NANI A PALKHIVALA
Mr Nani Palkhivala ( Nanabhoy Palkhivala ) was born in 1920 in Bombay. He was a Legal Scholar, Economist and one of the Stalwarts of the Legal Profession. He was an alumnus of University of Bombay (Masters of Arts) and also of Government Law College, Bombay (LL.B). He qualified the Advocate (Original Side) Examination of the Bombay High Court in the year 1948.
Mr Nani Palkhivala was appointed as an Indian Ambassador to the United States in the year 1977 by the Government of India in the Prime-Ministership of Morarji Desai and served till 1979.
Mr Nani Palkhivala was conferred with the honorary doctorates from Princeton University, Rutgers University, Lawrence University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Annamalai University, Ambedkar Law University and the University of Mumbai.
Mr Nanabhoy Palkhivala was a Member of the First Law Commission of India (1955) and also of the Second Law Commission (1958).
Mr Nani Palkhivala was an apple of eye not only of Supreme Court Judges, Advocate On Record, Corporates,Politicians, Individuals but also of the Government itself.
Mr Nani Palkhivala was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India. Chief Justice of India, Mr H. L Dattu unveiled a portrait of Mr Nani Palkhivala in the year 2014 which is displayed in the Library of Supreme Court Bar Association at the Supreme Court.
Mr Nani Palkhivala was elected as an Honorary Member of The Academy of Political Science, New York, for his “outstanding public service and distinguished contributions to the advancement of political science”.
The President of India honored Mr Nani Palkhivala with the Padma Vibhushan, Second Highest Civilian Award of the Indian Republic in 1998. In the honor of Mr Nani Palhivala, the Government of India released a Postal Stamp in his name in 2004.
Mr. Nani Palkhivala besides being a magnificent lawyer in the Supreme Court, he was an amazing author. He had authored many authoritative books on different subjects. Such books are Law and Practice of Income tax, Taxation in India, The Highest Taxed Nation, Judiciary Made to Measure, Our Constitution Defaced and Defiled, India’s Priceless Heritage, Essential Unity of all Religions, We, the people, We, the Nation
Mr Nanabhoy Palkhivala has also crafted many witty quotes which were true when they were coined and would be true forever. Few of such famous quotes are as follows“
“Education is at the heart of the matter. Literacy is not enough. It is good to have a population which is able to read; but infinitely better to have people able to distinguish what is worth reading.”― Nani Palkhivala
“To my countrymen who gave unto themselves the constitution but not the ability to keep it,who inherited resplendent heritage but not the wisdom to cherish it,who suffer and endure in pain without the perception of their potential.”
― Nani Palkhiwala, We, The People: India, the largest Democracy
Nani Palkhivala: A Role Model authored by Major General Nilesh Kumar published by Universal/Lexis Nexis has cataloged 140 Landmark Cases led my Nani Palkhivala indicating name of opposite parties, opposing counsels, name of Judge delivering judgment, and short legal points involved. Notable cases are PJ Irani, Ujjam Bai, Gujarat University, Article 143 matter on immunity of state legislatures, Kesavananda Bharti case , Birla Cotton, Bank Nationalization, Privy Purses, Harbhajan Singh Dhillon, Bennet Coleman, St Xaviers College, Indira Nehru Gandhi, Minerva Mills, Mandal case and TN Seshan, The Chief Election Commissioner.
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman is a retired Judge of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. His Lordship was directly elevated as a Supreme Court Judge from the Bar.
Justice Nariman has been a Senior Advocate, Eminent Jurist and the Legal Scholar. His Lordship had been the Solicitor General of India and the Member of Bar Council of India.
Justice Nariman was designated as a Senior Advocate at the very young age of 37 in 1993 by Justice M N Venkatachaliah ( then Chief Justice of India) at the Supreme Court of India.
Justice Nariman is an alumnus of Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LL.B) and Harvard Law School (LL.M).
More than 500 reported judgments of the Supreme Court of India goes to his credit as a practicing lawyer at the Supreme Court. P.A Inamdar Vs State of Maharashtra., State of Punjab Vs Devans Modern Breweries ltd, Enercon (India) Ltd Vs Enercon GMBH, Khoday Distilleries Ltd Vs Scotch Whiskey Association are the few examples of the landmark judgments of which Justice Nariman was a party to.
RAM JETHMALANI
Mr Ram Jethmalani was a Senior Advocate, Eminent Jurist and a Parliamentarian. He had been Minister of Law and Justice, Chairman of Bar Council of India and the President of Supreme Court Bar Association.
Mr Ram Jethlmalani was one of the stalwarts of the legal profession in the Supreme Court of India. Popularly he was known as a Criminal Lawyer but he was equally equipped with Constitutional Law and other laws.
Mr Ram Jethlamani was the first choice for the clients in the high profile cases like Stock Market Scam (Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh), Hawala Scam, Manu Sharma in Jessica Lal murder case, Lalit Modi, Former Chariman oand Commisioner of India Premier League, Defended Indira Gandhi’s alleged assigns, Narsimha Rao in bribery case, Haji Mastana, Mumbai Mafia Gang Leader, Amit Shah in Sohrabbudin encounter case, Amit Jogi in Jggi Murder case, Sanjay Chandra bail in 2G Spectrum Case, Navy War Room Leak case, Kanimozi in 2G Spectrum case, Convicts in Rajiv Gandhi’s assasination case, Ramdev for Ram Lila Ground case and Arvind Kejriwal, AAP, President in a defamation case against Arun jaitly and Others.
Mr Ram Jeth Malani was born on 14th September 1923 in Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan. He completed his matriculation at the age of 13 with double promotion. He is an alumnus of Bombay University (LL. B and LL.M).
Mr Ram Jethmalani announced his retirement from the legal profession on 9th September 2017. He died on 8th September 2019 at the age of 95 as he was unwell for a couple of months.
Vikas Singh, Senior Advocate
Mr Vikas Singh is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. Mr. Singh is a Civil Servant turned Lawyer at the Supreme Court. He is currently serving as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
During his employment with Steel Authority of India as a senior marketing executive, he pursued and completed his LLB from the prestigious institution the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. Thereafter, he full-time pursued his legal profession and was designated as a Senior Advocate in the year 2004.
In the year 2005, Mr Vikas Singh Senior Advocate was appointed as an Additional Solicitor General by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the President of India.
Mr Vikas Singh Senior Advocate has played an instrumental role in highlighting the issue of the mysterious death of Sushant Singh Rajput before the Supreme Court of India.
Mr Vikas Singh Senior Advocate besides being a Legal Scholar and an Eminent Lawyer, he is also a Sportsman. He is fond of playing lawn tennis in India and also at the International Courts. He participated in the lawn tennis tournament organized by the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain at Wimbledon. He has been the President of International Lawn Tennis Club of India for seven years. Besides being a Lawyer and Sportsperson, Mr Vikas Singh is also a social activist and philanthropist and has been working for social causes like specially abled children girls studies and the needy people. He has been selflessly contributing to organizations like CRY.
Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate
Mr. Dushyant Dave is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He has been the ex-president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Mr. Dushyant Dave is a Legal Scholar, Eminent Lawyer and the Leader of the Bar. Mr Dave is very famous for being straight and going to the root of the issue specially for maintaining the integrity and dignity of the institution at the Supreme Court.
Mr Dushyant Dave has been the the Member of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) for legal aid promotion under Legal Services Authority Act, 1985, American Arbitration Association (AAA) , Council of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy of Switzerland (FIAA).
Mr Dave has also Vice-Chaired the International Bar Association’s Arbitration Committee. He has also served the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and its Asia Pacific Users Council.
Mr Dushyant Dave is a fair and reasonable lawyer practicing at the Supreme Court. He has been appointed as the amicus curiae at the Supreme Court in many matters including Public and Constitutional law.
Mr Dushyant Dave has represented many high profile cases including Ajmer Zila Dugdh, Hari Shankar, Bai Shariban (Deal) by Natwar Melsingh & Ors, Alkali Manufacturers Association of India matters before the Supreme Court of India.
Mr Dushyant Dave besides being a successful lawyer he is a perfect human being.
Mr Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate burst into tears while bidding adieu to the retiring Justice N V Ramana, the Chief Justice of India, while saying that justice Ramana checks and balances between the judiciary, executive and the parliament “with a Spine”
Mr. Dave also called Chief Justice N V Ramana as a Citizens’ Judge and said the Court will remember him for maintaining balance in the turbulent times. He said “your lordship has upheld the rights of the Citizens’ and the Constitution.
Mr Dushyant Dave is an alumnus of University of Gujarat [Bachelor of Commerce in 1975] and [LLB in 1978].
Dr. Abhishek M. Singhvi, Senior Advocate
Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He is an eminent Jurist, Politician and the Spokesperson of Indian National Congress. He is a member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha representing the State of West Bengal. Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhavi is the Son of Mr Lakshmi Mall Singhvi an Eminent Lawyer and India’s former High Commissioner to the UK.
Mr Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an alumnus of St.Stephen College, Trinity college, Cambridge and Harvard University.
Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi became the Additional Solicitor General of India in 1997 when he was only 37 years.
Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been the Vice President of Supreme Court Bar Association.
Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi played an instrumental role in the evolution of law in the landmark decisions of the Supreme Court on Constitutional law, commercial law and other laws.
Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an author of “From the Trenches” India’s Top Lawyer On His Most Important Cases.
Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi has also given an interview on foreign law firm under “ Controlled Conditions.”
Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Senior Advocate
Mr. Siddharth Luthra is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He is an alumni of Campus Law Center of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LLB-1990) and of University of Cambridge (MPHIL Criminology). He is also a Fellow Member of Cambridge Commonwealth Trust.
Mr Siddharth Luthra is an eminent Criminal Lawyer. He represented Facebook in a Criminal Trial launched by Journalist Vinay Rai against 21 Social Networking Sites in India including Facebook, Google and Yahoo.
Mr Luthra has been conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law by Amity University, Noida, India in the year 2005.
Mr Siddharth Luthra was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India in the Supreme Court (2012). He has also been appointed as an amicus curiae by the Supreme Court in the matter of Criminalisation of Politics.
Mr Siddharth Luthra is a Member of Delhi State Legal Services Authority and Vice President of Indian Criminal Justice Society.
Mr Siddharth Luthra is a son of Mr K.K. Luthra Senior Advocate and brother of Ms. Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate.
SHYAM DIVAN
Mr. Shyam Divan is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He is one of the efficient lawyers who understands the art of advocacy and is always thoroughly prepared with the brief.
Mr Divan practices in the area of Constitutional law and many faciet of Civil Law including Banking, Securities Law, Arbitration, Administrative Law and Environmental Law.
Mr Divan has been appointed as an amicus curiae by the Supreme Court in many cases including Bellary case involving illegal iron ore mining in the forests of Karnataka.
Mr Divan has been awarded the International Privacy Champion Award 2021 from the Electronic Privacy Information Center for his role in a set of privacy protection cases.
Mr Divan has co-authored “Environmental Law and Policy in India”(3rd Edition) and is the author of a chapter on Public Interest Litigation in the Oxford Handbook of Indian Constitution.
Mr Shyam Diwan has led many landmark cases decided by the Supreme Court of India including Justice KS Puttaswamy-I v. Union of India (Declaring privacy as a fundamental right); Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (decriminalising homosexuality); Justice KS Puttaswamy-II v. Union of India (a challenge to the biometric programme called ‘Aadhaar’); Indore Development Authority v. Manohar Lal (recusal by a Supreme Court judge); and Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority (Central Vista Project).
Mr Shyam Divan has also played an instrumental role in the “PM Cares Trust”, “Aadhaar-Pan Linking”, Cyrus Mistry-Tata Sons, WhatsApp Privacy matters.
Mr Shyam Divan is a Life Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Mr Shyam Divan is married to Madhavi Goradia Divan, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court. She is an Additional Solicitor General at the Supreme Court.
Mr Shyam Divan Senior Advocate is the son of Mr Anil B Divan, Senior Advocate, Legal Scholar and an Eminent Constitutional Expert. Mr. Anil B Divan was one of the founders of Centre for Public Interest Litigation, an NGO conducting Public Interest Litigation. Justice V.M Tarkunde was its President, who was also a founder of People’s Union for Civil Liberties. Many other Senior Advocates including Fali S Nariman, Shanti Bhushan, Rajinder Sacher and Colin Gonasalves.
Harish Salve, Senior Advocate
Mr Harish Salve is a Senior Advocate and practices at the Supreme Court of India. Mr. Salve is a Legal Scholar, Eminent Jurist and one of the Stalwarts of the Legal Profession.
Mr Harish Salve was admitted to the English Bar in the year 2013 and joined the Blackstone Chambers. Thereafter, Mr. Harish Salve was appointed as Queen’s Counsel (Now King’s Counsel) for the Courts of England and Wales on 16th January 2020.
Mr Harish Salve was also honored by the President of India with Padma Vibhushan Award.
Mr. Harish Salve was born in a Marathi family. He is the son of Mr. N.K.P Salve who has been a Chartered Accountant and a prominent politician of the Indian National Congress .
Mr. Harish Salve Attorney General of India (1999-2002)
Mr Harish Salve started his career in the year 1980 with J.B. Dadachavelji & Co. He has also assisted Mr Nani Palkhivala in the Minerva Mills Case (AIR 1980 SC 1789). Mr. Salve also worked with former Attorney General of India, Soli J. Sorabji (1980-1996)
Mr. Harish Salve, besides leading in many high profile cases, represented the Indian Republic before the International Court of Justice in Kulbushan Jhadav’s case. Mr. Jadhav being an Indian was sentenced to death by Pakistan Court, execution of which was stayed by the International Court of Justice with his efforts.
Mr Mukul Rohtagi, Senior Advocate
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. Mr. Rohtagi is a Legal Scholar, and one of the Stalwarts of the Legal Profession.
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi was appointed as the 14th Attorney General of India (2014-2017). Mr. Rohtagi has also served as an Additional Solicitor General of India (1999). Mr Rohtagi also declined the request of the Central Government to become 16th Attorney General of India.
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi completed his law from Government Law College, Mumbai. Mr Rohtagi is the son of Hon’ble Mr Justice(Retd) Avadh Bihari Rohtagi, Judge Delhi High Court. After Completing his LL.B, Mr. Rohtagi worked with Mr. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, who became 36th Chief Justice of India.
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi during his illustrious and stellar career has led many High profile cases and matters of national importance.
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi represented the Gujarat Government in the Supreme Court in Gujarat Riots in 2002. He also led in fake encounter death cases including the Best Bakery and Zahira Sheikh Cases. National Judicial Accountability Commission (NJAC)’s case also goes to the credit Mr. Mukul Rohtagi.
Aryan Khan drug case is also an important case argued by Mr. Mukul Rohtagi.
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Senior Advocate
Mr. Kapil Sibal is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India and also an Indian Politician. Mr. Sibal is one of the Stalwarts of the Legal Profession at the Supreme Court of India. Mr. Sibal has argued in several high profile cases and has represented many political parties including Indian National Congress in many cases before the Supreme Court and also the High Court of India.
Mr. Kapil Sibal has been an Additional Solicitor General of India between 1989 and 1990. He has been the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association three times (1995-1996, 1997-1998 and 2001-2002).
Mr Kapil Sibal did his law from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and later did M.A.(History) from St. Stephen College, Delhi. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Law School (LL.M in 1977)
In the year 1973, Mr. Kapil Sibal qualified Indian Administrative Services and was offered an appointment, which was declined by him.
Mr. Kapil Sibal has been a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) many times. He has also been a Minister in the Congress Government in many capacities.
Currently Mr. Kapil Sibbal is also a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.