Narendra Modi, Amit Shah pay tributes to Ram Jethmalani

Former Union Law Minister and veteran criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani passed away at his residence on Sunday confirmed advocate Ashish Dixit He was 96 He was elected in 2010 as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association He was born on September 14 1923 in Sindh Pakistan and completed his LLM from the SC Shahani Law College in Karachi In 1977 He was first elected to the Lok SabhaI consider myself fortunate to have got numerous opportunities to interact with Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji In these sad moments my condolences to his family friends and many admirers He may not be here but his pioneering work will live on Om Shantimdash Narendra Modi narendramodi September 8 2019One of the best aspects of Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji was the ability to speak his mind And he did so without any fear During the dark days of the Emergency his fortitude and fight for public liberties will be remembered Helping the needy was an integral part of his personamdash Narendra Modi narendramodi September 8 2019Narendra Modi took to social media platform Twitter and condoled the death of veteran criminal lawyer Ram JethmalaniIn a series of tweets Modi said In the passing away of Ram Jethmalani India has lost an exceptional lawyer and iconic public figure who made rich contributions both in the court and Parliament He was witty courageous and never shied away from boldly expressing himself on any subjectI consider myself fortunate to have got numerous opportunities to interact with Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji In these sad moments my condolences to his family friends and many admirers He may not be here but his pioneering work will live on One of the best aspects of Ram Jethmalani was the ability to speak his mind And he did so without any fear During the dark days of the Emergency his fortitude and fight for public liberties will be remembered Helping the needy was an integral part of his personaAlso ReadMumbai Besides Metro Narendra Modi talks plastic pollutionIn the passing away of Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji India has lost an exceptional lawyer and iconic public figure who made rich contributions both in the Court and Parliament He was witty courageous and never shied away from boldly expressing himself on any subject pictwittercom8fItp9RyTkmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi September 8 2019hah also took to the microblogging site where he said that Jethmalanis death was an irreparable loss to the entire legal community He will always be remembered for his vast knowledge on legal affairs My condolences to the bereaved family he addedRam Jethmalani jirsquos passing away is a irreparable loss to the entire legal community He will always be remembered for his vast knowledge on legal affairs My condolences to the bereaved family Om Shanti Shanti Shantimdash Amit Shah AmitShah September 8 2019Paid last respects to Shri Ram Jethmalani ji at his residence in New Delhi pictwittercomNmn85ZUg4umdash Amit Shah AmitShah September 8 2019Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu pays last respects to veteran lawyer and former Union Minister Ram Jethmalani He passed away this morning at the age of 95Deeply saddened to learn about the demise of Shri Ram Jethmalani former Union Minister a legal luminary amp one of the brilliant minds of Bharat In his passing away the nation has lost a distinguished jurist a great intellectual amp a patriot who was active till his last breath pictwittercomZ0xCTm0R7qmdash VicePresidentOfIndia VPSecretariat September 8 2019Delhi Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu pays last respects to veteran lawyer and former Union Minister Ram Jethmalani He passed away this morning at the age of 95 pictwittercomgfmKtjOmbLmdash ANI ANI September 8 2019President Kovind condoled the death of Former Union Law Minister on social mediaSaddened by the passing of Shri Ram Jethmalani former Union Minister and a veteran lawyer He was known to express his views on public issues with his characteristic eloquence The nation has lost a distinguished jurist a person of great erudition and intellect PresidentKovindmdash President of India rashtrapatibhvn September 8 2019Ram Jethmalani had appeared for Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh convicted for the assassination of the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict V Sriharan alias Murugan Harshad Mehta in the stock market scam underworld don Haji Mastan in smuggling cases and had argued for senior Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader LK Advani in the Hawala caseAlso ReadVeteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani passes away at his residence in DelhiCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates