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Hira Lal Sibal
Hira Lal Sibal receiving Padma Bhushan from president Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Advocate General of Haryana
In office
24 June 1991 ? 10 May 1996
In office
4 February 1985 ? 11 July 1986
Advocate General of Punjab
In office
11 April 1970 ? 24 January 1972
In office
10 June 1968 ? 19 February 1969
Personal details
Born ( 1914-09-24 ) 24 September 1914
Lahore , Punjab , British India
Died ( 2012-12-29 ) 29 December 2012
Chandigarh , India
Children Kanwal Sibal
Kapil Sibal
Occupation Lawyer
Awards Padma Bhushan
Punjab Rattan Award
Living Legend of Law

Hira Lal Sibal was an Indian lawyer, jurist and two-time Advocate General of Punjab and Haryana, known for his legal defence of cases against the noted Urdu writers, Ismat Chugtai and Saadat Hasan Manto in 1945. [1] He practised at Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Supreme Court of India . [2]

Sibal started his practice in 1937 at Lahore of British India [3] and moved to Shimla in 1948 after the Indian independence but later settled in Chandigarh in 1955 to practise at the Punjab and Haryana High Court . [4] He served as the Advocate General for the States of Punjab and Haryana, for two terms each, respectively [1] [5] but was reported to have declined an offer to become a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. [6] During his Lahore days, he successfully defended Malik Ghulam Nabi, who would later become a minister in the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto government, in a kidnapping case [4] and was the counsel for Ismat Chugtai and Saadat Hasan Manto in the cases against them for indecent writing in 1945; the former was fined ?90 while the latter was acquitted. [1]

Sibal was a recipient of the Punjab Rattan Award of the Government of Punjab [7] and the International Bar Association awarded him the Living Legend of Law honor in 1994. [4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan , in 2006, for his contributions to Law. [8] He died on 29 December 2012, at the age of 98. [2] Virender Sibal and Jitendar Sibal, the elder two of his sons are former Indian Administrative Service officers while the third son, Kanwal Sibal , is a former Foreign Secretary of India . [9] The youngest of the sons, Kapil Sibal , is a noted senior lawyer, a politician aligned with the Indian National Congress and a former Union Minister who held various portfolios in the UPA Government from 2009 to 2014. [9]

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References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c "Kapil Sibal bereaved - Hira Lall Sibal dead" . Yes Punjab. 29 December 2012 . Retrieved 13 June 2016 .
  2. ^ a b "Kapil Sibal bereaved" . Zee News. 29 December 2012 . Retrieved 13 June 2016 .
  3. ^ "Hira Lal Sibal Kapil Sibal and his 98 year old father in the difference" . Bhaskar. 18 July 2012 . Retrieved 13 June 2016 .
  4. ^ a b c "Living legend of the law Hira Lal Sibal breathes his last" . Times of India. 29 December 2012 . Retrieved 13 June 2016 .
  5. ^ "Former AGs of Haryana" . Government of Haryana .
  6. ^ "Kapil Sibal's lawyer father Hira Lal dies in Chandigarh" . Indian Express. 30 December 2012 . Retrieved 13 June 2016 .
  7. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF) . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015 . Retrieved 3 January 2016 .
  8. ^ a b "Kapil Sibal's Father Hira Lall Sibal Dead" . Outlook India. 29 December 2012 . Retrieved 13 June 2016 .


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