The Governor claimed Nariman’s father and senior advocate Fali Sam Nariman and his juniors received Rs 40 lakh from the Kerala government for advising it on certain matters.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohamed Khan on Wednesday leveled “conflict of interest’ allegation against former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman who had pulled him up for not signing bills passed by the state assembly.
The Governor claimed Nariman’s father and senior advocate Fali Sam Nariman and his juniors received Rs 40 lakh from the Kerala government for advising it on certain matters.
Responding to a query on Nariman expressing concern about the tendency of governors to sit on bills passed by state assemblies, Khan said there was a conflict of interest in Justice Nariman commenting about him as the latter’s father and
and senior advocate Fali Sam Nariman was an advisor for the Kerala government.
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The Governor alleged that the amount was paid despite Fali Nariman not appearing in the case and showed the gazette notification of the Kerala government sanctioning the amount.
“The father is receiving money and the son is giving opinions blasting the Governor. This is not following the principle of natural justice,” he said.
Justice Nariman, while delivering the Bansari Sheth lecture in Mumbai in December 2023, expressed his concern about the tendency of governors to sit on bills.
Nariman had said “a Governor of a traditionally minority government state, Kerala, sitting over bills for periods of up to 23 months. When the Supreme Court rapped him on his knuckles, what did he do? There were 8 such bills. One bill was assented to, 7 were referred to the President”.
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