When Rajiv Gandhi was accused of Bofors Scandal, Ram Jethmalani through press, used to ask Rajiv Gandhi a series of questions every day.
One day Rajiv Gandhi replied to the questions saying that he can’t reply to every dog 🐕 barking at him, to which Ram Jethmalani replied that dogs bark only at a thief!
Fought his first case as a mere 17 year old against the bar council of Sindh who wouldn’t allow him to register with them due to being under age, and won it!
When riot broke in Karachi, he on advise of his senior and mentor Allah Buksh Brohi, fled to India with one paisa in his pocket and stayed in refugee camps.
He then filed his first case in India against the refugee laws which treated refugees as prisoners, and won it too!!
He then fought a lot of cases for smugglers, earning him the ‘Smugglers Advocate’
When an arrest warrant was issued for him criticising the emergency, it got stayed in the bombay high court when 300 lawyers led by Nani Palkiwala appeared for him in the court.
From the assassinators of Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi to Binayak Sen, Harshad Mehta, Manu Sharma, Lalu Yadav, LK Advani, Arvind Kejriwal & Amit Shah he has defended everyone accused of gross criminal acts, keeping all his political differences aside, earning him the name ‘The Devils Advocate’
He has done things like calling China an enemy of India and Pakistan infront of the Chinese Ambassador, he has been expelled from the BJP for caling it SICK, while being a part of it, due to them being silent on corruption.
He was perhaps the biggest Criminal Lawyer this country has ever seen, and someone every advocate aspires to become.
Rest in Peace Ram Jethmalani perhaps the Devil is in trouble and needs his best advocate ❤️🙏
Om Shanti 🕉
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