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|name = M. C. Setalvad
| known_for = [[India]]'s first [[Attorney General]].
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|office1 = [[Attorney General for India]]
|term_start1 = 28 January 1950
|term_end1 = 1 March 1963
| office2 = [[Law Commission of India|Chairman, 1st Law Commission of India]]
| termstart2 = 1955
| termend2 = 1958
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|birthname = Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad
|nationality = [[India]]n
| parents = [[Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad]] (Member of Hunter Committee which was formed to investigate Jallianwala Bagh Massacre)
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| relatives =[[Teesta Setalvad]](grand daughter)
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'''Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad''' (c. 1884 – 1974) was an eminent [[India]]n [[jurist]], who became the first and longest serving [[Attorney General for India]] (1950–1963).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/26/stories/2006102603841000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127104225/http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/26/stories/2006102603841000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Rule of law versus rule of judges |date=Oct 26, 2006}}</ref> He also remained the Chairman of the first [[Law Commission of India]] (1955–1958), which has mandated for [[law reform|legal reform]] in the country by [[Government of India]]. He became the first Chairman of the [[Bar Council of India]] in 1961.<ref>[http://www.lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/main.htm First Law Commission: Chairman Mr. M. C. Setalvad 1955-1958] [[Law Commission of India]].</ref>

He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian honour by [[Government of India]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards|publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padma_awards.php}}</ref>

==Biography==
The son of noted lawyer Sir [[Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad]], M. C. Setalvad was brought up in Bombay. He studied at [[Government Law College, Mumbai]].

He started practicing law in Bombay and eventually became Advocate General of Bombay and Attorney General for India in 1950, in the formative years of Government of India, under [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].

He appeared for the government in a host of important and, at times, controversial cases. He was also involved with the [[Radcliffe Tribunal]] for demarcation of the India-Pakistan border and several [[UN]] proceedings on Kashmir. He chaired the first Law Commission of independent India, in which capacity he not just advised the government on crucial reforms and legislation but also created a framework for the Commissions’ future functioning.<ref name="BCI">{{Cite web | title = M.C. Setalvad | publisher = Bar Council of India | url = http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/legends-of-the-bar/m-c-setalvad/ | access-date = 12 April 2012}}</ref>

He died in 1974.<ref>[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/114833954/Mr-MC-Setalvad-Reference-on-the-death-of-Mr---Bombay-High-Court memorial]</ref>

==Personal life==
His son, Atul Setalvad (25 October 1933 - 22 July 2010)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120720234050/http://www.bombaybar.com/cgi-bin/loquitur/mail.cgi?f=archive_bare;l=loquitur;id=20100727085715 Obituary of A.M. Setalvad]</ref> was a Mumbai-based lawyer and his daughter-in-law Sita Setalvad, a rural crafts exponent, while his granddaughter, [[Teesta Setalvad]], is a journalist, activist and educationist.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041128/society.htm#2|title=Teesta in full flow|date=November 28, 2004|work=The Tribune}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''My life; law and other things'', 1970.
* {{cite book|author=Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad|title=Bhulabhai Desai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfO1AAAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101226013546/http://judgesplot4plot.com/Plot4plot/000%20Up%20Dates/06%20CJI.LahotiFirm/CJI.motilal__setalvad.htm M. C. Setalvad, Biography]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/of-reform-and-resistance/453151/2 Of reform and resistance] [[Indian Express]]

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