Satnarine sharma biography definition

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FORMER Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma has died at the age of 76.

He was this country’s eight post-Independence Chief Justice, having been appointed in 2002.

Sharma, 76, died at his home in Maraval yesterday. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and was receiving treatment.

The recipient of the Trinity Cross in 2003, he received the Chaconia Medal (gold) in 1998 for his contribution to the development of law.

He retired from the Judiciary in 2008 after being cleared by an independent tribunal in an impeachment probe investigating allegations of an alleged attempt to pervert the course of public justice. He also enjoyed cricket, often walked around the Queen’s Park Savannah on evenings and listened to classical Indian, Swahili and other African music and old-time calypsoes.

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Hailing from a family of lawyers, he was called to the Bar in 1966 and was appointed to the