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Legendary lawyer, fearless activist, matchless politician Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95

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September 8, 2019

New Delhi, Sept 8: Legendary lawyer and former Union law minister Ram Jethmalani passed away early on Sunday morning. He was 95.

Jethmalani had been on round the clock medical help for last two weeks. He is survived by his son, noted lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani, and a US-based daughter. His other daughter Rani Jethmalani had pre-deceased him.

Ram Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi, his son Mahesh Jethmalani told PTI. Mahesh and other close acquaintances said Ram Jethmalani was not keeping well for a few months.

Ram Jethmalani passed away a few days before his 96th birthday on September 14, his son said. Mahesh said his father's last rites will be performed in the evening at the Lodhi road crematorium in the national capital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to condole the death of 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 subject," the PM tweeted. 

Born in Sikharpur of Sindh province on September 14, 1923, Ram Boolchand Jethmalani signed his name in bold letters in the legal field by arguing numerous landmark cases in Supreme Court, HCs and trial courts.

He became a lawyer at the young age of 18.

"I got a double promotion in school and completed matriculation at the age of 13. I secured an LLB degree by the time I was 17. In those days, one could only become a lawyer at the age of 21. But a special resolution allowed me to become a lawyer at 18," he told a news paper in an earlier interview conducted in 2002.

His first noteworthy case came in 1959 when he was the prosecutor in the KM Nanavati vs State of Maharashtra case.

His other high-profile cases included the defence of Rajiv Gandhi's killer in Madras high court in 2011. He defended Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh in stock market scams. He also defended the death sentence to Afzal Guru and also represented Manu Sharma in the Jessica Lall murder case.

In 2010, he was elected as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association. 

He was elected a member of Parliament in the 6th and 7th Lok Sabha on a Bhartiya Janta Party ticket from Mumbai.

He served as the Union law minister and the minister of urban development in Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government.

Later, he contested against Vajpayee in the 2004 general elections from Lucknow constituency.

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March 11,2020

New Delhi, Mar 11: In the wake of the ongoing political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party is using Jyotiraditya Scindia to usurp power in the state and that the former Congress leader has "fallen into the trap."

"#BJP is enacting the strategy the way they did in #Karnataka. It is murder of democracy #JyotiradityaScindia has fallen into the trap. He will realise the himalayan blunder very shortly. BJP after using #Scindia will through (throw) him out. I am confident Shri Kamalnath prove majority," he tweeted.

The Chief Minister's comments came at a time of political turmoil in Madhya Pradesh after Scindia and 22 MLAs resigned from the party on Tuesday.

Scindia is likely to join the BJP today.

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February 13,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 13: After pro-Kannada outfits called for a state-wide bandh today, the police are on high-alert to avoid any untoward incidents.

The dawn to dusk bandh was called demanding implementation of Sarojini Mahishi report which recommended certain percentage of jobs to Kannadigas in private & public sector companies.

There is no official holiday declared for schools and colleges. Besides, all government institutions and private establishments are open.

But, in some parts of Karnataka, autorickshaws and taxis, including Ola and Uber stayed off the roads.

Even though the bandh is unlikely to hit normal life in coastal Karnataka, stones were pelted on a Tirupati-Mangaluru bus in Farangipet.

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May 11,2020

May 11: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said many states were amending labour laws, but the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic cannot be an excuse to exploit workers, suppress their voice and crush their human rights.

Gandhi said there cannot be any compromise on the basic principles by allowing unsafe workplaces.

"Many states are amending labour laws. We are together fighting against corona, but this cannot be an excuse to crush human rights, allow unsafe workplaces, exploit workers and suppress their voice," he said.

"There cannot be any compromise on these basic principles," he added.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also said it would be dangerous and disastrous to loosen labour, land and environment laws in the name of economic revival and stimulus.

"In the name of economic revival and stimulus, it will be dangerous and disastrous to loosen labour, land and environmental laws and regulations as the Modi govt is planning.

"The first steps have already been taken. This is a quack remedy like demonetisation," Ramesh tweeted.

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