New Delhi, Dec 05 (ANI): Legendary jurist VR Krishna Iyer, who made judicial activism respectable, died at Kochi hospital after a lifetime spent fighting for human rights and justice for the weak. The former Supreme Court judge was in hospital for a week for age-related complications and pneumonia and the cause of the death was renal and cardiac failure. The funeral will be held here at 6 pm on Friday. Krishna Iyer is survived by two sons. Iyer was born on November 15, 1915. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his respect to Iyer. He tweeted saying, _Fine lawyer, eminent jurist, incredible philosopher and above all a phenomenal human being. I bow to Justice Krishna Iyer. My association with Justice Krishna Iyer was special. My mind goes back to our conversations and the insightful letters he would write to me. Whenever I would meet or talk to him, I would find him full of enthusiasm, always talking about the well-being of India. A remarkable man!,_ he added.