The country’s former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee died of the Corona virus. Soli Sorabji was 91 years old. Soli Sorabjee was admitted to a private hospital in Delhi after being infected with the Corona virus, where he breathed his last on Friday. Sorabji served as India’s Attorney from 1989 to 1990 and then from 1998 to 2004.
Padma Vibhushan recipient Soli Sorabjee started his legal practice in the Bombay High Court in 1953 and was appointed Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court in 1971. He was the Attorney General of India for two terms. Sorabji first became Attorney General of India from 1989–90 and then again from 1998–2004. He was appointed as a Special Envoy in 1997 by the United Nations to report on the state of human rights in Nigeria. He then became a member and later chairman of the United Nations Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights from 1998 to 2004.
Soli Sorabji was born in 1930 in Bombay. He had been practicing in the Bombay High Court since 1953. In 1971, Soli Sorabji became the Senior Council of the Supreme Court. He was the Attorney General of India twice. He was Attorney General for the first time from 1989 to 90 and secondly from 1998 to 2004.
Soli Sorabji is recognized in the country’s big human rights lawyer. In 1997, the United Nation sent him to Nigeria as a special envoy, to know about the human rights situation there. Subsequently, he became a member and later chairman of the UN-Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights from 1998 to 2004.
Soli Sorabjee was a great advocate of freedom of expression. He has defended the freedom of the press in a number of historical cases in the Supreme Court of India and has been instrumental in rescinding censorship orders and restrictions on publications. In March 2002, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan Award, the second highest civilian award
