New Delhi: The history of the judiciary in India is replete with examples of politicians becoming lawyers, judges of the Constitutional Court, as well as judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts deciding to jump on the dusty electoral battle path on the evening of their lives. Are.
“Law without politics is blind and politics without law is deaf” was famously said by the famous Supreme Court Justice VR Krishna Iyer, who epitomized the politician-turned-judge and judge-turned-politician syndrome. As a CPI member, he was elected thrice to the Madras and then to the Kerala Legislative Assemblies and remained an active politician till 1965.
Iyer became HC judge in 1968 and with the support of politicians became a scheduled caste Judge in Five Years: Something unimaginable as a High Court Judge takes at least 10-15 years before becoming a Supreme Court Judge. In 1987 he unsuccessfully contested for the presidency as a united opposition can do. Politician-turned-judge-turned-politician Justice Baharul Islam takes the cake. this congressman was elected Rajya Sabha in April 1962 and was re-elected in 1968 amidst unsuccessfully contesting assembly elections in Assam.
He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in 1972 to become a judge of the Gauhati High Court and retired in March 1980 to return to active politics.
Nine months after retirement, Indira Gandhi The government appointed him as a judge of the SC in December 1980. He resigned in January 1983, weeks after the Congress ruled in favor of Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra in a corruption case to contest the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat. Elections were cancelled. Nonetheless, the Congress saw to it that Justice Islam made it to Parliament by nominating him to the Rajya Sabha for six years in 1983.
KS Hegde, who had joined the Congress in 1935, was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1952 for a two-year term and was re-elected in 1954 for a six-year term, even as he continued to practice in the courts. In August 1957, he resigned from the RS to become a judge of the Mysore HC and became an SC judge in July 1967. 1973, all three resigned.
He contested on Janata Party ticket in 1977 and won from Bangalore E North constituency. He was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha in July 1977. After the dissolution of the Janata Party, he joined the BJP and was one of its vice-presidents from 1980–86. He contested the 1984 Lok Sabha elections but lost.
Justice Aftab Alam was a member of the CPI, who switched to the Congress. He resigned from the party before being appointed as an HC judge. Alam had irked Narendra Modi, the then chief minister of Gujarat, during the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case trial, even as senior advocate Ram Jethmalani openly criticized him for showing favoritism towards Modi and then home minister Amit Shah. It was
FI Rebello was a Janata Party MLA in Goa before his appointment as a Bombay HC judge in 1996. He became the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court in 2010-11. J&K HC Justice Hasnain Masoodi has been successfully fielded as the NC candidate for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency after his retirement.
Justices AM Thipsay, Vijay Bhaguna, M Ram Jois, Rajinder Sachar all took to active politics after retiring as HC judges. The Rajya Sabha seats have been taken by retired CJIs Ranganath Mishra and Ranjan Gogoi, while the governorship was accepted by former SC judge Fathima Beevi and former CJI P Sathasivam.
Justice BR Gavai rightly said on Tuesday, “I have been a judge of constitutional courts for the last 20 years and have a political background. His father RS Gavai is the founder of the Republican Party. The senior Gavai had been an MLA in Maharashtra and was elected to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha during his three decades of active politics. Later, he was appointed as the governor of Bihar, Sikkim and Kerala.
“Law without politics is blind and politics without law is deaf” was famously said by the famous Supreme Court Justice VR Krishna Iyer, who epitomized the politician-turned-judge and judge-turned-politician syndrome. As a CPI member, he was elected thrice to the Madras and then to the Kerala Legislative Assemblies and remained an active politician till 1965.
Iyer became HC judge in 1968 and with the support of politicians became a scheduled caste Judge in Five Years: Something unimaginable as a High Court Judge takes at least 10-15 years before becoming a Supreme Court Judge. In 1987 he unsuccessfully contested for the presidency as a united opposition can do. Politician-turned-judge-turned-politician Justice Baharul Islam takes the cake. this congressman was elected Rajya Sabha in April 1962 and was re-elected in 1968 amidst unsuccessfully contesting assembly elections in Assam.
He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in 1972 to become a judge of the Gauhati High Court and retired in March 1980 to return to active politics.
Nine months after retirement, Indira Gandhi The government appointed him as a judge of the SC in December 1980. He resigned in January 1983, weeks after the Congress ruled in favor of Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra in a corruption case to contest the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat. Elections were cancelled. Nonetheless, the Congress saw to it that Justice Islam made it to Parliament by nominating him to the Rajya Sabha for six years in 1983.
KS Hegde, who had joined the Congress in 1935, was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1952 for a two-year term and was re-elected in 1954 for a six-year term, even as he continued to practice in the courts. In August 1957, he resigned from the RS to become a judge of the Mysore HC and became an SC judge in July 1967. 1973, all three resigned.
He contested on Janata Party ticket in 1977 and won from Bangalore E North constituency. He was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha in July 1977. After the dissolution of the Janata Party, he joined the BJP and was one of its vice-presidents from 1980–86. He contested the 1984 Lok Sabha elections but lost.
Justice Aftab Alam was a member of the CPI, who switched to the Congress. He resigned from the party before being appointed as an HC judge. Alam had irked Narendra Modi, the then chief minister of Gujarat, during the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case trial, even as senior advocate Ram Jethmalani openly criticized him for showing favoritism towards Modi and then home minister Amit Shah. It was
FI Rebello was a Janata Party MLA in Goa before his appointment as a Bombay HC judge in 1996. He became the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court in 2010-11. J&K HC Justice Hasnain Masoodi has been successfully fielded as the NC candidate for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency after his retirement.
Justices AM Thipsay, Vijay Bhaguna, M Ram Jois, Rajinder Sachar all took to active politics after retiring as HC judges. The Rajya Sabha seats have been taken by retired CJIs Ranganath Mishra and Ranjan Gogoi, while the governorship was accepted by former SC judge Fathima Beevi and former CJI P Sathasivam.
Justice BR Gavai rightly said on Tuesday, “I have been a judge of constitutional courts for the last 20 years and have a political background. His father RS Gavai is the founder of the Republican Party. The senior Gavai had been an MLA in Maharashtra and was elected to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha during his three decades of active politics. Later, he was appointed as the governor of Bihar, Sikkim and Kerala.