FACES ONLY IN MEMORY

Lily Thomas

  • The senior-most female lawyer in the Supreme Court of India, Lily Thomas has passed away.
  • She will be most remembered for her petition which resulted in striking down of Section 8 (4) of the Representation of the People Act which allowed for convicted lawmakers to continue practising during the time it took for appeals made against them to be heard in court.
  • The landmark judgement resulted in the automatic disqualification of convicted legislators for a minimum of two years.

Fazle Hasan Abed

  • Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, a proponent of empowerment of poor people and founder of Brac (Building ....

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