Today, Senior Advocate and All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) secretary Zafaryab Jilani (73) passed away in Lucknow after he suffered a head injury recently.

He was unwell for some time.

As a convenor of the Babri Masjid Action Committee, Senior Advocate Jilani had argued in the Ram Janmabhoomi case in the Supreme Court.

Earlier, Zafaryab Jilani served as the Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh.

In 2019, when the land dispute case was finally settled by Supreme Court, Jilani had said he has no regrets about having dedicated so much time to the case, which may have been rewarding in terms of name and fame, but surely came at the cost of bigger prospects of a profitable practice.