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  • A CAPTAIN’S KNOCK OF 82: IN MEMORIAM, MAHENDRA SHAH
    [June 14, 2009]  On a balmy Friday evening, a High Court judge slid into a plastic chair on the longest boundary of the Police Gymkhana cricket field on Mumbai’s Marine Drive. He was joined a few minutes later…[More]


  • A WAY TO GRIEVE: IN MEMORIAM ANAND BHATT
    [December 3, 2008]  A WAY TO GRIEVE In Memoriam: Anand Bhatt 2 December 1948–26 November 2008 by Gautam Patel He would have been 60 today, 2nd December. Very likely, there would have been a celebration, an unending stream of…[More]


  • ABHAY ABHYANKAR
    [October 26, 2009]  by Gautam Patel   Things that in almost anyone else might have been faintly ridiculous—carrying a silver cigarette case; getting a barber home every morning to shave him with an old-fashioned razor kept, of course…[More]


  • ATUL SETALVAD: THE PIL LAWYER
    [July 31, 2010]  by Shyam H. K. Chainani Honorary Secretary Bombay Environmental Action Group This supplements what Shyam Divan and Gautam Patel have written in their brilliant articles. I am afraid I do not have their writing talent…[More]


  • ATUL SETALVAD: TRIBUTES
    [August 3, 2010]  At the condolence meeting of the Bombay Bar Association held on Monday, 2nd August 2010, several members paid tributes to Mr Atul Setalvad.


  • BETWEEN SEA AND SKY: IN MEMORIAM SHEKHAR SHETYE
    [June 7, 2010]  We knew of each other from Court but became friends through our children: his son and my elder daughter were at the same nursery school. Other intersections followed: Shekhar’s in-laws lived in a flat in…[More]


  • BUT THE MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN: IN MEMORIAM, LALIT CHARI
    [November 19, 2009]  by Gautam Patel   “Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.” — William Blake     A good man died last Sunday. He was…[More]


  • CHAMPAK SHAH
    [March 18, 2002]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Addressing the House of 55 members who attended the meeting, Mr Sanghavi spoke of Mr Champak Shah’s sudden demise which came as a shock. Mr Sanghavi and Mr…[More]


  • DILEEP DALAL
    [May 11, 2004]  d. 31 March 2004 RAFIQUE DADA President, Bombay Bar Association On 31 March, when we’d just finished the reference to Justice Tarkunde, we heard the sad news that our good friend, Dileep Dalal had…[More]


  • GODSPEED MR VASUDEO
    [August 15, 2008]  A tribute to our member, and Honorary Secretary of the High Court Law Library, Milind Vasudeo.


  • JF SETHNA, FARIDA SIKANDER, NN SURATI, DP HEGDE
    [August 1, 2002]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Addressing the House of 69 members who attended the meeting, Mr Sanghavi said that all four members were regulars at the Bar Association. Jehangir Sethna was that most…[More]


  • JM THAKORE
    [December 12, 2000]  MR MS SANGHAVIPresident, Bombay Bar Association Mr Sanghavi said that Mr JM Thakore, erstwhile Advocate-General of Gujarat who passed away unexpectedly. Mr Thakore had the unique and remarkable distinction of holding the post of Advocate-General…[More]


  • KH PANCHAL
    [July 17, 2001]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Mr Sanghavi, President of the Bombay Bar Association told the House of 45 members that he had known the late Mr K H Panchal since their days in…[More]


  • KHARSHEDJI HORMASJI BHABHA
    [July 26, 2004]  d.May 26, 2004 RAFIQUE A DADA Senior Advocate President, Bombay Bar Association Mrs Bhabha, members of Kharshedji Bhabha’s family, Mr Nariman, Mr Chagla, Mr Rohit Kapadia, vice-president of the Association, Mr Avinash Rana, Mr…[More]


  • KHATU COOPER
    [May 4, 2004]  4 November 1924 — 28 March 2004 141 Members attended the meeting, including Mr Justice SJ Vazifdar, Mr Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Mr Justice SU Kamdar. RAFIQUE A DADA President, Bombay Bar Association We…[More]


  • MILIND SAKHARDANDE
    [March 8, 2001]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Addressing the House, Mr Sanghavi spoke of Mr Milind Sakhardande as a fine lawyer who was always thoroughly prepared in all his matters and argued with great conviction…[More]


  • NANI PALKHIVALA
    [December 17, 2002]  NANI PALKHIVALA January 16, 1920 — December 11, 2002 MR GE VAHANAVATI Advocate-General of Maharashtra Mr Rafique Dada, President of the Bombay Bar Association; Mr Rohit Kapadia, Vice-President of the Bombay Bar Association; Mr…[More]


  • NARI GURSAHANI
    [September 19, 2005]  d. 22 August 2005 Report of the Condolence Meeting held on 16 September 2005 at 5:00 pm in the Assocation premises. 41 Members attended the meeting Mr RA DADA Senior Advocate President, Bombay Bar…[More]


  • PP KHAMBATTA
    [October 22, 2001]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Addressing the House, Mr Sanghavi said that PP Khambatta, who died recently at the age of 94, belonged to a vanishing breed: he was that rare combination of…[More]


  • PR ASHAR
    [October 22, 2001]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Mr PR Ashar who was a familiar face in the Association and would be sorely missed. On behalf of the Association, Mr Sanghavi extended his condolences to the…[More]


  • RAISING THE BAR
    [July 26, 2010]  by Shyam Divan (This tribute appeared in the Indian Express on 27 July 2010) When Atul Setalvad passed away last week, the legal fraternity, particularly the Bombay High Court Bar, lost a giant whose contribution…[More]


  • REMEMBERING KHATU: A PERSONAL MEMOIR
    [November 4, 2009]  by Gautam Patel   New Delhi, late November 2002. The hotel restaurant isn’t full; only two other tables are occupied. It’s very quiet, and the three of us are happy to have it that way…[More]


  • SHIRAZ RAHIMTOOLA
    [July 22, 2002]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Addressing the House of 116 members who attended the meeting, Mr Sanghavi spoke of Mr Rahimtoola’s sudden death on May 22 of a heart attack while on holiday…[More]


  • SOHINI NANAVATI
    [March 28, 2001]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Addressing the House of 106 members who attended the meeting, Mr Sanghavi said that Mrs Sohini Nanavati came from an illustrious family, many of whom practiced as solicitors…[More]


  • ST TIJORIWALA
    [October 22, 2001]  MR MS SANGHAVI President, Bombay Bar Association Addressing the House, Mr Sanghavi spoke of his long association with Mr Tijoriwala who was a distinguished Senior Advocate who made a name for himself at the Bombay…[More]


  • THAT OCEANIC FEELING: ATUL M SETALVAD
    [July 27, 2010]  by Gautam Patel Early that July morning, as the dawn broke over a tumultuous sea, a life faded as it had lived: without complaint or fuss, with quiet dignity. For the many of us who…[More]


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