Soli Sorabjee
Soli Sorabjee | |
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Attorney General of India | |
In office 7 April 1998 – 4 June 2004 | |
Preceded by | Ashok Desai |
Succeeded by | Milon K. Banerji |
In office 9 December 1989 – 2 December 1990 | |
Preceded by | K. Parasaran |
Succeeded by | G. Ramaswamy |
Personal details | |
Born | Member of the Order of Australia | 9 March 1930
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee,
Early life
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee was born on 9 March 1930 in
Career
In 1971, Sorabjee was designated a senior advocate of the
In March 2002, Soli Sorabjee received the
In March 2006 he was appointed an honorary member of the Order of Australia (AM), "for service to Australia-India bilateral legal relations".[9]
Sorabjee was involved in several precedent-setting cases concerning the interpretation of the
Offices
He was the chairman of
Soli J. Sorabjee was vice-president of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and a member of the Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament Law of the International Law Association.[14]
Personal life
Sorabjee was a close friend and colleague of
Sorabjee was the first president of the Jazz India Association. He played the clarinet; his favourite artists included Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie.[3]
He died of COVID-19, on 30 April 2021 in a private hospital in Delhi where he was undergoing treatment.[16]
Publications
Books
- Law of Press Censorship in India. Bombay: N.M. Tripathi. 1976. OCLC 639092798.
- The Emergency, Censorship and the Press in India, 1975–77. London: Writers and Scholars Educational Trust. 1977. OCLC 3865883.
- The Governor, Sage or Saboteur. New Delhi: Roli Books International. 1985. OCLC 13797698.
- Law & Justice: An Anthology. Delhi: Universal Law Pub. Co. 2003. OCLC 55961332.
Essays and monographs
- "Fundamental Rights". Public Law in India. New Delhi: Vikas. 1982. OCLC 9504480.
- Venkataramiah, E. S, ed. (1988). "Protection of Human Rights in Emergencies". Human Rights in the Changing World. New Delhi: International Law Association, Regional Branch (India). OCLC 609511690.
- Henkin, Louis; Rosenthal, Albert J., eds. (1990). "Equity in the United States and India". Constitutionalism and Rights: The Influence of the United States Constitution abroad. New York: OCLC 18962022.
Articles
- "Obliging Government to Control Itself; Recent Development in Indian Administrative Law". ISSN 0033-3565.
- "Freedom of Expression and Censorship: Some Aspects of the Indian Experience". Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. 45: 327–342. 1994 – via HeinOnline.
- Sorabjee, Soli K. (October 1993). "Freedom of Expression". Commonwealth Law Bulletin. 19 (4): 1712–1721. ISSN 0305-0718.
He also wrote columns for the
Awards
- Kinloch Forbes Gold Medal in Roman Law and Jurisprudence, 1952[6]
- Padma Vibhushan, March 2002[19]
- Justice K. S. Hegde Foundation Award, April 2006[20]
References
- ^ "Former attorney general Soli Sorabjee dies of Covid-19". The Times of India. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame - Top 50" (PDF). J. Sagar Associates. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Tripathi, Ashish (30 April 2021). "Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee passes away after contracting Covid-19". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Soli Jehangeer Sorabjee". The Times Of India Group. 5 January 2003.
- ^ "Padma Vibhushan for Rangarajan, Soli Sorabjee". The Hindu. 26 January 2002. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2002.
- ^ "25 Years after Indira Gandhi The lawyers in the Indira Gandhi Murder Trial and the 1984 Riots". 2 November 2009. Bar and Bench. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Award Extract". honours.pmc.gov.au.
- ^ Vyas, Maulik. "Once you choose law as a profession, you don't retire till you die: Soli Sorabjee". The Economic Times. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Legal Luminary Soli Sorabjee Passes Away Due to COVID-19". The Wire. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- The Tribune. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Chhibber, Maneesh; Anand, Utkarsh (18 June 2014). "In 2010, SC ruled govt change not a ground to remove Governors". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "In Conversation with Soli Sorabjee". Legal Era. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "It's a tight balance for the Supreme Court, says Zia Mody". www.livemint.com. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Soli Sorabjee, Former Attorney General, Dies Of COVID-19". NDTV. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Saxena, Aditi (6 November 2014). "Law bores me, says Zia Mody's daughter Anjali". The Economic Times. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Soli J. Sorabjee". The Indian Express. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Former attorney general, Padma Vibhushan awardee Soli Sorabjee dies during treatment for COVID-19". Firstpost. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Justice Hegde Award for Soli Sorabjee". The Hindu. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2015.