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Justice S Abdul Nazeer who recently demitted the office as a Supreme Court Judge was the only Muslim judge deciding the Ayodhya land dispute case on the Constitution Bench.
Supreme Court Bar Association President, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh while speaking on the function organized to bid farewell to Justice S Abdul Nazeer said that Justice Nazeer is a true embodiment of secularism in this country and took the nation's first approach while deciding the Ayodhya Land Dispute case.
While speaking at the farewell function organized by SCBA, Singh said, "This is what is expected of a judge when they take the oath. They must prioritise the nation. As an Indian, they are required to look at the large country, that is India, and serve the institution as a true Indian."
While speaking about Justice Nazeer's stand on the verdict, Singh said that "The big moment for Justice Nazeer came, in my view, when he was hearing the Ayodhya matter. He was the only minority judge in the Supreme Court, and as such, he had to be part of that bench. There was an expectation that Justice Nazeer would author a separate judgment, concurring, or not. But he is a true embodiment of secularism in this country. He not only agreed to give a unanimous verdict without naming who wrote that judgment, but he also agreed with the view of the majority."
Singh further said that this showed Justice Nazeer’s true nature characterised by an inclination to put the nation first, himself as a judge second, and himself as an individual last in the order of priority.
Additionally, Justice Nazeer while speaking at the ceremonial bench said that the majority of people assume the state of affairs wrongly, majorly because of misinformation in society. The situation we see today is not as grim as it used to be earlier.
It may be noted that a five-judge Constitution Bench, of which Justice Nazeer was a member, rendered its decision in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case in November 2019. As a result, the god Shri Ram was unanimously granted title to the disputed land in Ayodhya, enabling the construction of a separate temple. Five acres of land in a different location were given to the Sunni Waqf Board for the construction of a mosque.
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