CHANDIGARH: Justice Raghunandan Swarup Pathak, President of The Tribune Trust,  breathed his last in Delhi on Sunday. The Tribune is leading daily newspaper of North India published from Chandigarh.

In a condolence message issued here today, the Chief Minister Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda described  Justice Raghunandan Swarup Pathak as a distinguished legal luminary and reminded that Justice Pathak had held several prestigious positions at home and abroad.

A son of Gopal Swarup Pathak, a former Vice-President of India, Justice Raghunandan Swarup Pathak was a former Chief Justice of India and a former Judge of the International Court of Justice at Hague. He was the third Indian to be elected to the world court, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
 
Justice Pathak joined The Tribune Trust as its member in 1994 and became its President in the year 2002. During his tenure as the President of The Tribune Trust, the Tribune Group of  Newspapers scaled new heights in the field of journalism and continued to excel as people's voice.  Justice Pathak would be long remembered not only for his distinguished career as a legal luminary, but also as a head of The Tribune Trust who made concerted efforts to ensure that The Tribune continues to hold high position in the field of journalism. He said that he was a man of fine qualities.

The Chief Minister also reminded that as a Judge of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India, Justice Pathak delivered a good number of judgments. Among his several laurels is an honorary doctorate from Panjab University, added  Hooda.

The Chief Minister conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul might rest in peace.