INDIA: Former Chief Justice of India Justice A.M. Ahmadi passed away on Thursday morning due to various health issues

Justice A.M.Ahmandi was born on 25 March 1932. He was the 26th Chief Justice of India. After serving as a judge in the Gujarat High Court he was appointed judge to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was then elevated to the post of Chief Justice and served from 1994 to 1997. He served as Chancellor at the Aligarh Muslim University for two terms.

He has joined the bar in 1954. Later in the year 1964, he was appointed judge to the City Civil & Sessions Court of Ahmadabad. Later, was appointed as Secretary of the Legal Affairs of the State of Gujarat in 1974, and later in the year 1976 he was appointed as Judge of the Gujarat High Court in 1976.

 Justice A.M Ahmandi worked as Chairman of various advisory boards for:

·        Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities

·        Prevention of Black Marketing

·        Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities.

 Also, he worked as a Member of the Ravi & Beas Waters Disputes Tribunal under the Rajiv-Longowal Settlement (Punjab Settlement).

Ultimately this led to an appointment as a Justice in the Apex Court of India in December 1988. After six years, Ahmadi was appointed as Chief Justice of India in October 1994. Ahmadi became the third Muslim ever to serve as Chief Justice of India. After serving for two and a half years, he eventually stepped down to retire in March 1997.

Om Shanti...