New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer has been appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

President of India Droupadi Murmu appointed him as the new governor, following the transfer of incumbent governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan as the Governor of Chhattisgarh, reports Live Law.

A native of Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada, Justice Nazeer, who retired from the Supreme Court on January 4, 2023, had been elevated to the apex court from the Karnataka High Court in February 2017.

As judge of the Supreme Court, he was a part of prominent judgments in the K S Puttaswamy case, considering the ‘Right to Privacy’ a fundamental right; the case of triple talaq, dissenting to consider the practice as valid; the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute, as a part of the unanimous verdict allowing the construction of the Ram Mandir; and the demonetization case, where he led the Constitution Bench that upheld the note ban as valid.

Justice Nazeer also led the Constitution Bench which held that the additional restrictions not found in Article 19(2) could not be imposed on the right to free speech of ministers and legislators.

The last instance of a Supreme Court judge being appointed as a Governor was that of former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam as the Governor of Kerala in 2014. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Fatima Beevi had also been the Governor of Tamil Nadu during 1997-2001, after her retirement as a Supreme Court judge in 1992.

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Bhubaneswar (PTI): In the fourth such incident within a month, a 13-year-old girl allegedly set herself on fire and is struggling for life at a hospital in Odisha’s Bargarh district, police said on Monday.

The incident took place at Phiringmal village within Gaisilat police station limits.

The minor was rescued by villagers from a football ground in a half-burnt condition and rushed to Bargarh district headquarters hospital, where her condition is stated to be critical, police said.

"The reason behind the self-immolation is not yet known. The victim, a class 8 student, used petrol to set herself on fire," police added.

The latest incident follows the deaths of three other women by burning since July 12.

On that day, a 20-year-old woman student in Balasore set herself ablaze on her college campus and died at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on July 14.

On July 19, a minor girl was allegedly set on fire by three miscreants in Balanga and died at AIIMS Delhi on August 2.

The third such incident took place in Kendrapara district on August 6, when a third-year undergraduate woman college student’s charred body was found from her house under Pattamundai (rural) police station area.