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BENGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his cabinet colleagues on Sunday congratulated former Supreme Court judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer on his appointment as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
In a tweet, Bommai said, “Congratulations to former Supreme Court judge, Justice S Abdul Nazeer from Karnataka on being appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Best wishes for a successful gubernatorial tenure.” Karnataka ministers K Sudhakar and C N Ashwath Narayan too extended their greetings to Justice Nazeer.
Congratulations to former Supreme Court judge, Justice S Abdul Nazeer from Karnataka on being appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) February 12, 2023
Best wishes for a successful gubernatorial tenure.
Justice Nazeer replaces the incumbent Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, who has been shifted to Chhattisgarh.
Justice Nazeer, who retired on January 4, has been part of several path-breaking verdicts, including those on the politically sensitive Ayodhya land dispute, instant ‘triple talaq’ and the one that declared ‘right to privacy’ a fundamental right.
He was part of a five-judge Constitution bench, which had in November 2019 paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque.
The Justice Nazeer-led five-judge Constitution benches delivered two separate verdicts this year, including the one which by a majority of 4:1 validated the legality of the Centre’s 2016 decision to demonetise the Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination currency notes, saying the decision-making process was neither flawed nor hasty. The Centre on Sunday appointed six new faces as governors, besides carrying out a rejig of the gubernatorial posts in seven states. PTI
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