandhi" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-cji-pil-pioneer-bhagwati-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/59169497.cms" style="background-color: white; color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;">Maneka Gandhi</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> case just two years after the ADM Jabalpur case.</span><br /> <div class="last2brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /> <div class="last1brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; 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Former CJI, PIL pioneer Bhagwati passes away at 95.

NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India  P N Bhagwati   passed away on Thursday. He was 95. Justice Bhagwati is survived by his wife Prab...

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SC collegium recalls judge's nomination over graft

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gf0FMnbzhT0/WTurou_L5DI/AAAAAAAAEdg/vUXlEl2ZBr45ehe0zWo9x2POvIbb6Uc1gCLcB/s1600/sc2-kxZH--621x414%2540LiveMint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="621" height="266" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gf0FMnbzhT0/WTurou_L5DI/AAAAAAAAEdg/vUXlEl2ZBr45ehe0zWo9x2POvIbb6Uc1gCLcB/s400/sc2-kxZH--621x414%2540LiveMint.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) J S Khehar has recalled a recommendation for the appointment of an Allahabad high court judge just before it was to be forwarded by the Centre to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent last week.</span></span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The intervention took place after the chief justice of the Allahabad HC, Dilip B Bhosale, acted on an Intelligence Bureau (IB) inquiry report that the Lucknow district judge in question and his associates had allegedly received large bribes to grant bail to former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Prajapati was arrested on March 15 after being on the run for more than a month following the registration of an FIR against him in a rape case. Though the SC refused to stay Prajapati's arrest when he pleaded "not to be arrested", Om Prakash Mishra, additional sessions judge in a Lucknow court, granted bail to the three accused, including Prajapati, on April 25. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Disturbed by serious allegations against Mishra and some seniors involved in the bail order, Bhosale ordered an IB inquiry. The probe revealed the involvement of not just the POCSO judge but also the district judge of Lucknow and three advocates, all office-bearers of the bar.</span></span><br /> <div class="last6brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><div class="last5brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> </div> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the IB report, all the five - two judges and three members of the Lucknow bar - acted in concert and conspired to ensure granting of bail to Prajapati. Since the district judge in question was cleared by the SC collegium for elevation as an HC judge, Bhosale asked IB to re-verify the allegations. A second check by IB strengthened the case as Bhosale was told that the "information given to him was accurate and actionable" and there was no doubt on the involvement of the district judge in the transaction of "business".</span></span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /> <div class="last3brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Prajapati had contested the 2017 UP elections from Amethi on an SP ticket and lost. Police filed a chargesheet against him and six others last week for the gang rape of a woman and molestation of her minor daughter.</span></span><br /> <div class="last2brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /> <div class="last1brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Allahabad HC had earlier stayed the bail order of the POCSO court granted to Prajapati and two others. The former minister continues to be behind bars.</span></span><br /> <div class="last8brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> <div class="sponsor_block clearfix loaded" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; display: inline-block !important; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px auto; padding: 15px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 665px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><div class="alR" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </span></div> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /> <div class="last7brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block;" /></div>

SC collegium recalls judge's nomination over graft

The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) J S Khehar has recalled a recommendation for the appointment of an Alla...

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