Niren De was an Indian Lawyer and was the Attorney General for India from November 1968 to March 1977 and it covered Indian Emergency.[3] He was earlier the Solicitor General of India.[4][5][6] He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1974. He was also the Chairman of the Bar council of India.[7]
Niren De | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General for India[1] | |
| In office 1 November 1968 – 31 March 1977 | |
| Preceded by | C. K. Daphtary |
| Succeeded by | S. V. Gupte |
| Solicitor General of India | |
| In office 30 September 1967 – 30 October 1968 | |
| Preceded by | S. V. Gupte |
| Succeeded by | Jagadish Swarup |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1908[2] Calcutta, British India |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan (1974) |
As the Attorney General for India during Emergency, when questioned by the Supreme Court of India about the remedies available if an innocent man was to be shot dead by the Police, he is reported to have said, “Your Lordships, as long as there is Emergency, there is no remedy…that is the law…”[8][9]
His daughter Pramila Le Hunte was the first Asian woman to stand in a UK general election as a Conservative Party candidate.[10] She was a candidate in the 1982 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election before standing unsuccessfully in Birmingham Ladywood at the 1983 United Kingdom general election, losing to Clare Short.[11]
References
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- ^ Enlite. Light Publications. 1968. p. 8. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Attorney General of India Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Solicitor General of India". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
- ^ "When the Supreme Court struck down the Habeas Corpus". Archived from the original on 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
- ^ What Indira Gandhi's Emergency proved for India
- ^ "Former Chairmen". Bar council of India. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "The KB Case". Open The Magazine. 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "A Story About a Law Officer and the Violence in His Arguments". The Wire. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ "Pramila Le Hunte: 'I tried to be the first female British Asian Tory MP'". BBC News. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
- ^ "Two Indian women chosen to represent Britain's Labour and Conservative parties". India Today. 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2024-10-04.