The appointment of two practising lawyers to the Supreme Court at once is unprecedented, according to the papers*,* with no advocate having been on the court’s bench since Santosh Hegde between 1999 and 2005.
Nariman and Subramanium, with the former having succeeded the latter as solicitor general, will respectively have tenures of seven and nine years as Supreme Court judges, according to The Hindu, which has given potted synopses of the four candidates’ careers. Their names will likely be confirmed once the next government takes over.
Subramanium told the Times of India that successful senior advocates would have to sacrifice a lot in order to become a judge, saying: “But I took a call and decided to serve in the temple of justice.”
Subramanium, who is aged 56, was a former ex-officio member of the Bar Council of India, had joined English barristers chambers 3 Verulam Chambers as an arbitrator, Legally India reported in late 2013. He is also a visiting professor at Delhi University and an honorary adjunct professor at Jindal Global Law School.
Nariman, aged 58, was designated as one of the youngest ever senior counsel at the time at age 37 in 1993 after the official minimum age for senior counsel was reduced from 45.
Also read: Court Witness’ column on Subramanium and Nariman from 2011.
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So much of cleansing that he has already done, judicial system here in UP perhaps needs a longer tenure from him to thoroughly revamp the system.
Justice NV Ramana retires on 26.08.2022.
If Subramanium's birthday is before 26 August, he would retire before Ravana would retire as Chief, is that correct?
Seriously though - does anyone know if Gopal will be CJI or when his birthday is? Most people seem to think he will be...
Good stuff!
Mountain out of a ..mm.. typo?
country is saved
NaMo NaMo namah
He was a congress guy
say why?
The Niira Radia tapes mention.
"RT: But now with the new attorney-general or whoever he is...
NR: No, Ratan, that’s a good thing. I’ll tell you why—because he can only handle constitutional matters. The solicitor-general is the gentleman—I told you about the swimming pool thing—Gopal Subramaniam. He’s the guy who will be doing the interpretation. I’m going to see him. I sent him a message and he said he will call back at 5.30-6 when he gets free and is home. So I will be briefing him.... Actually, he hates them (the Anil Ambani group). I’m not sure he’ll agree to what they say. He’s an upright person.... I think Raja will be trying to get in the AG. He briefed PM yesterday about 3G saying he wants to put up a cabinet note and doesn’t want to go to the GoM. They’ll do all this drama but I don’t think there’ll be 3G auctioning before March next year. They’re not gonna do it in a hurry. And the only reason they want to do 6.25 (MHZ) for Anil is so that he can get AT&T to buy into his company. AT&T is talking to him right now, Ratan.
RT: I see..."
Remember the uproar created by the CBI about Raja's lawyers being present during a CBI meeting with Gopal Subramaniam on 2G?
The questions about the Afzal Guru trial, the Kasab trial and the cover up of the larger conspiracies in both attacks (Parliament and Mumbai seige)are not invalid. There are credible questions asked by many persons of credibility in the public domain about what really happened and who was involved in the attacks. Both Guru and Kasab were small fry.
It would be a fair comment that there were serious issues/ questions as to whether Guru and Kasab got a fair trial.
Look up the wiki-leaks cables on Kasab's trial and you will appreciate my point that the trial could not be described as fair.
https://search.wikileaks.org/plusd/
This is not to say that Kasab was not on the "team" that carried out the attacks.
Gopal Subramaniam was involved in the prosecution of both of them.
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It is being seen that because of the uncertainty prevailing on the side of litigation in the profession most of the young and talented advocates opt for the soft and lucrative jobs in the companies or law firms. They get reasonably good salaries right after passing out from the law colleges but it is a sheer loss, as youngsters will have no role models. Talented young lawyers will further feel dissuaded from choosing the profession, which is full of glorious and not so glorious uncertainties.
Another important factor that discourages the youngsters is the long periods of gestation in the litigation field unless, of course, one is lucky to have sound backing. Only those who have the solid support can sustain in the profession with dignity. However, it is also a matter of satisfaction that from the bench their Hon’ble Lordships will set standards in jurisprudence by their brilliant and path breaking judgments.
I wish they could have refused to join the bench but this is merely a wishful thinking because it is very difficult to resist the temptations of the Supreme Court judge.