The Kerala Law Review with a deep sense of sorrow and grief, wishes to break to its readers, the news of the passing away of Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and renowned jurist, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer today afternoon. He was 99 going by his profile in the Supreme Court records and had just been felicitated in his centenary year by citizens of Kochi earlier in the month of November.
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| Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer |
From playing a vital role in securing the
passage of legislations in favour of the poor and oppressed classes as Kerala’s
first Law Minister in the Communist Government, to giving path-breaking
verdicts, voicing his opinions on causes that mattered to society and the nation, and penning 105 books and a colossal list
of other published works, his contributions to the nation and society, far too
numerous and groundbreaking to be recounted individually, will be etched in the
hearts of his countrymen for all time.
After the dismissal of the Communist Ministry
in 1959, he returned to active practice. In 1968, he was sworn in as a judge of
the High Court of Kerala. In the year 1973, he was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme
Court of India.
He was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan in the year 1999.
Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer who had been admitted to Medical
Trust Hospital, Ernakulam since last Friday due to bad health, developed weakness on the
left side of the body on Tuesday. After a CT scan, done on neurological advice,
medication was started.'
He was put on a liquid diet through a nasal
feeding tube since Monday, as he had been disinclined to take food orally for
the past few days. He had high sodium levels and an abnormal heart rhythm. Blood investigations however showed worsening
renal parameters.
The end came today afternoon, at about 3.45 P.M which hospital authorities attributed to multiple organ failure.
at 3.45 pm due to multiple organ failure.
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