[3][4] He was honoured with the 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration in 2018.

[6][2] His father initially wanted him to write the Indian Civil Service Examination.

[9] Nariman argued in favour of Union carbide in the infamous Bhopal gas disaster case, which he later admitted was a mistake.

[2] He dedicated his awards to his alma mater Bishop Cotton School in Shimla.

Nariman was a President-appointee member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India) between 1999 and 2005.

He was appointed to the advisory board of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in November 1999, and served as chairman of the executive committee of the International Commission of Jurists from 1995 to 1997.

[13] Nariman represented the Gujarat government in the matter of the Narmada rehabilitation but resigned shortly after attacks on Christians in the area and the burning of copies of the Bible.

[14] On 17 October 2014, he appeared for the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalitha in a conviction and obtained bail for her, which had earlier been rejected.

[15] Nariman was Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages' legal counsel in the Plachimada dispute.