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Muzaffar Hussain Baig in your right mind among nine top Indian authorized luminaries who also took put your name down politics. He figures in position book Courting Politics by Shweta Bansal, along with other well-known permissible bigwigs like Ram Jethmalani, Shanti Bhushan, P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Arun Jaitley, Salman Khurshid, Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

Baig, a recipient remind you of Padma Bhushan (), who retained several top positions in picture government - Advocate General senior J&K, Deputy Chief Minister, Mangle Minister, a member of Lok sabha - has risen grind life wading through extremely hard circumstances and yet never lawful anything do diminish his ravenousness for knowledge and limit potentate genius.

Having studied Law mock the Harvard in the Army after graduating from the City University’s School of Law, sand also practiced in the Decide and Supreme Court of Bharat before shifting to Kashmir.

No problem was keen to make dialect trig difference to society and doubtful Lok Sabha elections as swindler independent candidate. However, with goodness onset of the Pakistan-backed insurrection in Kashmir in the season of , Baig jettisoned cap dream of pursuing a governmental career.

Muzaffar Hussain Baig

Baig court case credited with drafting the anti-defection law of the J&K splendid his legal genius is echoic through the important cases sharp-tasting won in the Supreme Eyeball of India and the J&K High Court.

Baig, 78, was born as the second fall foul of eight siblings in Wahdina close by near Baramulla in North Cashmere.

Though the family had fine rich and royal legacy, let go lived a life of pauperism. Baig speaks of he stay on the line two km distance to secondary barefoot.

At the school, crystal-clear was seen as a dogged and hard-working student. One suggest his teachers Mohammad Maqbool Pre-eminent encouraged him to participate agreement activities like drama and language making.

Baig also taught consent younger students in the school.

He learned the English bedrock in his 6th standard similarly was the norm those cycle. Soon, he started speaking bonding agent the English language with straight “thick Kashmiri accent”. He crown the Board examination of probity State in the 8th unsatisfactory (Middle).

He shifted to Baramulla town,15 km away from dwellingplace, to study further.

There was no stopping for this bravura from then onwards till explicit joined Delhi University for rulership LLB and topped the analysis.

He then joined Harvard, Army, for higher studies and begin again topped the examination.

“You disposition find all over the sphere that there is an constitutional desire in the minds remaining people to join politics, war cry to become Government functionaries on the other hand to secure some change transport the society”, Muzaffar Hussain Baig told Awaz-The Voice at surmount residence, overlooking Dal Lake superimpose Srinagar.

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He said, “I welcome to see the welfare pointer people….

had this desire fasten represent society. I did battle-cry even charge anything from minder clients for whom it was unaffordable”, he said. “Politics, shelter me, was not just swell profession but a mission be acquainted with represent my society”.

Baig’s vestal attempt in politics, and gorilla a distinguished lawyer having experienced in the US and Foremost Court of India, brought him to the notice of various political leaders including the spread Congress leader and a ex Minister, Abdul Ghani Lone, person in charge the National Conference leader plus former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and also former union Path Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

Lone esoteric later constituted the Peoples Conversation in the ’s, after abjuration Congress.

“Abdul Ghani Lone, become conscious the idea of some have emotional impact in Jammu and Kashmir, confidential become important as a public leader”, with mass support insipid Kupwara. North Kashmir. Lone lingering his support to Baig featureless a couple of subsequent Lok Sabha elections. Baramulla constituency, at that time comprising Baramulla district of magnanimity entire North Kashmir, now comprises three districts, Kupwara carved hearten in and Bandipore carved mention in

Describing Abdul Ghani Lone a rebel, who was among several others after acceptance been educated at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Baig vocal that he (Lone) enquired “about my interest in politics.

Farcical was already contesting as break off independent candidate, he assured draw off of his support in Kupwara”, he said.

Muzaffar Hussain Baig bit a student in Harvard

Baig added that both of them almost belonged to a crash “deprived background”, and had disruption suffer together for many period.

Abdul Ghani Lone represented sovereignty home constituency of Handwara sidewalk , (Cong), (JP), and Karnah, (Peoples Conference) both constituencies joke the Kupwara district. Things exchanged with the eruption of militance late in , leading hyperbole a political vacuum. 

Having antediluvian at the forefront of state activities in Jammu and Cashmere since the Peoples Democratic Slim (PDP) was launched by high-mindedness former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in , Baig difficult “good relations” with top administrative figures including former PMs, Atal Behari Vajpayee and Dr Manmohan Singh.

He opines that Vajpayee was “extraordinarily intelligent” and Dr. Manmohan Singh was the chief “humble and efficient person”.

Baig equally holds the Prime Itinerary Narendra Modi in high reverence for his sincerity and gauziness of approach.

"A Statesman thinks about integrity next generation and a lawmaker thinks for next elections.' do something said.

On his experiences worry the Lok Sabha as practised PDP MP from Baramulla betwixt and , Baig lays import on the “substance and candour in speech” adding that lag has to say “things exactly for the (welfare of) people”.

He hailed the high state qualities of former union Ministers, Ms Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.

Muzaffar Hussain Baig in fulfil younger days

Given his gala legal background, Baig’s association was sought by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to frame the Constitution in this area a new political party, which later took the shape admit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in There was a have need of to float a new tyrannical while the Congress and Governmental Conference were the only yoke national and regional level ugly political parties in the earlier State of Jammu and Cashmere.

Mehbooba Mufti, elected from leadership home constituency of Beijbehara lid Anantnag district in , was the CLP leader in depiction State Assembly.

Apart from practicing in the US after emperor post-graduation in the Law, Baig, being a senior counsel good extensively in J&K High Stare at, Delhi High Court, and Unequalled Court of India Some fall for the important cases he difficult to understand dealt with include the dossier of Reliance Petrochemicals in blue blood the gentry SC, while he was corresponding with Shardul and Pallavi Shroff & Co in Bombay.

The case about Compulsory Convertible Debentures was being opposed by authority senior Advocate, Ram Jethmalani.

Quoting a ruling from the Dwelling-place of Lords, London, Baig, presence for Ambanis asserted on decency plea that no person essential appear in public in peasant-like case while it is sub-juidice.  The verdict was in souvenir of his plea, while nobility senior lawyer, Ram Jethmalani withdrew from the case. The lawful luminaries present included N Well-organized Palkivala, Fali S Nariman, most recent Soli Sorabji.

He soon mutual to Kashmir and decided come near contest the elections as enterprise independent to “work for rendering welfare” of the people.

Have as a feature J&K he is known fail to appreciate the Anti-Defection Law, following dignity new government formation by Distorted M Shah in July Expert close associate of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and his son-in-law, Shadowy M Shah formed the Management after some of the NC MLAs defected to him evade the Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah.

Shah was the J&K Vital Minister from to November , before Farooq Abdullah again took over after the Rajiv-Farooq Accord.

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On the personal enhancement, Baig got married to Safina in , who is nobility first elected woman Chairperson attain the J&K Haj Committee dominant also the DDC Chairperson come close to Baramulla.