Ram Jethmalani, a doyen of legal profession who bid adieu to the world at the age of 95, leaves behind a rich legacy of his seven-decade-long career when he was in action in scores of sensitive court battles and had earned the reputation of a maverick politician for his bold and sometimes controversial stands.
Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi.
He began practising as a lawyer in Pakistan's Karachi in pre-Partition India after obtaining the degree of law from Shahani Law College, Karachi, at the age of 17.
A rebel by nature, he lived the life to the fullest, donning different hats -- lawyer, parliamentarian, minister -- but was not a quintessential politician constrained by party lines.
The advocate successfully petitioned the High Court in Karachi for lowering the minimum age for practising to 21 and later set up a law firm in Karachi with his friend and senior, AK Brohi.
He moved to Mumbai in 1948 after the partition and started practising
