At­tor­ney Is­rael Khan, SC, was ho­n­oured by the Aneal Ra­jah Wind­ball Crick­et League dur­ing a gala event at the St Au­gus­tine South Recre­ation Ground re­cent­ly.

Khan was laud­ed by the club and Min­is­ter of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Khadi­jah Ameen for his con­tri­bu­tion and ser­vice to the com­mu­ni­ty over the years, be­fore be­ing pre­sent­ed with a Street Recog­ni­tion Award.

The award recog­nised the fact that the street where the crick­et league ac­tiv­i­ty is based, Is­rael B Khan Ex­ten­sion Street, bears the se­nior lawyer’s name.

The plaque read: “The street is named in ho­n­our of Is­rael B. Khan SC for his life­long ded­i­ca­tion to pub­lic ser­vice, out­stand­ing achieve­ments and sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to the bet­ter­ment of our com­mu­ni­ty and coun­try. May this street serve as a last­ing trib­ute to his lega­cy.”

This is the sec­ond com­mu­ni­ty ho­n­our Khan, who was award­ed “silk” in 2000 and has been prac­tis­ing at the Crim­i­nal Bar for the past 45 years, has re­ceived in re­cent months.

Last year, two streets in Monte Grande, St Au­gus­tine, were re­named af­ter Khan by the Tu­na­puna/Pi­ar­co Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion (TPRC).

This came af­ter Monte Grande res­i­dents pe­ti­tioned the TPRC in 2023 to re­name Deenah Street to Is­rael B Khan Street and Gan­ga Street to Is­rael B Khan Ex­ten­sion Street, in recog­ni­tion of Khan’s con­tri­bu­tions to the de­vel­op­ment of the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem in T&T over the past few decades.

The res­o­lu­tion was unan­i­mous­ly ac­cept­ed by the TPRC, Gazetted on June 11, 2024. The un­veil­ing cer­e­mo­ny took place on Oc­to­ber 3 and was wit­nessed by cor­po­ra­tion coun­cil mem­bers, res­i­dents who pe­ti­tioned the cor­po­ra­tion, Khan and his fam­i­ly.

Apart from his ca­reer in the le­gal fra­ter­ni­ty, Khan al­so served as al­der­man in TPRC from 1987-1991 and is an avid sup­port­er of the steel­pan move­ment.

He has been a tu­tor at the Hugh Wood­ing Law School for the past 36 years and is cur­rent­ly pres­i­dent of the Crim­i­nal Bar As­so­ci­a­tion.