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Fali S. Nariman

Saturday, October 17th, 2009
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Fali S. Nariman

Fali Nariman’s magic is that he is an original thinker. Never willing to give up, always optimistic. Always thinking of how a point can make all the difference to the matter. Even at the final stage in the Supreme Court, does not stop thinking of how a new approach or a new angle can make the difference. He can turn a point around on its head and discover an angle missed by others. That quality is what makes the difference.

 

Fali S. Nariman, the doyen of the profession, recently completed 56 years of practice.

 

Nariman started his practice in 1953 as the first junior of Kharshedji Bhabha. He left Bombay in May 1972 to practise at the Supreme Court.

 

Nariman credits his success to Bhabha. “If I am a good lawyer, it is because I was so moulded, devilling with KH Bhabha.” He said in a memorial address at the Bombay Bar Association. He also credits Bhabha for his sense of humour. “It was not law alone that I leant from Kharshedji but conviviality as well”.

 

Nariman was Additional Solicitor General of India from May 1972 to 25 June 1975, resigning from that post upon the Declaration of Emergency on 26 June 1975. Fali Nariman was the recipient of the Padma Vibhushan in 2007 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991 for his contribution to jurisprudence and public affairs.

 

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