Rohinton Fali Nariman
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Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman |
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| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
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Assumed office 7 July 2014 |
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| Solicitor General of India | |
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In office 27 July 2011 – 4 February 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1956 |
| Spouse(s) | Sanaya Nariman |
| Relations | Fali Sam Nariman |
| Alma mater |
Shri Ram College of Commerce, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Harvard Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer (till appointment as judge) |
Rohinton Fali Nariman (Hindi: रोहिंटन नरीमन) (born 13 August 1956) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Before being elevated as a judge, he practised as a senior counsel at the Supreme Court. He was appointed the Solicitor General of India on 23 July 2011. He also served as a member of the Bar Council of India. He was designated as a Senior Counsel by Justice Venkatachaliah (the then Chief Justice of India) in 1993 at the early age of 37.
Nariman is the son of Fali Sam Nariman, a distinguished Indian Jurist. He received his early education in Mumbai, at the Cathedral and John Connon School. He completed his undergraduate B.Com. degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce. He completed his LL.B from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, where he ranked 2nd in the batch. He then went to Harvard Law School for his LL.M. degree in 1980–81 where he was taught by stalwarts like Professor Laurence Tribe and Professor Unger. He is the first Harvard alumnus to serve as a Judge at the Supreme Court of India.
Nariman joined the Bar as an advocate in 1979.Times of India has placed him among top ten lawyers of his time. After his year at Harvard, he practised Maritime Law in New York at Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens for a year. He has been designated as a Senior Advocate at Supreme Court of India from 15 December 1993 at the young age of 37. While appointing him Chief Justice Venkatachalaiah amended the rules as Nariman was of 37 years and the minimum age for being made a senior in the Supreme Court was 45.
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