Soli J Sorabjee: A man of law and all things jazz
Senior advocate at 41, twice attorney general, and a committed defender of freedom of expression and the protection of human rights, Padma Vibhushan Soli Sorabjee died of Covid-19-related complications at 91. He dedicated his life to the service of law — and jazz, a genre of music he loved with a passion. Sorabjee (March 9, 1930 – April 30, 2021) worked with legal luminaries like Nani Palkhivala (as his junior). Of Palkhivala, he said: “I vividly remember the early morning conferences the two of us had those days in his room at the Oberoi Hotel. Both of us were in our pyjamas. At one su...
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