NEW DELHI: Eminent jurist and Supreme Court lawyer Fali S Nariman passed away at the age of 95 on Wednesday morning. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1991 and Padma Vibhushan in 2007.During his career, Nariman was involved in several important cases. He also published an autobiography, When Memory Fades, in which he devoted one chapter to the Bhopal gas leak case in which he represented as senior counsel of the Union Carbide Corporation. Nariman, who represented Union Carbide in 1985, said he believed the Bhopal case was another case where a feather needed to be added to his cap.
During his long practice, Nariman has been part of several constitutional bench decisions. He represented Karnataka in its vexed dispute with Tamil Nadu over sharing of Cauvery river water. He is the father of former Supreme Court judge Rohinton F Nariman. Senior advocate A M Singhvi wrote in passing of Fali Nariman, it was an end of an era. “He was a living legend who will forever be in hearts in hearts and minds of those in law and public life. Above all his diverse achievements, he stuck to his principles unwaveringly and called a spade a spade, a quality shared by his brilliant son,” he wrote on X.