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land of Sindh once again proved its nature of being the
land of genius & great personalities, This time it was
Shikarpur, where on 14 September 1923, in the house of
Shri Boolchand Gurmukhdas Jethmalani, Shrimati Parbati
Boolchand has given birth to male child. Intelligence of
the kid can be judged from his triple promotion in the
school and passing the L. L. B. at the tender age of 17
years.
We are talking about none else but Shri Ram Jethmalani,
for whom Chief justice of Sindh was forced to pass a
special resolution about the rules, so the 17 year young
Jethmalani, can join the Bar.
In the year 1947 on September 5 he got married with Ratna
and God has blessed them with two sons and two daughters.
After the partition his family shifted to Bombay and soon
he become famous for his cross examination in the court
room. His decision of being present as the defense council
for the smuggler Haji Mastan brought him first fame and
the case of Kehar Singh [the man behind the assassination
of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi] has made him front page
news of almost all the newspapers for many days. Today it
is said that he is the number one criminal lawyer of the
country.
Many adjectives say hot temper, witty, hilarious, Amazing,
interesting, ever young etc. of English dictionary finds
association with the personality of this Sindhi lawyer and
most controversial Indian Politicians. His wisdom and
understanding of law and constitution is such high that
when in 1980's constitution of newly formed Bhartiya Janta
Party was written he was involved in it with Sunder Singh
Bhandari & Sikandar Bakhat.
In the field of politics he had crossed many mile stones
including the office of law ministry at centre. [Union
Minister Of Law, Justice and Company Affairs 1996]. Some
of famous incident from his term in the Atal Bihari
Vajpayee government at center in the ministerial capacity
are still corner talk in the meetings of BJP leaders.
When he become Minister for Urban Development, DDA was
facing several court cases related with the allotments of
flats and was paying very heavily in the form of fees to
lawyers. Jethmalani took the DDA officials to these
colonies asked about the availability of electricity and
water, without which no one will go there for living. He
forced the system to work for the welfare of common
citizen and save the money and time.
He was also in the headlines of news papers and other
media for asking daily ten question to Rajiv Gandhi.
Ram Jethmalani as a person is famous for his hilarious
(laughter) moods, even being engaged with one of highly
protocol restricted and since profession related with
court room, he always stress for and never missed a
lighter moment of life. In the political arena of country
many hilarious incidents created by him are recalled from
time to to time. |