Justice Krishna Iyer will go down in history as the best judge India has ever seen and as peoples jurist. He was a Marxist at heart. Justice Krishna Iyer resumed his legal practice in August 1959 and threw himself into the legal profession after he lost the 1965 Assembly election. He was appointed a judge of the Kerala High Court on July 2, 1968. He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court on July 17, 1973, and retired on November, 14, 1980. He served as a Member of the Law Commission from 1971 to 1973. His landmark judgments include the Shamser Singh case which interpreted the powers of the Cabinet vis-à-vis the President, Maneka Gandhi case which gave a new dimension to Article 21, Ratlam Municipality case, and Muthammas case. He had pushed for reformative theory, in contrast to deterrence theory in the criminal justice system. There are 105 published books by V. R. Krishna Iyer In 2002, Justice Iyer was part of the citizens panel that inquired into the Gujarat riots along with retired justice P.B. Sawant and others. He was conferred with Padma Vibhushan in the 1999. He had unsuccessfully contested to the post of President against Congress nominee late R. Venkitaraman in 1987. He also headed the Kerala Law Reform Commission in 2009. He has to his credit around 70 books, mostly on law, and four travelogues. Wandering in Many Worlds is his autobiography. He has also authored a book in Tamil, Neethimandramum Samanvya Manithanum. He has been actively involved in social and political life after his retirement, almost till a few weeks when ill-health and advancing age took their toll on him. His 100th birthday was celebrated in Kochi last month. We salute his work for the poor and downtrodden. Red Salutes Comrade. Long live Justice Krishna Iyer. Zindabad.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 04:02:18 +0000
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