Former Chief Justice of India PN Bhagwati, considered a pioneer of judicial activism in the country for introducing the concept of PIls, died here on Thursday after brief illness, family sources said.
Bhagwati, 95, is survived by his wife Prabhavati Bhagwati and three daughters.
The funeral will be held on June 17, they said. The 17th Chief Justice of India, Bhagwati remained on the highest judicial post between July 1985 and December 1986.
He was a former Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court and was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in July 1973.