Adarsh Sein Anand served as the twenty ninth Chief Justice of India, from October 1998 to November 2001. Born in 1936 in Jammu and Kashmir, he earned his law degree from the University of Lucknow and a doctorate in constitutional law from the University of London before being called to the bar in 1964. He served as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and the Madras High Court before reaching the Supreme Court, where he authored one hundred ninety six judgments across nine hundred eleven benches as Chief Justice. He later chaired the National Human Rights Commission from 2003 to 2006, received the Padma Vibhushan in 2008, and wrote on the constitutional development of Jammu and Kashmir; he died in 2017. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Which landmark Supreme Court judgments is Adarsh Sein Anand known for?
The Nilabeti Behera, D.K. Basu and V.C. Mishra cases.
Wikipedia names three judgments that show his commitment to human rights and justice. In the Nilabeti Behera case of 1993, his separate judgment on compensation for custodial deaths is hailed as a significant contribution to the protection of human rights, because public bodies and officials are expected to perform public duties properly and refrain from unlawful actions that violate rights under Article 21 of the Constitution. In the D.K. Basu case of 1996 he laid down important safeguards against custodial torture. In the V.C. Mishra case, a bench headed by Anand ruled that the Supreme Court did not have the power to debar any advocate from practising, even if it held that advocate guilty of contempt.
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Adarsh Sein Anand was the 29th Chief Justice of India, serving from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001.
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Born in 1936 in Jammu and Kashmir, he earned his law degree from the University of Lucknow and a doctorate in constitutional law from the University of London before being called to the bar in 1964.
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P27 (country of citizenship): India
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P569 (date of birth): 1936
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P569 (date of birth): 1936-11-01
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P570 (date of death): 2017
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P570 (date of death): 2017-12-01
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P19 (place of birth): Jammu and Kashmir
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P20 (place of death): Uttar Pradesh
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Adarsh Sein Anand (1 November 1936 - 1 December 2017) was the 29th Chief Justice of India, serving from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001.
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