20: April, New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has condoled the death of prominent rights activist and retired chief justice of Delhi High Court – Justice Rajinder Sachar. He died today at the age of 94.

In a statement to the media, the Secretary-General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Muhammad Salim Engineer said: ‘’ We are deeply saddened by the death of Justice Rajinder Sachar. We offer our condolences to his family members and share their grief. His greatest contribution towards empowerment of the minorities of India was the ‘’Sachar Committee Report’’ which showed the true socio-economic educational position of Muslims in India. As retired chief justice of India, he could have led a retired luxurious life. But he always remained active in civil society as a champion of civil liberties and human rights and traversed the length and breadth of the country. Justice Rajindar Sachar was honored with the first V.R. Krishna Iyer award instituted by the Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity (FDCA)’’.

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The JIH Secretary-General continued: ‘’the leadership of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind was always in close contact with Justice Sachar and supported him for different causes. We feel that his death is a deep loss for the whole nation, for civil society and especially the Muslim community of India. We hope that his legacy will be preserved and the noble work that he initiated will be continued by his followers’’.

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