Former Supreme Court Judge Who Probed Godhra, Anti-Sikh Riots Dies At 86

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati, 86, died of cardiac failure at 1:15 pm at his residence in Ahmedabad, family members said.

Justice Nanavati was the Head of the commissions which inquired into the 1984 anti-Sikh and 2002 post-Godhra riots. The commission headed by himhad given a clean chit to the then Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government with regard to the post-Godhra communal riots.

Nanavati, born on February 17, 1935, was enrolled as an advocate in the Bombay High Court on February 11, 1958.