| Syed Abdul Nazeer | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| 22nd Governor of Andhra Pradesh | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2023 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Dy. Chief Minister | Pawan Kalyan |
| Preceded by | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
| Judge in Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 17 February 2017 – 4 January 2023 | |
| Nominated by | Jagdish Singh Khehar |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Judge of Karnataka High Court | |
| In office 12 May 2003 – 16 February 2017 | |
| Nominated by | V. N. Khare |
| Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-01-05) 5 January 1958 (age 66) Beluvai, Mysore State, India (present-day Karnataka) |
| Residence(s) | Raj Bhavan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | S.D.M. Law College Mahaveera College |
Syed Abdul Nazeer (born 5 January 1958) is the 22nd Governor of Andhra Pradesh. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and a former judge of the Karnataka High Court. He was appointed the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 12 February 2023.
Early life
Abdul Nazeer was born into an Urdu-speaking Muslim family belonging to the Dakshina Kannada district of coastal Karnataka. He is the son of Fakir Saheb and he has five siblings. He grew up in Beluvai and Moodbidri and completed his B.Com. Degree at Mahaveera College in Moodbidri. He later obtained a BA. LL.B degree from SDM Law College, Mangalore (formerly known as "Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Law College").
Career
Judicial career (1983–January 2023)
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After obtaining his law degree, Nazeer enrolled as an advocate in 1983 and practised at the Karnataka High Court in Bangalore. In May 2003, he was appointed as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court. He was later appointed a permanent judge of the same High Court. In February 2017, while serving as a judge of the Karnataka High Court, Nazeer was elevated to the Supreme Court of India. He became only the third judge ever to be elevated in this way, without first becoming the chief justice of some high court.
While serving on the Supreme Court, Nazeer was the lone Muslim judge in a multi-faith bench which heard the controversial Triple Talaq case in 2017. Though Nazeer and one other judge upheld the validity of the practise of Triple Talaq (Talaq-e-Biddat) based on the fact that it is permissible under Muslim Sharia Law, it was barred by the bench by 3–2 majority and asked the Central government to bring legislation in six months to govern marriage and divorce in the Muslim community. The court said until the government formulates a law regarding triple talaq, there would be an injunction on husbands pronouncing triple talaq on their wives.
He was also part of the five-judge bench of the 2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute. He upheld the report of ASI, which stated the existence of a Hindu Structure in the disputed region. He gave the verdict in favour of Ram Mandir thus ending the years-long dispute with a 5-0 verdict.
In the months leading up to his retirement, Nazeer led a constitution bench that heard cases about the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation carried out by the Government of India. He retired on 4 January 2023.
Governor of Andhra Pradesh (February 2023–present)
On 12 February 2023, the President of India appointed Nazeer as the 24th governor of Andhra Pradesh, succeeding Biswabhusan Harichandan.
References
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- "Constitution Bench says 'embarrassing' to adjourn demonetisation case". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Retired SC Judge S. Abdul Nazeer Made Andhra Pradesh Governor, Had Delivered Ayodhya Temple Judgment". The Wire. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- "'Whole ecosystem in full swing once again': Kiren Rijiju on criticism over ex-SC judge Abdul Nazeer's appointment as governor". The Indian Express. 13 February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
