Retired Supreme Court judge, Justice C Nagappan has been appointed chairperson of State Law Commission of Tamil Nadu, reports The Hindu..The tenure of the last Law Commission had ended on February 9..Justice Nagappan was a junior under veteran lawyer and former Attorney General of India K Parasaran. After a stint as a part-time lecturer at Madras Law College, he was recruited as a District and Sessions judge in 1987. Ultimately, he would be sworn in as a permanent judge of the Madras High Court in September 2002. He also served as Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court in 2013, before being elevated to the apex court on July 19, 2013. During a tenure that lasted 1172 days, Justice Nagappan made 325 rulings that were reported, before retiring on October 3, 2016..Besides the Chairperson, the Law Commission will have a retired High Court judge and a retired Law Secretary to Government as two full-time members while two retired district judges would be part-time members..Read more about Justice Nagappan here.
Retired Supreme Court judge, Justice C Nagappan has been appointed chairperson of State Law Commission of Tamil Nadu, reports The Hindu..The tenure of the last Law Commission had ended on February 9..Justice Nagappan was a junior under veteran lawyer and former Attorney General of India K Parasaran. After a stint as a part-time lecturer at Madras Law College, he was recruited as a District and Sessions judge in 1987. Ultimately, he would be sworn in as a permanent judge of the Madras High Court in September 2002. He also served as Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court in 2013, before being elevated to the apex court on July 19, 2013. During a tenure that lasted 1172 days, Justice Nagappan made 325 rulings that were reported, before retiring on October 3, 2016..Besides the Chairperson, the Law Commission will have a retired High Court judge and a retired Law Secretary to Government as two full-time members while two retired district judges would be part-time members..Read more about Justice Nagappan here.
