H. M. Seervai (1906-1996) was an Indian jurist and constitutional lawyer whose 1967 treatise Constitutional Law of India, A Critical Commentary became a standard reference cited widely in Indian courts and influenced the Supreme Court 1973 Kesavananda Bharati decision establishing the basic structure doctrine that limits Parliament power to amend the constitution.
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RoleJurist, lawyer and writer; Advocate General of Maharashtra, 1960 to 1974 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceBombay (present-day Mumbai), India 1 Classification
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Hormasji "Homi" Maneckji Seervai (1906-1996) was an Indian jurist, lawyer and writer.
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Seervai was born on 5 December 1906 in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) in a middle class Parsi family.
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26 January 1996(1996-01-26) (aged 89)
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He is a well-known and widely respected Constitutional expert, and his works are commonly cited in Indian legal cases and in journals of law.
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was an Indian jurist
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