Mahesh Jethmalani is an Indian lawyer and a politician. He is currently a nominated

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in the

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. He was also a member of the

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up to 2012.

Personal life

Jethmalani was born in 1956. His father was a popular advocate turned Union Minister

Ram Jethmalani Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (14 September 1923 – 8 September 2019) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He served as India's Union minister of law and justice, as chairman of the Indian Bar Council, and as the president of the Supreme Court B ...

Career in law

Jethmalani studied law in

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under the patronage of the UK Bar. He qualified as a

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in 1980. Jethmalani enrolled at the

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on 12 February 1981. He has handled several critical criminal and civil cases like the trial of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra,

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. He also appealed before the Court for the two accused in

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. He represented Birla family in the Priyamvada Birla case and has also appeared for Anil Ambani in the Reliance Case. Jethmalani represented Chief Minister

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in the Gujarat Riot Cases in

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. As well as Gujarat Home Minister,

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in the Sohrabuddin Murder Case in the

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and the

. He also appeared for the bail plea of

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. Jethmalani had also appeared for

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in several cases. He also represents former Police Commissioner of Mumbai,

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against the

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government.

Political life

He unsuccessfully contested the

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from the

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as a

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candidate. Jethmalani quit the BJP National Executive in 2012 after differences with BJP President

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. In 2021, he was nominated as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha by the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jethmalani, Mahesh Living people Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Indian lawyers Alumni of the University of Oxford St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni Indian Senior Counsel 1956 births