New Delhi: Many Bollywood celebrities expressed their grief on the loss of the Supreme Court lawyer and ex-Union minister Ram Jethmalani.
According to his family, Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am in the national capital on Sunday. He was aged 95.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt took to his Twitter to pay tribute to the late lawyer. "Even the sky must learn to say goodbye to the stars. I thank you, sir, for touching my life. Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95," he wrote.
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Even the sky must learn to say goodbye to the stars . I thank you sir for touching my life. 🙏🙏🙏. #RamJethmalani passes away at 95. pic.twitter.com/5VZukm8tra
— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) September 8, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Even the sky must learn to say goodbye to the stars . I thank you sir for touching my life. 🙏🙏🙏. #RamJethmalani passes away at 95. pic.twitter.com/5VZukm8tra
— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) September 8, 2019Even the sky must learn to say goodbye to the stars . I thank you sir for touching my life. 🙏🙏🙏. #RamJethmalani passes away at 95. pic.twitter.com/5VZukm8tra
— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) September 8, 2019
Actor-filmmaker-singer Farhan Akhtar who is gearing up for the world premiere of his upcoming film The Sky is Pink at Toronto recalled the time spent with the lawyer.
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RIP #RamJethmalani ji. The time spent in conversation with you has always remained etched fondly in my memory. Condolences to the family. 🙏🏼
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 8, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">RIP #RamJethmalani ji. The time spent in conversation with you has always remained etched fondly in my memory. Condolences to the family. 🙏🏼
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 8, 2019RIP #RamJethmalani ji. The time spent in conversation with you has always remained etched fondly in my memory. Condolences to the family. 🙏🏼
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 8, 2019
"RIP #RamJethmalani ji. The time spent in conversation with you has always remained etched fondly in my memory. Condolences to the family," he tweeted.
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Taking to her Instagram, actor Soha Ali Khan shared a picture with the 'brilliant lawyer' along with husband and actor Kunal Khemmu.
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"Today, we have lost more than a brilliant lawyer, a maverick and a rebel. We have lost the conscience keeper of collective India. Ram Jethmalani's unusual moral courage and curious legal mind has been a rare gift to independent India. Personally, he was very gracious to me and put me at ease at once with his irreverent humour - I will miss him greatly and in this I am far from alone," she captioned the picture.
Acknowledging the 'indelible' work of Jethmalani, actor Nimrat Kaur tweeted, "Growing up, no matter where you were in India when one learnt of law as a profession, the one name you learnt of that personified it, was Ram Jethmalani. A great man leaves behind a legacy urban folklore is made of. Salute him for his indelible work. #RIPRamJethmalani."
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Growing up, no matter where you were in India, when one learnt of law as a profession, the one name you learnt of that personified it, was Ram Jethmalani. A great man leaves behind a legacy urban folklore is made of. Salute him for his indelible work. 🙏🏼#RIPRamJethmalani
— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) September 8, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Growing up, no matter where you were in India, when one learnt of law as a profession, the one name you learnt of that personified it, was Ram Jethmalani. A great man leaves behind a legacy urban folklore is made of. Salute him for his indelible work. 🙏🏼#RIPRamJethmalani
— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) September 8, 2019Growing up, no matter where you were in India, when one learnt of law as a profession, the one name you learnt of that personified it, was Ram Jethmalani. A great man leaves behind a legacy urban folklore is made of. Salute him for his indelible work. 🙏🏼#RIPRamJethmalani
— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) September 8, 2019
In 1988, Jethmalani became a member of Rajya Sabha. Later, he served as the law minister and the urban development minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet. He had also been the chairman of the Bar Council of India.
Jethmalani, who was one of the highest-paid lawyers, announced his retirement in September 2017.
