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'This Government Likes Parsis'

'Parsis are inclined towards people who work for the welfare of others.' IMAGE: People offer prayers on the occasion of the Parsi New Year, also known as Navroz, at a fire temple in Thane, August......

Sorabjee, Jethmalani, Salve: Tale Of Three Lawyers

Over the years, a noticeable unpleasantness began to develop between senior and junior, Sorabjee and Salve.Salve gave credit, for his rise in the profession, to Nani Palkhivala, and not to......

Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general, dies of Covid-19

Distinguished jurist and former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee, who appeared in several historic cases like Kesavananda Bharti and S R Bommai, passed away due to COVID-19 at a hospital in New Delhi......

Soli Sorabjee was a Lion of the Law

'Soli steadfastly believed in Voltaire's famous dictum that he would disagree violently with anyone but defend to death that person's right to disagree with him.'Aditi Phadnis remembers Soli......

Kochi's Jews Pass Into History

Queenie Hallegua, who passed away at 89 in August, was almost the last of the Sephardi Jews in Fort Kochi.Her son Dr David Hallegua reflects on his mother's death and of his life growing up in......

BSE: Stock Exchange That Refused To Die

The story of the Bombay Stock Exchange and the people who shaped its growth: From wars and bomb blasts to speculators, reformers and wealth creators. IMAGE: The informal beginnings of what would......

Mercedes Benz classics take over Mumbai's streets!

The 11th edition of the Mercedes-Benz Classic Car Rally in Mumbai on Sunday featured headturners that left the audience gasping in awe. Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com presents a ringside view. IMAGE: The......

Securitisation Act: Sorabjee wants fair play

Defending the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, before the Supreme Court on Monday, Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee proposed to......

Sorabjee's view on oil PSU sale this week

Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee's response on the privatisation of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd is likely to be known later this week, when the......

Firms bound by governance, says Soli Sorabjee

Good governance is not the exclusive domain or obligation of the state. Business enterprises and large corporations are also obliged to play a role in ensuring good governance because they wield......

The Power Of The Law... And Hope

Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai reminds us that we haven't run out of instances where even the most vulnerable can secure justice against the mighty, applauds Utkarsh Mishra. The Manoj Bajpayee-starrer......

BCCI inducts Sorabjee, Ray for Ganguly case

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has roped in the country's leading legal brains, Soli Sorabjee and Siddhartha Shankar Ray, in its bid to prepare a watertight defence for India skipper......

Tendulkar conferred Order of Australia

Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar was conferred the Order of Australia at a function in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Rajya Sabha MP isonly the second Indian after former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee......

Umrigar discharged from hospital

Former India skipper Polly Umgirar has been discharged from the Bombay Hospital after having undergone a session of chemotherapy for Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects a part of......