Padma Bhushan awardee and former Supreme Court Bar Association president PP Rao dead
Q. Which of the following was a president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and a Padma Bhushan awardee?- Published on 15 Sep 17a. PP Rao
b. Rupinder Singh Suri
c. RK Jain
d. Kapil Sibal
ANSWER: PP Rao
Noted constitutional law expert and senior counsel P P Rao died on 13th Sept 2017 following a cardiac arrest.
He was 84.
Rao, who was a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2006 and was regular commentator on legal affairs.
The eminent lawyer completed 50 years of legal practice in July 2017.
Born in July 1933, he completed his LLB and LLM from the Osmania University, Hyderabad, after which he started his career by teaching law in Delhi University in 1961.
He enrolled as an advocate in 1967 in Delhi. He became an advocate on record in 1969 and was designated senior advocate by the Supreme Court in 1976.
He had the privilege of assisting lawyers like H M Seervai, M C Setalvad, N C Chatterjee and A K Sen and appeared before the Supreme Court in many landmark cases like the Kesavananda Bharati and the Babri Masjid demolition cases.
