Justice C Nagappan retired from the Supreme Court of India today, with a tenure of just over three years..Nagappan belongs to the rare breed of Supreme Court judges who started their journey from the lower judiciary. He practised as junior advocate under former Attorney General K Parasaran and was later recruited as District and Sessions Judge in 1987..Thereafter, he worked as the Special Officer in the Vigilance Cell of the Madras High Court. He was elevated as a judge of the Madras High Court in 2000; thirteen years later he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. On September 19 that same year, he was elevated to the Supreme Court..In the farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association today, Justice Nagappan said that,. “The success of judge depends on co-operation and assistance by the Bar.”.He stressed on the necessity of the Bar and Bench working together for the smooth functioning of justice mechanism..Besides Nagappan, another judge, Justice V Gopala Gowda, is also due to retire this week; his last working day will be on October 5..Image courtesy: Website of Supreme Court of India
Justice C Nagappan retired from the Supreme Court of India today, with a tenure of just over three years..Nagappan belongs to the rare breed of Supreme Court judges who started their journey from the lower judiciary. He practised as junior advocate under former Attorney General K Parasaran and was later recruited as District and Sessions Judge in 1987..Thereafter, he worked as the Special Officer in the Vigilance Cell of the Madras High Court. He was elevated as a judge of the Madras High Court in 2000; thirteen years later he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. On September 19 that same year, he was elevated to the Supreme Court..In the farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association today, Justice Nagappan said that,. “The success of judge depends on co-operation and assistance by the Bar.”.He stressed on the necessity of the Bar and Bench working together for the smooth functioning of justice mechanism..Besides Nagappan, another judge, Justice V Gopala Gowda, is also due to retire this week; his last working day will be on October 5..Image courtesy: Website of Supreme Court of India
