ZAFARYAB Jilani, a senior advocate and secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) died on Tuesday in Lucknow after he suffered a head injury recently. He had been unwell for sometime even before that, Live Law reported.
The 73-year-old senior advocate was also the convenor of Babri Masjid Action Committee. He represented the Muslim petitioners in the Ram Janmabhoomi case in the Supreme Court. He had even served as the Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh in the past.
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In May 2021, he was admitted to Medanta Hospital at around 8 pm after suffering a serious head injury due to a fall. Due to his critical condition, he was sent to the ICU immediately. According to the doctors of neuro department, preliminary examination and CT scan revealed that there was a blood clot in the front part of his brain, which was successfully removed after surgery. His healh had reportedly improved for some time after the surgery.
This senior advocate had fought on behalf of the Muslim petitioners in the Ram Janmabhoomi case for a span of 45 years. The Supreme Court had eventually ruled that the claims of the Hindu side, on the site where once the Babri Masjid stood, were legitimate.
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"The judgment at this stage of life is not just a matter of my personal satisfaction," he was quoted saying, by News 18, after the Supreme Court had reserved its judgement in the case.
"I am more relieved because not many are so aware of voluminous information, legalities and minutest of details involving the case. For anyone else to pick up the threads of the proceedings in the case spanning over decades will be a mammoth challenge after me," he had said.