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Justice VR Krishna Iyer passes away in Kerala

| | Dec 04, 2014, at 11:20 pm
Kochi/New Delhi, Dec 4 (IBNS): Eminent jurist and former Supreme Court judge VR Krishna Iyer breathed his last on Thursday in a private hospital in Kochi in Kerala.
He was 100.
 
According to reports, Iyer was suffering from kidney related problems and was admitted to the hospital on Nov 24. 
 
He died at around 3:30 pm on Thursday.
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourned his death and remembered their strong association.
 
"Fine lawyer,eminent jurist,incredible philosopher & above all a phenomenal human being.I bow to Justice Krishna Iyer. My association with Justice Krishna Iyer was special. My mind goes back to our conversations & the insightful letters he would write to me," Modi tweeted.
 
Remembering him, Modi posted: "Whenever I would meet or talk to him, I would find him full of enthusiasm, always talking about the well-being of India. A remarkable man!"
 
"May Justice Krishna Iyer's soul attain eternal peace. My thoughts are with his family during this moment of immense sadness," the PM wrote.
 
In 1952, Iyer was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly and in 1957, he became a minister in the first Communist government in Kerala, serving until 1959.
 
In 1973, he was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. 
 
He was conferred with Padma Vibhushan in the year 1999.
 
 
 
Image: Wikimedia Commons
 
#Justice VR Krishna Iyer passes away in Kerala

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