BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday tweeted mourning veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani demise. He tweeted saying his 'very good friend' passed away. He bid farewell to the eminent lawyer in his tweet. Jethmalani passed away in his residence in Delhi on Sunday morning.

Dr Subramanian Swamy on Ram Jethmalani's demise

"I am very sad as since the last ten years I have been very close. He has advised on cases that have been filed. Till the Janta Party ended we were extremely close. We became foes after that but later again became extremely good friends," he said. 

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Ram Jethmalani passes away

Ram Jethmalani, former Union Minister and senior advocate of Supreme Court of India and an eminent professor of law passed away on Sunday, September 8. He was 95-years-old. Ram Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi, his son Mahesh Jethmalani informed. His son also informed that Ram Jethmalani's last rites will be performed in the evening at the Lodhi road crematorium.

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A glimpse at Ram Jethmalani's career

Ram Jethmalani was a former Union Minister and senior advocate of Supreme Court of India and an eminent professor of law passed. September 8 at the age of 95. Ram Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi, his son Mahesh Jethmalani informed. His son also informed that Ram Jethmalani's last rites will be performed in the evening at the Lodhi road crematorium.

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Ram Jethmalani's education and early career

Ram Jethmalani obtained a law degree at an early age of 17. He started practising law in Karachi until the partition of India. After partition, he moved to the then Bombay province. He began his life afresh in Bombay with his family after moving there.