{"id":314921,"date":"2019-09-08T04:54:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T04:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314921"},"modified":"2019-09-08T04:54:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T04:54:16","slug":"eminent-lawyer-ram-jethmalani-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/eminent-lawyer-ram-jethmalani-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314923 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190908-102207__01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190908-102207__01.jpg 503w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190908-102207__01-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190908-102207__01-464x420.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/>Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani passed away on Sunday after suffering from prolonged illness. He was 95.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The former Union law minister breathed his last early on Sunday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">According to the reports, Ram Jethmalani was not keeping well for a few months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Jethmalani is survived by his son and his daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">His last rites will be performed in the evening at the Lodhi Road crematorium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Union Minister Amit Shah said passing away of Ram Jethmalani ia an irreparable loss to the entire legal community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cDeeply pained to know about the passing away of India\u2019s veteran lawyer and former Union Minister Shri Ram Jethmalani ji. In him we have not only lost a distinguished lawyer but also a great human who was full of life,\u201d Shah said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cRam Jethmalani ji\u2019s passing away is a irreparable loss to the entire legal community. He will always be remembered for his vast knowledge on legal affairs. My condolences to the bereaved family. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti,\u201d Shah added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed sadness on the passing away of Jethmalani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cExtremely saddened at the passing away of legendary lawyer Ram Jethmalani ji. An institution in himself, he shaped criminal law in post-independence India. His void would never be filled and his name will be written in golden words in legal history,\u201d Kejriwal tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani passed away on Sunday after suffering from prolonged illness. He was 95. The former Union law minister breathed his last early on Sunday morning. According to the reports, Ram Jethmalani was not keeping well for a few months. Jethmalani is survived by his son and his daughter. His last rites will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[9408],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314924,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314921\/revisions\/314924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}