TUSHAR MEHTA

A dynamic personality in himself Mr. Tushar Mehta is considered as a big and famous Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India. In his initial years he practiced Law before Ahmedabad High Court and worked very hard in his cases both Civil and Criminal and was designated as Senior Advocate by Gujarat High Court in year 2007 and was made Advocate General in 2008. He represented Gujarat Government in High Court in many important cases along with Mr. Kamal Balkrishna Trivedi, Senior Advocate. Mr. Mehta has won several Gold Medals from Gujarat University and Gujarat Law Society is also a visiting faculty Lecturer with Moti Lal Nehru Law College and Vivekanand Law College in Ahmedabad. He has been a Lawyer to represent many Senior Leaders of Gujarat B.J.P. Although in important matter for Gujarat Government he was a regular visitor to Supreme Court to represent from the Government side but in 2014 when Hon'ble Mr. Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India then he was requested by the Central Government to become “Additional Solicitor General of India” in Supreme Court, thus he shifted his base from Ahmedabad to New Delhi. At this time, Senior and a experienced Advocate Mr. Ranjeet Kumar was made “Solicitor General of India” and Mr. Mukul Rohatgi was made as “Attorney General of India” but later when Mr. Ranjeet Kumar resigned from the said post then Central Government felt a need to appoint an expert Senior Advocate to hold the vacant post and finally found Mr. Tushar Mehta fit to hold such and important post being top Government’s Counsel thus, on 2018 October, 10 Mr. Mehta was appointed as a “Solicitor General of India” by Mr. Narendra Modi.

He was the main Lawyer for Enforcement Directorate (E.D.) in Supreme Court to oppose Bail Application of Senior Advocate P. Chidambaram in famous INX Media Case. He also represented Union of India in Supreme Court in Landmark Cases of Rafale Fighter Plane, Rohingya Muslims Trespassing in India from neighboring Countries. In this case Advocate Mr. Prashant Bhushan gave a tough fight to Mr. Mehta who very bravely contested the case in Supreme Court. Also Mr. Mehta represented Union of India in Supreme Court when several Petitions were filed by different NGOs etc. against Central Government as it scrapped and deleted Article 370 of Constitution of India. He also took part in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

No doubt Mr. Tushar Mehta is a very competent, famous, experienced and one of the top Lawyers in Supreme Court of India.