IN A FIRST, RETIRED TOP COURT JUDGE NARIMAN SETS UP YOUTUBE CHANNEL
NEW DELHI: The pace of developments in technology and the ability of social media to bring the world closer have transcended professional disciplines and stereotypes. Justice Rohinton F Nariman has created a classic example of embracing this rapid innovation by becoming the first retired Supreme Court judge to start an official Youtube channel.
The channel, called ‘Justice Nariman Official Channel’, went live on April 16 showcasing 48 full-length videos of his lectures on law, history, religion, music, spirituality among several other topics. Most of these lectures were delivered during his tenure as a Supreme Court judge.
According to people familiar with the development, starting a Youtube channel was justice Nariman’s idea that he nurtured with a lawyer friend, and worked on it for almost a month before making it live on last Saturday. As of Monday evening, the channel had about 1.37k followers.
Ordained a Parsi priest at the age of 12, justice Nariman left the Supreme Court in August 2021 following an eventful tenure of seven years.
He was appointed Solicitor General of India in July 2011 and served till February 2013 when he resigned from the post reportedly due to difference of opinion with then law minister, Ashwani Kumar, on certain crucial cases pending before the top court.
In July 2014, he was elevated to the Supreme Court as a judge, earning yet another distinction of becoming only the fifth lawyer in the judicial history to be directly appointed from the bar.
As a judge, justice Nariman was associated with several path-breaking verdicts.