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Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (14 September 1923 – 8 September 2019) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He was born in Shikarpur, Bombay Presidency (now Sindh, Pakistan). Jethmalani was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Until 2016, he was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Jethmalani MP from 1977 through 1984 and again from 2010 until his death. He was Minister of Law and Justice in 1996 and again from 1999 through 2000 and Urban Development from 1998 through 1999.[1]
Jethmalani died on 8 September 2019 in New Delhi at the age of 95.[2]
Personal life
Jethmalani was born in Shikarpur, Sindh in the Sindh division of the then Bombay Presidency (today a part of Pakistan) to Boolchand Gurmukhdas Jethmalani and Parbati Boolchand.[3] He got a double promotion in school and completed matriculation at the age of 13. At the age of 17 he secured an LL.B. degree from the Bombay University with a first class distinction. At that time, the minimum age for becoming a lawyer was 21, but a special exception (resulting from an application that he made to the court contesting the rule regarding minimum age) allowed him to become a lawyer at the age of 18.[4] He received his LL.M. from Bombay University, since Sindh did not have a university of its own at that time.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Members Webpage – Rajyasabha". Rajyasabha, Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ Ram Jethmalani, Eminent Supreme Court Lawyer and Former Law Minister, Passes Away at 96
- ↑ "Top most Indian Lawyer: Sindhi Genius Of Indian Law : Ram Jethmalani". The Sindhu World. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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Other websites
- Bio-profile of Jethmalani as Lok Sabha Member
- Rajya Sabha Member Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
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