Fali S Nariman

Some Lesser Known Facts About Fali S Nariman

• Fali S Nariman belonged to a Parsi family. ^[6]The New Indian Express

• His father wanted him to take the Indian Civil Service Examination; however, due to financial constraints, he chose to pursue law instead. ^[7]Bar and Bench

• In 1950, after he topped the LLB examination, he received the Kinlock Forbes Gold Medal and Prize for Roman Law & Jurisprudence.

• Nariman did his law practice at the Bombay High Court. He was appointed as a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India in 1971 after 22 years of practice.

• He played a pivotal role in shaping Indian Constitution’s Law.

• Nariman worked as Additional Solicitor General of India from May 1972 to June 1975. He resigned from the position upon the Declaration of Emergency on 26 June 1975.

• He represented Union Carbide in the well-known Bhopal gas disaster case, a decision he later admitted was a mistake. He played a crucial role in negotiating a settlement between the victims and the company outside of court, resulting in an amount of $470 million for the victims.

• From 1999 to 2005, Nariman served as a President-appointee member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India).

• He held various prestigious positions, including President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration since 1994, President of the Bar Association of India since 1991, Vice-Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce since 1989, and honorary member of the International Commission of Jurists since 1988.

• Nariman was appointed as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Commission of Jurists from 1995 to 1997.

• He had been a member of the London Court of International Arbitration since 1988.

• In November 1999, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

• In January 2014, Nariman published his autobiography titled ‘Before Memory Fades.’

  

• On 17 October 2014, he represented former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalitha in a conviction case and successfully obtained bail for her after her earlier plea had been rejected.

• The ‘Best Respondent’s Memorandum’ Award at the Vis Moot East, an international moot competition, is named after Fali Sam Nariman.