Aman Lekhi

Aman Lekhi at his office in New Delhi
Aman Lekhi
Personal details
Nationality Indian
Alma mater

St Xavier's School, Delhi. First division in graduation from Hindu College

First division in LLB from Campus Law Centre (Faculty of Law)
Occupation Lawyer
Website http://amanlekhiblog.com

Aman Lekhi is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India.[1] He is named in the list of Top 100 Legal Luminaries of India by LexisNexis in May 2016.

He practices in the Supreme Court of India. He also appears regularly in various courts and Tribunals[2] and is also actively involved in several arbitrations.

Early life

He graduated with distinction in Political Science (Honours) from Hindu College, University of Delhi and received a Degree in law with first division from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi.

Notable cases

The senior advocate's practice covers several legal disciplines. Apart from appearing in the Indian coal allocation scam case,[3] 2G spectrum scam case[4] and Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam case;[5] he appeared for Ashis Nandy in a case that involved controversy regarding the latter’s alleged anti-Dalit remarks at the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2013.[6] He has argued the case under Right to Information Act, 2005 against Union Public Service Commission of India with regard to Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2006 subsequent to which UPSC had to change the pattern of examination itself.[7] As a lawyer, he has argued several matters relating to telecom sector involving the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) [8] wherein also, he has achieved notable success. He was the lawyer for Farida Dar "Behenji" in Lajpat Nagar Blast Case [9] and for Nazir Ahmed Qasid and Farooq Ahmed Qasid [10] in the case concerning the 2000 terrorist attack on Red Fort.

Aman also appears for Zee network in the cases involving Naveen Jindal.[11]

He also appeared for Nirmaljeet Singh Narula (Nirmal Baba).[12] He was also the lawyer in Shanti Mukund case[13] and also the case settling the law of medical negligence dealing with the duties and ethics of medical profession.[14]

He has also appeared in the case concerning recommendations by Justice Majithia with regard to working journalists and non-journalists newspaper and news agency employees and the challenge to Working Journalists Act of 1955.[15]

Presence in media

He appears frequently in various national news channels[16] including CNBC TV18[17] and Bloomberg.[18]

He is invited to lecture on issues of legal and public importance whether it is the hanging of Afzal Guru [19] or the control of Hindu temples[20] or the question of philosophy or ideology like Mao.[21]

References

  1. ↑ http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/%5Cwritereaddata%5Cupload%5C%5CPublicNotices%5CPublicNotice_8IBJIGDV.PDF
  2. ↑ Bhupendra Sharma. "Supreme Court Refuse To Stay Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal". Telecom Talk.
  3. ↑ "Sanction required to prosecute me in coal scam: H C Gupta, Ex-coal Secretary". timesofindia-economictimes.
  4. ↑ "CBI dreams 3 Reliance officials may turn approvers: Lawyer". moneycontrol.com.
  5. ↑ "CWG scam: Bhanot, Verma sent to CBI custody for five days". Thaindian News.
  6. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-nandy-moves-sc-plea-to-be-heard-tomorrow-for-quashing-fir-1794765
  7. ↑ http://www.cic.gov.in/SC-Rulings/UPSC-Vs-ShivShambuAndOrs.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.tdsat.nic.in/28.04.2015/Appeal%20No.1(c)%20of%202014.pdf
  9. ↑ "Smt. Farida Dar vs State on 28 March, 2000". indiankanoon.org.
  10. ↑ http://delhicourts.nic.in/Sep07/State%20Vs.%20Mohd.%20Arif.pdf
  11. ↑ "Naveen Jindal & Anr. vs Zee Media Corporation Ltd. & Ors. on 1 April, 2014". indiankanoon.org.
  12. ↑ http://delhicourts.nic.in/MAY12/Nirmaljit%20Singh%20Nirula%20Vs.%20Star%20India%20Pvt.%20Ltd..pdf
  13. ↑ http://delhicourts.nic.in/Dec07/Shanti%20%20Mukand%20Hospital%20Vs.%20Rinchu.pdf
  14. ↑ Pandit, MS; Pandit, S (2009). "Medical negligence: Coverage of the profession, duties, ethics, case law, and enlightened defense - A legal perspective". Indian J Urol. 25: 372–8. doi:10.4103/0970-1591.56206. PMC 2779963Freely accessible. PMID 19881134.
  15. ↑ http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/wc24611.pdf
  16. ↑ "Jessica Lall Killer Manu Sharma to Leave Jail For Exams". NDTV.com. 26 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Aman Lekhi". moneycontrol.com.
  18. ↑ "BTvIn - "Desperation To Punish Wrongdoers Leading To Overkill"". Btvin.
  19. ↑ http://barandbench.com/afzal-guru-controversy-conversation-senior-advocate-aman-lekhi/
  20. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-religious-figureheads-protest-govt-takeover-of-hindu-temples-1861245
  21. ↑ "Mao is just a name, ideology a mere excuse: Aman Lekhi". IBNLive.
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