On Saturday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that with the passing away of Arun Jaitley, the country has lost a brilliant parliamentarian, an intelligent statesman and a legal luminary whose advice was trusted by all in public life across the political divide. Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and son.

While speaking to news agency PTI, Mehta said that the demise of Arun Jaitley is a great loss for the nation, the Indian polity, and the legal fraternity. He also said that the Jaitley always left a lasting imprint on anyone he came in touch with and as a senior advocate, guided his political and professional colleagues with mature legal advice and "stood by them during the most adverse circumstances."