Milon K. Banerji dies at 82
Milon Kumar Banerji, who held the office of Attorney General of India twice between 1992-96 and 2004-09, died here on Tuesday after months of illness, family sources said.
Banerji, 82, was not keeping well since he suffered a stroke in December 2009. He breathed his last at around 3.30 am at the Apollo Hospital. His last rites will be performed at the Lodhi Road electric crematorium today evening, the family said. Banerji is survived by two sons who are also practising advocates. His wife had predeceased him some years ago.
Debal Banerji, his elder son, is a senior lawyer practising in Calcutta high court and the Supreme Court while younger son Gourav Banerji is the Additional Solicitor General.
Banerji was first appointed the Attorney General in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government from 1992 to 1996 and then in the UPA-I government of Dr Manmohan Singh. He also served as Solicitor General from 1986 to 1989 and as Additional Solicitor General from 1979 to 1986.
Banerji, during his 50-year career, had appeared in the Supreme Court and various high courts and was associated with a number of important cases.
During the Narasimha Rao government, the day he took over as the AG on November 24, 1992, he had appeared in the Ayodhya Ramjanambhoomi Babri Masjid case and told the Supreme Court that the situation had reached a boiling point and any inaction would make it irreversible.
—PTI
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