Former SC judge Justice Abdul Nazeer appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh
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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YouTuber booked for allegedly spreading false information about Haryana CET
PANCHKULA: Police have registered a case against a YouTuber for allegedly circulating misleading and false information about the Haryana Common Eligibility Test (CET) through social media.
According to Inspector Rupesh Chaudhary, Station House Officer of Sector-5 police station, the complaint was filed on August 1, 2025, by Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) official Kedar Singh, reported The Indian Express on Monday.
The complaint alleges that Prince Lamba, a journalist and anchor with the YouTube channel Haryana News 24, uploaded two videos on July 26 and 27 containing sensational claims about the CET examination.
The videos carried headlines such as “CET Cancelled, Will the Paper be Held Again?” and “HSSC’s Big Betrayal of Lakhs of Youth! Uproar in Haryana.” Both these headlines reportedly caused confusion among a large number of candidates in the state.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Srishti Gupta said that a First Information Report has been registered under Sections 335 and 353(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the accused has been served a legal notice, and an investigation is underway.
Gupta added that the police will take strict legal action against anyone found to be spreading misleading information regarding examinations or recruitment processes.
