User:Hmb1234/sandbox/Habibullah Badsha

Born on March 8,1933, Badsha did his schooling from Church Park and Christ’s Church School in Chennai. Following his graduation and post raduation degrees in Islamic studies from Presidency College, he obtained his law degree from Madras University. In 1957, he enrolled as an advocate. He was a junior to Senior Advocate Govind Swaminadhan, who was Crown Prosecutor and former Advocate General of Tamil Nadu from 1969 to 1976. During the course of his prolific career, he served as standing counsel to the Central Government in 1967 and as state Public Prosecutor of the Madras High Court in 1974. In 1986, he declined appointment as a judge to the Supreme Court as he preferred to be an advocate. in 1987, the then Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran appointed him as Special Public Prosecutor to conduct a case related to burning down of copies of the Constitution by 10 DMK MLAs during the party’s anti-Hindi agitation. In 1991, he was appointed as Advocate-General and refused a similar offer made by DMK president M. Karunanithi in 1996 citing health reasons. He is regarded as a role model who espoused secularism and minority rights. He is also associated with various philanthropic activities including The Muslim Educational Association of Southern India (MEASI) and the Anjuman E Himayath Islam. Many of his Juniors were elevated to positions as judges. Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice R Sudhakar of the Madras High Court have worked as juniors to Mr. Badsha. Mr. Badsha passed away on November 17, 2017 of age related complications at the age of 84. He married his college mate Shyamala, daughter of Rajagopal Naidu and he is survived by 3 children, Abdul Jabbar Suhail, Dr. Humeira Badsha and Maimoona Badsha.