Soli Sorabjee

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Attorney General of India human jurist lawyer

Soli Sorabjee was a prominent Indian jurist and former Attorney General of India, renowned for his contributions to constitutional law and civil liberties.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Soli Sorabjee canonical	3
Soli J. Sorabjee	1
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3461617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Soli Sorabjee
Context triple: [Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad, notableRelative, Soli Sorabjee]

A. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud is an Indian jurist known for his progressive and influential judgments on constitutional law, civil liberties, and social justice.
B. Sir Dinshaw Petit
Sir Dinshaw Petit was a prominent Parsi industrialist and philanthropist from Bombay, known for his influential role in the Indian textile industry and public life during the British colonial era.
C. Shapurji Saklatvala
Shapurji Saklatvala was a British-Indian communist politician and trade unionist who became one of the first persons of Indian origin to serve as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
D. Asser Malik
Asser Malik is a Pakistani cricket executive and sports entrepreneur best known as the husband of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
E. Narayan Desai
Narayan Desai was an Indian Gandhian activist, writer, and educator known for his extensive work on documenting and propagating Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Soli Sorabjee
Target entity description: Soli Sorabjee was a prominent Indian jurist and former Attorney General of India, renowned for his contributions to constitutional law and civil liberties.

A. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud is an Indian jurist known for his progressive and influential judgments on constitutional law, civil liberties, and social justice.
B. Sir Dinshaw Petit
Sir Dinshaw Petit was a prominent Parsi industrialist and philanthropist from Bombay, known for his influential role in the Indian textile industry and public life during the British colonial era.
C. Shapurji Saklatvala
Shapurji Saklatvala was a British-Indian communist politician and trade unionist who became one of the first persons of Indian origin to serve as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
D. Asser Malik
Asser Malik is a Pakistani cricket executive and sports entrepreneur best known as the husband of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
E. Narayan Desai
Narayan Desai was an Indian Gandhian activist, writer, and educator known for his extensive work on documenting and propagating Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Attorney General of India ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy	Atal Bihari Vajpayee ⓘ Morarji Desai ⓘ linked to: Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
awardReceived	Padma Shri ⓘ Padma Vibhushan ⓘ Padma Vibhushan 2002 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	COVID-19 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	India ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1930-03-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2021-04-30 ⓘ
educatedAt	Government Law College, Mumbai ⓘ linked to: Government Law College Mumbai St. Xavier's College, Mumbai ⓘ
endTime	firstTermAttorneyGeneral_1990 ⓘ secondTermAttorneyGeneral_2004 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Parsi ⓘ linked to: Parsis
fieldOfWork	civil liberties ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ
genre	legal writing ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix	Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix	PV ⓘ
knownFor	constitutional law expertise ⓘ defending civil liberties ⓘ defending freedom of speech ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalLicense	Supreme Court of India bar ⓘ
memberOf	UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities ⓘ linked to: United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Committee ⓘ linked to: Human Rights Committee
name	Soli Jehangir Sorabjee ⓘ linked to: Soli Sorabjee
notableIdea	strong protection of fundamental rights in India ⓘ
notableWork	cases on press freedom in India ⓘ public interest litigation ⓘ
occupation	Attorney General ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bombay Presidency, British India ⓘ linked to: Bombay Presidency Mumbai ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
positionHeld	Attorney General of India ⓘ linked to: Attorney General Solicitor General of India ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ
residence	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
startTime	firstTermAttorneyGeneral_1989 ⓘ secondTermAttorneyGeneral_1998 ⓘ
workedAt	Supreme Court of India ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad → notableRelative → Soli Sorabjee ⓘ

Government Law College, Mumbai → notableAlumnus → Soli Sorabjee ⓘ

subject linked to: Government Law College Mumbai

Soli Sorabjee → name → Soli Jehangir Sorabjee ⓘ

linked to: Soli Sorabjee

GLC Mumbai → hasNotableAlumni → Soli Sorabjee ⓘ

GLC Mumbai → hasNotableAlumni → Soli J. Sorabjee ⓘ