Mulayam Singh Yadav, Pak Chief Justice among five to be honoured

NEW DELHI: Samjawadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary are among the five eminent persons, who will be presented with the prestigious International Jurists Award 2012 by the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Lord Phillips on May 28 in London. According to Adish C Aggarwala, President of International Council of Jurists, and Sir Justice Gavin Lightman, retired Judge of High Court of England, Yadav has been selected for his unflinching contribution to the advancement of the bar and the bench. His support to the development of the legal fraternity is unparalleled in the world.Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary has been selected for his unique and substantial contribution in the field of administration of justice and for tireless and fearless endeavours towards administration of justice in the country against all odds. The biography of Mulayam Singh Yadav titled 'Mulayam Singh Yadav-Harbinger of Social Justice' written by eminent author and law attorney Sarah Booth will be also released and presented to Mulayam Singh Yadav by the Chief Justice of UK on the occasion.