Bollywood actor Salman Khan has given a summons in the Jodhpur
court for the blackbuck case a miss ! ~ instead of appearing before the Judge, Salman Khan's lawyer has filed two application
in the court. The next date of hearing has been fixed for December 19. Salman
Khan had filed a plea against his conviction by a lower court, which had
sentenced him to five years in jail in the infamous blackbuck poaching case of
1998 in which he was accused of killing two blackbucks during the shooting of
'Hum Saath Saath Hai'.
He was convicted but did not spend even a single night at Arthur
Road jail, thanks to the Senior
Advocate. Just moments after Khan was
convicted of culpable homicide and handed a sentence of five years in prison, his
advocate, a former Solicitor General of India, had framed his appeal. Hours
later, Salman was being driven home.
Salman could employ a Senior lawyer, who first qualified as Chartered
accountant and practiced in taxation. He began his legal career in 1980 at J.
B. Dadachandji & Co., first as an intern, and later as a full-time lawyer. He went on to specialise in constitutional, commercial and taxation
law. ~ the man Harish Salve.
Harish
Salve served as the Solicitor General of India from Nov 1999 to Nover 2002. He was born into a Marathi
family. His father, NKP Salve too was a Chartered Accountant, Union Minister
and President of BCCI. His grand father
too was a lawyer. In 2013, Salve was
admitted to the English Bar and subsequently joined the Blackstone Chambers.
He
has appeared in many high profile cases – anti-dumping case; represented Mukesh
Ambani in KG basis gas dispute against Anil Ambani. Salve represented Vodafone
in its $2.5 billion tax dispute with the Indian government. Salve appeared for
Bilkis Bano.. .. ..He was also named in the Panama Papers.
Whilst
none of this attracts me – there is one which is worthy of appreciation. In May 2017, he represented India before the
International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. Jadhav was
sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of spying. Due to
his efforts, the International Court of Justice has ordered a provisional stay
on Jadhav's execution until a final verdict is declared.
Senior
lawyer Harish Salve's strong arguments to defend India's stand on Kulbhushan
Jadhav at the International Court of Justice were widely appreciated by one and
all. It was widely appreciated when Minister
of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj tweeted that he
charged just Re 1 for the appearance in Kulbhushan Jadhav case. .. .. and now comes the news that his fees
has been paid in full by cash ! Bansuri, daughter of Ms Sushma Swaraj has fulfilled her last wish, by personally calling on Harish Salve and presenting the One Rupee coin as fees for Kulbhushan
Jadhav's case.
Kulbhushan
Sudhir Jadhav was arrested in the
Pakistani province of Balochistan on charges of terrorism and spying for
India's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing. Indian Foreign Ministry claimed that he had
been kidnapped. On 10 April 2017,
Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Field General Court Martial in Pakistan. With India fighting this, on 18.5.2017, the
International Court of Justice stayed the execution pending the final judgement
on the case. On 17 July 2019, the court rejected India's appeal for Jadhav's
release and ordered Pakistan to suspend the execution. It ruled that Pakistan
will have to review the entire process of trial and conviction of Kulbhushan
Jadhav and provide India with consular access.
With
regards – S. Sampathkumar
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