Former Chief Justice HS Bedi passes away

“With profound grief and sorrow, it is to pass that Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.S. Bedi [Former Judge of Supreme Court of India, Former Chief Justice of High Court of Bombay and Former Acting Chief Justice of this High Court], begetter of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi, has near for his heavenly abode.”

As a people of respect, lawyers astatine the High Court volition abstain from enactment aft 1 PM connected Friday.

Born connected September 5, 1946, Justice Bedi was the lad of Justice Tikka Jagjit Singh Bedi, a justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He studied astatine Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, completing his Senior Cambridge successful 1962.

Justice Bedi began his ineligible vocation connected July 17, 1972, enrolling with the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana. He was a part-time instrumentality lecturer from 1974 to 1983 and served arsenic Deputy Advocate General of Punjab from 1983 to 1987. He was designated Senior Advocate successful 1987 and worked arsenic Additional Advocate General until 1989 earlier becoming Punjab’s Advocate General successful 1990.

He was appointed arsenic an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court connected March 15, 1991, becoming a imperishable justice connected July 8, 1992. In 2006, helium became Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and was elevated to the Supreme Court connected January 12, 2007. He retired connected September 5, 2011.

In 2012, Justice Bedi was appointed Chairman of the Monitoring Authority by the Supreme Court to analyse cases of alleged fake encounters successful Gujarat. In his report, helium recommended further probes into 3 of the 17 cases helium reviewed.

Justice Bedi is survived by his wife, lad Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi, and daughter-in-law Shruti Bedi, manager of the University Institute of Legal Studies.