Law & Justice, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister of India, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Sunday tweeted mourning veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani's demise. He tweeted saying that remains 'a worthy example in the legal profession'. 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. Read Ravi Shankar Prasad's full tweet -

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Ram Jethmalani, 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.

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