Soli Sorabjee

Soli Sorabjee
Sorabjee in 2011
7th Attorney General of India
In office
7 April 1998 – 4 June 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byAshok Desai
Succeeded byMilon K. Banerji
In office
9 December 1989 – 2 December 1990
Prime MinisterV. P. Singh
Preceded byK. Parasaran
Succeeded byG. Ramaswamy
Personal details
Born(1930-03-09)9 March 1930
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died30 April 2021(2021-04-30) (aged 91)
Delhi, India
AwardsPadma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan
Member of the Order of Australia
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Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, AM (9 March 1930 – 30 April 2021) was an Indian jurist who served as Attorney-General for India from 1989 to 1990, and again from 1998 to 2004. In 2002, he received the Padma Vibhushan for his defence of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights.

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