Mangalurean Justice Abdul Nazeer elevated as Supreme Court Judge

Mangaluru, Feb 19: Justice S Abdul Nazeer, who was the senior judge of Karnataka High Court, has been elevated as the judge of Supreme Court. He was one of five new judges sworn in on Friday. The apex court now has a total strength of 28 judges.

With the swearing in of Justice Sanjay Kishnan Kaul, Justice Naveen Sinha, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagouder, Justice Dipak Gupta and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, the apex court now falls short only by three judges against its sanctioned strength of 31.

57-year-old Justice Nazeer, who hails from Beluvai village in Mangaluru taluk, is one of the six children of Late Fakir Saheb.

After completing his B.Com at Mahaveera College in Moodbidri in 1979, he obtained law degree from SDM Law College in Mangaluru. He has started his career as a lawyer under Advocate M K Vijayakumar in Karkala and then worked under K S Qasim and Tarak Ram in Bengaluru.

After several years after practice, he was appointed as a judge in Karnataka High Court in 2003. His honesty and promptness helped him in his growth. He was the only judge from Karnataka to be elevated to Supreme Court this time.

Justice Kaul was the Chief Justice of Madras High Court; Justice Sinha was the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court; Justice Shantanagouder was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court; Justice Gupta was the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court.