Tuesday 23 April 2013

Former chief justice of India J.S. Verma passes away

Former chief justice of India Jagdish Sharan Verma, who headed the government-appointed committee to frame a tough law to tackle crime against women in the wake of the December Delhi gang-rape incident, died on 22 April 2013. He was 80. 
Dr. Yatin Mehta, head of the Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesiology, at Medanta Medicity Hospital in Gurgaon where Verma was admitted and former CJI breathed his last at 9:30pm on 22 April. 

“He was brought in with liver failure and bleeding from stomach on 19 April,” Mehta said. 
Justice Verma was the 27th Chief Justice of India and served from 25 March 1997 until his retirement on 18 January 1998. 
Born on 18 January 1933, J.S. Verma had his early education in Satna, Madhya Pradesh. 
He began his legal career in 1955 and became a judge of Madhya Pradesh high court in June 1973. He became Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh high court in June, 1986 and also served as Chief Justice of Rajasthan high court from September 1986 to mid-1989. 
In June 1989, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court and became Chief Justice of India in January 1998. 
Justice Verma was also a former chairman of National Human Rights Commission. 
He was also the first chairperson of News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA).

Source:
http://cablequest.org/news/obituary/item/2269-former-chief-justice-of-india-j-s-verma-passes-away.htmlSource: http://cablequest.org/news/obituary/item/2269-former-chief-justice-of-india-j-s-verma-passes-away.html

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