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2 Santosh Dass (second from right) with Ali Malek QC (unveiling the portrait), Lord David Alton, David Mewens (artist) and Sujat Ambedkar (right) at the Grayâs Inn, London. Tribune photo
Aparna Banerji
Jalandhar, July 22
Dr BR Ambedkar became the first Indian with a room dedicated to him at the Gray’s Inn, London. The Gray’s Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London with an illustrious list of jurists, judges and barristers such as Francis Bacon, Baron Slynn, Lord Bingham of Cornhill and others having been its members.
An institution unique to Britain
Gray’s Inn is one of the four inns of Court is an institution unique to Britain. The over 600-year old institution has been upholding the tradition of mentorship to those in the legal profession in the UK with an illustrious list of members from Farncis Bacon to Lord Bingham of Cronhill, Lord Hoffman among others