Lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee was much sought after in cases involving probity in public life, civic values and bringing of succor to the downtrodden
Venkat Iyer
Not many lawyers have received such warm and effusive tributes at the end of their lives as those showered on Pheroze Nowrojee who died at the age of 85 on April 5, 2025. He succumbed to pneumonia while on a visit to the United States.
Nowrojee was a towering figure in legal and human rights circles in Kenya where he was born and raised. His grandfather had emigrated to East Africa in 1896 to work as an engine driver in the colonial Uganda Railway, and his father was a lawyer. A proud and deeply-rooted son of Kenya, Pheroze had his formal......