Retired Supreme Court Justice P B Sawant passes away in Pune

Retired Supreme Court (SC) judge PB Sawant passed away in Pune on Monday morning. He was 91 years old.

“He passed away at his residence at 9:30 am today due to age-related problems. He was 91 years old and had not kept up well for over a month. His death has caused irreparable damage to the legal and social fraternity. He is survived by his wife, three children and their families, ”said former Bombay High Court Judge BG Kolse Patil, who has had a long relationship with Judge Sawant.

According to the Supreme Court website, Sawant was born on June 30, 1930. He practiced as a lawyer in the Bombay High Court (HC) and in the Supreme Court of India since 1957 in all branches of law: civil, criminal, industrial and electoral. , Constitutional and Cooperative on the Original and Appellate sides.

He was appointed a judge of the Bombay High Court in 1973. As a judge, he conducted an investigation into the Air-India plane crash in June 1982. As a lawyer, he was a civil servant and legal advisor to various trade unions and social organizations and educational institutions.

He was the Governor’s Candidate for the Vice Chancellor’s Choice of Shivaji University in 1986, the Governor’s Candidate on the Mumbai University Personnel Selection Committee from 1986 to 1987, and the Governor’s Candidate for the University Senate Pune in 1987.

He was promoted to the magistracy of the Supreme Court as of October 6, 1989. He retired on June 6, 1995, and since then he has been active in various public affairs.

He was one of the members of a court headed by Judge VR Krishna Iyer to investigate the Gujarat riots in 2002. He also chaired the commission set up on September 1, 2003 to investigate corruption charges against four Maharashtra government ministers.

He claimed to be the president of the controversial Elgaar Parishad held at the Shaniwar Wada in Pune on December 31, 2017, before the 200th commemoration of the Battle of Koregaon Bhima. He did not attend the Elgaar Parishad for medical reasons. But after the police crackdown on Elgaar Parishad for his alleged links to the outlaw CPI-Maoist, Sawant had come out in support of the defendants arrested in this case.

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