Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Supreme Court judge, Justice S Abdul Nazeer, hailing from Moodbidri who was one among those who gave historic verdicts on Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid, triple talaq and demonetisation issues, retired on Wednesday, January 4.

He was the only Muslim among the five-judge bench who announced the Ayodhya verdict.

He was born in Moodbidri on January 5, 1956. He completed his primary school education at Beluvayi, obtained B Com degree at the Mahaveera College, Moodbidri and Law degree at the SDM college, Mangaluru.

He worked as a lawyer in Bengaluru at the Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru in 1983 and was appointed as permanent justice in 2003. He received promotion as a Supreme Court justice in February 2017.

He had heard the case of demonetization just two days before his retirement and pronounced the judgement. He used to give speeches in Kannada and Tulu.

Other judges of the Supreme Court have commended his work.