Raju Ramachandran
Raju Ramachandran | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 May 1954 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Raju Ramachandran(born 14 May 1954) is asenior advocateat theSupreme Court of Indiaand a formerAdditional Solicitor General.He served as anamicus curiae(friend of the court) for the Supreme Court of India in the2002 Gujarat riotscase and in the appeal ofAjmal Kasabin the2008 Mumbai attackscase.
Early life and education[edit]
Ramchandran was brought up inDelhi.He studied economics at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Initially he wanted to be a journalist but he was so affected by theKesavananda Bharati judgmentthat he decided to study law. He studied law at the Faculty of Law of Delhi University.[1][2]
As a lawyer[edit]
Ramchandran joined the bar in July 1976 at the chambers of MK Ramamurthi and three and half years later started an independent practice.[1][3]He qualified as anAdvocate-on-Recordin theSupreme Court of Indiaand was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court in September, 1996 at the age of 42. He was elected as Vice-President of theSupreme Court Bar Associationfor 2001 – 2002. In 2002 theNDA Governmentappointed him as an Additional Solicitor General of India and he remained so till the change of government in 2004. He has argued several important cases in the Supreme Court and various High Courts in various branches of law including Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Service Law, Admiralty Law, Civil Law and Copyright Law.[3]
He was anamicus curaein deciding the appeal of theAjmal Kasabin relation to his conviction in the2008 Mumbai attackscase.[4]He also acted as an amicus curae in theGulbarg Society caserelated to the2002 Gujarat riots.[5]He had donated his fees in the Mumbai attack case to the legal service authority which was directed to be distributed among family members of the eighteen state policemen and other security personnel who sacrificed their lives in the 26/11 anti-terror operations. This was described as an act of "high professional ethics" and was appreciated by theSupreme Court of India.[5]
Ramachandran was the counsel for the Justice Sawant Committee under the Judges Inquiry Act-1968, which probed the charges against Justice V Ramaswami. He also represented the state ofKeralabefore theCauvery Water Disputes Tribunal,besides the Justice RS Pathak Inquiry Committee, which inquired into issues arising from the Volcker Report.[5]
Further reading[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Conversation with Raju Ramachandran, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court".Retrieved10 May2013.
- ^Krishnan, Murali (30 March 2015)."In Conversation with Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran".Bar and Bench.Bar and Bench. Archived fromthe originalon 1 April 2015.Retrieved30 March2015.
- ^ab"Legal Luminaries".Archived fromthe originalon 25 April 2012.Retrieved10 May2013.
- ^"Fees of Kasab's lawyers to go to 26/11 slain policemen's families".IBN 7.Press Trust of India. 3 October 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2012.Retrieved10 May2013.
- ^abc"Raju Ramachandran, playing the terrorist's advocate".Hindustan Times.29 August 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 30 August 2012.Retrieved10 May2013.