Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP proudly presents Justice Hosbet Suresh Archives A collection of his fact-finding reports and writings from his post-retirement human rights work
20-Jul-2020
Justice Hosbet Suresh, legal luminary and a stalwart of human rights jurisprudence, continues to live on in not just our hearts, but also his work, particularly that from his post-retirement years. He provided a voice to the voiceless through a series of fact-finding missions, people’s tribunals and public hearings, enabling even the oppressed and exploited…
Justice Hosbet Suresh: His voice, his conscience Indian Express
19-Jun-2020
All his life, Justice Suresh believed and practiced tenets of equity and fairness. Will Justice Hosbet Suresh, who passed away on June 11, be remembered as one in whose mind the constitutional pledge to every Indian was uppermost? Will he be remembered for the trendsetting jurisprudence set in the Sharad Rao v/s Subhash Desai judgement…
Remembering Justice Hosbet Suresh: Eminent Judges, lawyers, activists, family come together An obituary of Justice Suresh, Co-organised by CJP
17-Jun-2020
Celebrating the life and contribution of Justice Hosbet Suresh (20 July 1929 – 11 June 2020), this Zoom meeting was Co-organised by Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Citizens for Justice and Peace, Human Rights Law Network, Lawyers Collective, Majlis, People’s Watch, People’s Union for Civil Liberties & many more. From retired Supreme court…
Remembering Justice Suresh: His voice was his conscience Activists and lawyers hold condolence meeting remembering Justice Hosbet Suresh’s life and work
15-Jun-2020
On Thursday, June 11, 2020, India lost one of its brightest legal minds and an exemplary defender of human rights, Justice Hosbet Suresh (retd). The former judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Suresh, continued to play a stellar role in standing up for the people of India even after retirement in 1991. He was…
Former Bombay HC judge Hosbet Suresh no more The legal luminary continued to be at the forefront of the human rights movement in India for 28 years after retirement!
12-Jun-2020
Justice Hosbet Suresh (retd), who had set new standards for human rights jurisprudence in the country with his unwavering commitment to justice for all, passed away on June 11, 2020. The beloved former judge of the Bombay High Court was best known for being part of several key Public Commissions and Tribunals post retirement, investigating…
Bleeding Memory – Babri and Bombay
25-Jan-2018
An account of how Bombay changed after the 1992 riots. Featuring interviews with Meena Menon, Teesta Setalvad, Justice Hosbet Suresh and Farooq Mapkar.
Statement of Mr. Justice Hosbet Suresh
28-Aug-2009