Kalbhoshan Jadhav: India nominates Harish Salve for alleged Indian spy imprisoned in Pakistan.
India has said to Pakistan that Queens Council wants to appoint Hareesh Salve to pursue the case of alleged Indian spy imprisoned in Pakistan.
Hareesh Salve is a senior advocate in High Court of India and he has already followed the case of Kalbhoshan Jadhev In International Court of Justice.
In August this year, a two judge bench in Islamabad High Court has said that India should be given an opportunity to appoint a lawyer for Kalbhoshan Yadhev.
However, Pakistan’s Attorney General Khalid Javed had later said that India would have to appoint a lawyer for the alleged Indian spy, Kulbhushan Jadhav, who lives in Pakistan and is involved in the profession, ie a Pakistani lawyer.
Since then, India has nominated Harish Salve, a well-known lawyer, to pursue the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav.
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Who is Harish Salve?
Harish Salve is the son of NKP Salve, a long-serving Congress minister at the Center.
In his 45-year career as a lawyer, he has been a lawyer for many corporate houses. He is one of the most expensive lawyers in India.
Salve’s father NKP Salve, who grew up in Nagpur, was a chartered accountant. His mother was a doctor by profession and his grandfather was also a well-known criminal law lawyer.
Harish Salve believes that his family background was such that at a very young age he began to think professionally. Experts say Salve benefited greatly from his father’s position and connections
His legal career began in 1975 with the case of actor Dilip Kumar in which he was his father’s assistant.
Dilip Kumar was accused of keeping black money. The income tax department sent him a notice and demanded charged a big amount of fine along with the rest of the tax.
Salve was made a senior lawyer by the Delhi High Court in 1992.
He then represented eminent corporate houses like Ambani, Mahindra and TATA in the court.
In the famous ‘KG Basin’ case, when controversies arose between the Ambani brothers and the matter reached the court, it was Hareesh who followed Mukesh Ambani’s case.
He had presented the position of company owner Keshib Mahindra in the Union Carbide case hearing in the Supreme Court after the Bhopal gas tragedy in India.
The court had dismissed the charges of involuntary manslaughter against seven Union Carbide officials, including Mahindra.
Ratan Tata had gone to the Supreme Court on the question of violation of privacy after the infamous Nira Radia tape came to light. Even then, his lawyer was Harish Salve.
He also led Vodafone to victory in an alleged Rs 14,200 crore tax evasion case.
The Supreme Court had selected Salve as ‘Amex Curie’ in the Gujarat riots case but some victims of the riots had accused Salve of opposing the public interest.
He was elected Solicitor General of India in 1999 under the NDA government. He was only 43 at the time. He held this position until 2002.
Why Harish Salve for Kalbhushan Jadhev Case?
Harish Salve had fought the case of Kulbhushan Jadoo in the International Court of Justice.
Harish Salve is considered one of the most expensive lawyers in the country but in this case he took only one rupee as fee.
The then Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj also thanked him for this.
I thank Mr.Harish Salve for presenting India's case before ICJ very effectively and successfully. /3
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 17, 2019
Shashma Swraj Thanked Mr. Hareesh Salve on behalf of State for being charged only Rupee 1 for pursuing the case of Kalbhoshan Yadhev in International Court of Justice.
In July 2019, International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Pakistan to gave Counselor access to Kalbhoshan Yadhev, who have been sentenced to death penalty by Pakistan military court on terrorism charges.
However his bail application was rejected.
Court made remarks that Pakistan have violated the article 36 of Vienna Convention by denying counselor access to prisoner.
It should be noted that a Pakistani military court had sentenced Kulbhushan Jadhav to death in April 2017 on charges of espionage, sabotage and terrorism.
Recently, alleged Indian spy Kalbhushan Yadhev in custody refused to file a review of his sentence, saying he would instead pursue his mercy plea.
