{"id":50627,"date":"2017-11-22T17:06:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50627"},"modified":"2017-11-22T17:06:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:36:27","slug":"noted-jurist-habibullah-basha-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/noted-jurist-habibullah-basha-passes-away","title":{"rendered":"Noted jurist Habibullah Basha passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48757\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48757\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-frees-rape-accused-unreliable-testimony-woman\/testomony\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"271,186\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"testomony\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-48757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=271%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Noted jurist Habibullah Basha passes away\" width=\"271\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?w=271&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/testomony.jpg?resize=146%2C100&amp;ssl=1 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noted jurist Habibullah Basha passes away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Veteran lawyer Habibullah Basha, one of the finest jurists of the Madras Bar, passed away here today after a prolonged illness.<\/p>\n<p>A philanthropist and founder-director of the Apollo Hospitals, 84-year old Basha died at his house, the Madras Bar Association said.<\/p>\n<p>Basha is survived by wife Shyamala Basha, his college-mate, a son and two daughters.<\/p>\n<p>During his more than five-decade long career, Basha had held various law officers post such as the central government standing counsel and Tamil Nadu Advocate General and public prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>A junior of legendary lawyer Govind Swaminathan, Basha turned down a high court judgeship offered to him when he was aged just 37.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986, he declined a offer for direct appointment as a Supreme Court Judge.<\/p>\n<p>Born into an affluent family on March 8, 1933, Basha after schooling at convents here did his graduation and post-graduation in Islamic studies.<\/p>\n<p>Later he obtained Law degree from the Madras Law College and enrolled himself as an advocate in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>Basha become senior central government standing counsel ten years later and was appointed Tamil Nadu State Public Prosecutor in 1974 and went on to become the Advocate General in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>He had represented DMK President M Karunanidhi in a case registered against him for burning a copy of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran lawyer had appeared for late chief minister Jayalalithaa when she was involved in a bitter factional wrangle to get possession of the AIADMK headquarters here in late 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Basha had moved the Madras High Court against obstructions put up in connection with the infamous wedding of Jayalalitha&#8217;s then foster son V N Sudhagaran in 1995 and argued as party in person.<\/p>\n<p>Three of his juniors became judges of the Madras High Court. Among them is present judge Justice N Kirubakaran.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran lawyer Habibullah Basha, one of the finest jurists of the Madras Bar, passed away here today after a prolonged illness. A philanthropist and founder-director of the Apollo Hospitals, 84-year old Basha died at his house, the Madras Bar Association said. Basha is survived by wife Shyamala Basha, his college-mate, a son and two daughters. 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