Briefs

Former Advocate General, Odisha, Jayant Das No More

Bhubaneswar: Former Advocate General, Odisha, Jayant Das died of heart attack at the Apollo Hospitals here on Friday. He was 75.

He is survived by wife Sarita Jayanta Das, a retired IAS, son Aditya Das an advocate and a daughter.

Son of Justice Naba Kisore Das, he was an advocate in PIL against Vedanta University which was proposed on the Puri-Konark highway.

He studied at Delhi University and was in Audit Account Services, England. However, he left Allied Service and joined advocacy to pursue his passion.

Lawyers and eminent personalities from different fields of society paid their tributes to the former president of Orissa High Court Bar Association. They termed him as an humble and gentle human.

OB Bureau

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