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Indian jurist (1930–2021)

Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, AM (9 March 1930 – 30 April 2021) was an Indian jurist who served as Attorney-General for India from 1989 to 1990, and again from 1998 to 2004.

In 2002, he received the Padma Vibhushan for his defence of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights.^[1][2]

Early life

Soli Jehangir Sorabjee was born on 9 March 1930 in Bombay to a Parsi family.^[3][4] He studied at Bharda New High School, Mumbai and St.

Xavier's College, Mumbai and Government Law College, Mumbai, and was admitted to the bar in 1953.^[5] At Government Law College, he was awarded the Kinloch Forbes Gold Medal in Roman Law and Jurisprudence (1952).^[6]

Career

In 1971, Sorabjee was designated a senior advocate of the Bombay High Court.

He served as Solicitor-General of India from 1977 to 1980. He was appointed Attorney-General for India on 9 Decemb