Former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani Passes Away At The Age 95 Years

Channel88 News Ludhaiana -Ram Jethmalani was an Indian lawyer and politician. He had served as India’s union law minister and as chairman of the bar council of india. He has represented a sweep of cases from the high-profile to the controversial for which he has often faced severe criticism. He was the highest paid lawyer in the supreme court of india. Jethmalani was a well known face amongst the legal community in India. Even though his forte was criminal law, he had appeared in many high-profile civil cases. From 1993 to 1998, he was one of the lawyers who represented Harshad Mehta during the   Harshad Mehta scam and the Narasima rao bribery case. On 7 May 2010, he was elected as the president of  president of supreme court bar association. Eminent lawyer-politician Ram Jethmalani, who courted several controversies in his career and was known for his sharp remarks, passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 95. He had been ailing for some time and was kept under round the clock medical supervision for the last two weeks. Ram Jethmalani, one of India’s most famous lawyers, was known to take up high profile criminal cases. The 95 year old died in Delhi Sunday morning