July 30, 2025 01:28 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Chidambaram gave clean chit to Pakistan: Amit Shah slams Cong leader's 'homegrown terrorists' remark | All 3 Pahalgam terror attackers eliminated in Operation Mahadev: Amit Shah in Parliament | SIR row: 'Remember you work under State, ensure no name removed from voter list,' Mamata tells BLOs | You'll remain sitting there for next 20 years: Amit Shah slams Opposition amid Op Sindoor debate in LS | 'No calls between Modi and Trump from April 22 to June 17': Jaishankar rejects US Prez's ceasefire claim | Operation Mahadev: Three terrorists killed in gunfight in Srinagar's Lidwas | 'We are surprised': Supreme Court puts on hold Calcutta HC order that stayed Bengal govt's OBC list | 'I feel sad to support such a govt': Chirag Paswan slams Bihar administration after woman 'gang-raped' in Bodh Gaya | Bihar woman gang-raped in moving ambulance after she fell unconscious during Home Guard Test | Operation Sindoor still on, preparedness level should be high: CDS Anil Chauhan
Andhra Pradesh
Image Credit: Wikipedia

Ex-SC judge Abdul Nazeer, whose verdict favoured Ram Temple construction, appointed as Andhra Guv; political row on

| @indiablooms | Feb 14, 2023, at 03:00 am

Triggering a political row, the Narendra Modi government at the Centre has appointed former Supreme Court judge Abdul Nazeer, who was one of the judges who ruled in favour of the construction of Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, as the Andhra Pradesh Governor, media reports said.

Nazeer was a part of the five-judge bench of Supreme Court that had unanimously directed the construction of Ram Temple in the then disputed 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya while giving a separate five-acre land for the mosque.

Earlier, former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who headed the Ayodhya bench, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2020.

Nazeer, who retired on Jan 4, 2023, was elevated to the Supreme Court from the Karnataka High Court in Feb 2017.

Outgoing Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has now been transferred to Chhattisgarh as the state's Governor.

Besides the Ayodhya verdict, Nazeer was a part of various crucial judgements including the ones declaring triple talaq as "unconstitutional" and 'right to privacy' a fundamental right.

Taking a dig at the Centre over the appointment, Congress MP and general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Adequate proof of this in the past 3-4 years for sure."

Slamming the Modi government, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra tweeted, "Yet another SC judge appointed governor less than 2 months after retirement. Majoritarian govt doesn’t care about perception but how shameless are you, MiLord to accept it?"

The BJP has dismissed the allegations levelled by the Opposition.

BJP Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni said as quoted by The Indian Express, "Former judges have been appointed to different positions countless times in the past. Our Constitution also says nothing against post-retirement appointment of judges."

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Close menu