Abhinav Chandrachud met Soli Sorabjee at the latter's south Delhi home in May 2018. The book, an authorised biography, grew from interviews that Chandrachud recorded then.
Perhaps the influence of Jazz explained Soli Sorabjee’s direct and uninhibited demeanour, writes Pallavi Shroff who knew him from the 1960s.
Sorabjee died on April 30, 2021. He was being treated for Covid-19 in a Delhi hospital.
Sorabjee's death was announced by family sources. He was 91.
The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, signed on October 25 in 1980, provides for a mechanism to return a child internationally abducted by a parent from one member country to another.
"It's a bold innovative move and honest tax payers have nothing to worry about. Though their may be initial discomfort and inconvenience which should be borne in the larger interest of the society and the nation," Sorabjee, former Attorney General of India, told PTI.
Justice Thakur was today sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India in a brief ceremony held in the imposing Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Will it, or won't it? The biggest legal battle in recent memory has come down to this question. After 4 long months of debate and argument between legal titans on the constitutionality of the National Judicial Appointments Commission, the Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on the matter.
Commenting on Supreme Court's directive to the Centre to disclose names of all the account holders in the black money case, Soli Sorabjee, former Attorney General says the SC order may not be the ideal step but it is a step in right direction.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan, Navin Chawla Former CEC, Soli Sorabjee Former Attorney General. Ashok Jha Former Finance Secretary and Ajay Dua Former DIPP Secy discuss what can the government do and what it cannot.
The government had already cleared the Presidential reference after Justice Ganguly refused to quit the post. But if Justice Ganguly resigns before that, then the Presidential reference will become infructuous.
Ganguly is expected to step down after the residential reference is formalised. Though if he resigns ahead of that, the Presidential reference will become infructuous.
Former attorney-general Soli Sorabjee told CNBC-TV18 that the manner of allocation will certainly be open to judicial review.
Former additional Solicitor General and constitutional lawyer KTS Tulsi says the apex court’s decision is on expected lines.
Former attorney general Soli Sorabjee on Saturday supported the 2G trial court order rejecting Janata party President Subramanian Swamy's plea against Home Minister P Chidambaram.
How significant is the CBI Special Court’s decision to permit Subramanian Swamy to depose his part of his attempt to include P Chidambaram amongst the 2G accused. Has the press understood its significance or exaggerated? Experts discuss.
With questions being raised about P Chidambaram's alleged role in the 2G scam, how credible is the claim that he should be charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act and has the recent trial court ruling on charges weakened that argument or corroborated it?
In recent times, the Indian public has often seen the judiciary taking the Executive to task, even taking over some of its functions. But are judges overstepping the limits of their power?
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigating the 2G spectrum scam has summoned former attorney general Soli Sorabjee. Sorabbjee during his tenure as the attorney general had favoured the National Telecom Policy 1999.
The belief that governor Bhardwaj has recommended the dismissal of the Karnataka government has created an enormous controversy isolating the governor himself.
On 2G trail, the Delhi High Court adjourned the bail hearing of the five corporate honchos, Sanjay Chandra, Vinod Goenka and Reliance ADAG, who have been in Tihar Jail for over 1 week. CNBC-TV18’s Rituparno Bhuyan reports on the Delhi HC’s action on why the hearing was adjourned till May 2.
Yesterday Binayak Sen walked out of prison after the Supreme Court (SC) granted him bail. But his conviction last December and the SC’s comments granting him bail have raised serious questions about the law of sedition as well as about the handling of Binayak Sen’s case. Karan Thapar discusses these issues with an eminent set of panelists.