President Droupadi Murmu today notified the appointment of the Supreme Court's retired judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer as the third Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Syed Abdul Nazeer is a former judge of the Supreme Court and retired on January 4 this year. Justice Nazeer is succeeding Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, who has been transferred as the Governor of Chhattisgarh. Justice Abdul Nazeer was part of many landmark judgments, including the Triple Talaq case, the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute case, the demonetisation case and the judgment that held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right. In his farewell function, Justice Abdul Nazeer had said the representation of women in the judiciary is still very low. "If I say Indian judiciary is immune to gender inequalities, I can't be farther away from reality. Representation of women in the judiciary is still very low," he had said. The judge had quoted Kofi Annan, saying that there is no tool for development more effecti...
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