Former Chief Justice of India Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia passed away last night, reports TOI. He was 68..Justice Kapadia enrolled as an advocate at the Bombay High Court in 1974. Seventeen years later, he was elevated to the Bench as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court, and two years later as a Permanent Judge. In 2003, he was transferred to the Uttarakhand High Court, where he served a short stint as Chief Justice..Four months later, he was elevated to the Supreme Court, where he spent a total of 3,207 days. During this tenure, he was involved in a total of 834 judgments and orders, having authored 262 of these. He was appointed Chief Justice of India on May 12, 2010 and held office until he retired on September 28, 2012..One of the most revered CJIs, Justice Kapadia exhibited a no-nonsense approach to corruption throughout his tenure, coming down heavily on politicians and authorities in the wrong..As a Supreme Court judge, he adjudicated on a vast variety of matters, and his expertise in the field of tax law was par excellence..The judgment he will perhaps be most remembered for is the one in Vodafone International Holdings v. Union of India, where he held that Indian tax authorities did not have territorial jurisdiction to tax offshore transactions..Justice Kapadia had humble beginnings, as he revealed in a letter to Justice VR Krishna Iyer:.“I come from a poor family. I started my career as a class IV employee and the only asset I possess is integrity.”.The nation mourns a model judge and a model human being..In this edition of Verdictum, we chronicled Justice Kapadia’s tenure in the Supreme Court..Image taken from here.
Former Chief Justice of India Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia passed away last night, reports TOI. He was 68..Justice Kapadia enrolled as an advocate at the Bombay High Court in 1974. Seventeen years later, he was elevated to the Bench as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court, and two years later as a Permanent Judge. In 2003, he was transferred to the Uttarakhand High Court, where he served a short stint as Chief Justice..Four months later, he was elevated to the Supreme Court, where he spent a total of 3,207 days. During this tenure, he was involved in a total of 834 judgments and orders, having authored 262 of these. He was appointed Chief Justice of India on May 12, 2010 and held office until he retired on September 28, 2012..One of the most revered CJIs, Justice Kapadia exhibited a no-nonsense approach to corruption throughout his tenure, coming down heavily on politicians and authorities in the wrong..As a Supreme Court judge, he adjudicated on a vast variety of matters, and his expertise in the field of tax law was par excellence..The judgment he will perhaps be most remembered for is the one in Vodafone International Holdings v. Union of India, where he held that Indian tax authorities did not have territorial jurisdiction to tax offshore transactions..Justice Kapadia had humble beginnings, as he revealed in a letter to Justice VR Krishna Iyer:.“I come from a poor family. I started my career as a class IV employee and the only asset I possess is integrity.”.The nation mourns a model judge and a model human being..In this edition of Verdictum, we chronicled Justice Kapadia’s tenure in the Supreme Court..Image taken from here.
