Salman Khurshid, a prominent lawyer and senior member of the Congress who lost the 2014 general election, agreed to represent Asaram Bapu, know all the defence lawyer he hired
Bapu was charged with sexually assaulting a young girl in the Supreme Court. Now who is Khurshid willing to represent now.
Famous list of defence lawyer and team which defended Asaram Bapu in rape case
Former Union ministers P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal testified in a coal scandal case after the 2014 election. Some of the journalists questioned Khurshid about taking the job.
To this, Salma Khurshid said, “The press has no right to question what I do in my professional sphere and capacity.”
The Case of P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal
#SirfEkBandaaKaafiHai fighting for justice for a minor girl abused by Asaram. Such an emotional real life story of "David vs Goliath" level of magnificence. Lawyer PC Solanki taking on star lawyer after star lawyer. A total of 30 defense lawyers over years including Jethmalani,… pic.twitter.com/REuHHN0nYy
— Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy (@DrDeepakKrishn1) May 25, 2023
Asaram Babu was represented by noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani as well. Jethmalani and Khurshid both failed to get bail for Asaram Bapu.
On May 23, 2015, Subramanian Swamy, a well-known attorney and BJP member, went before a trial court in Jodhpur for a bail application against Asaram.
Former Union minister Kapil Sibal defended suspended BCCI president N Srinivasan. He is being investigated in connection with the spot-fixing and betting scandal that occurred during the 2013 Indian Premier League season. Sibal had advocated for a strict anti-fixing rule during the second term of the UPA government.
The Lawyers Involved In The Coal Scam
In the coal scam, the court annulled the allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks to various businesses since 1993. Out of them, 134 were allocated during the UPA regime.
Former Union minister P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal appeared after the 2014 election. The attorneys appeared on behalf of Mumbai-based BLA Industries Pvt Ltd and asked the court to exclude the company from the judgment.g.
Earlier, Ram Jethmalani, a renowned criminal defence attorney and former BJP minister, had testified in a number of high-profile trials.
In 1984, Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh, who had been given the death penalty for the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, were represented by him. Additionally, he defended V Sriharan, alias Murugan, who was found guilty of murdering Rajiv Gandhi.
He defended prominent BJP figure L K Advani in the early 1990s hawala scam, in which politicians paid hawala brokers unlawful sums of money.
By defending the criminals, Sibal would be tired much. Salman Khurshid or Singhvi maybe.
— The Conformist (@theconformist5) May 22, 2023
Millions of moneys paid to lawyers like Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Sanghvi, Prashant Bhushan ,Salman Khurshid etc .
They have benefitted from all the cases. https://t.co/5OqlfkFB8l— Subrat Pradhan (@subrat4141) May 23, 2023