Justice (retired) Girish Thakorlal Nanavati, who headed commissions probing the 2002 Gujarat riots and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, passed away on Saturday, 18 December. He was 86 years old and a resident of Ahmedabad.
Justice Nanavati was an advocate in the Bombay High Court since 1958. He was appointed as a permanent judge in Gujarat High Court almost 21 years later in July 1979. In 1993, he was transferred to the Orissa High Court.
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