Adish Aggarwala

{{Short description|Indian jurist}}

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| name = Adish Chandra Aggarwala

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|09|30}}

| birth_place = Rohtak, Punjab, India (now in Haryana)

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| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Designated Senior Advocate, Jurist

| organization = International Council of Jurists

| spouse = Saroj Aggarwala

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| website = http://internationaljurist.org, http://internationaljurists.org

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Adish C. Aggarwala is a jurist and the President of International Council of Jurists.{{cite web |url=http://internationaljurist.org/present-office-bearer.php |title=International Council of Jurists |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106153709/http://www.internationaljurists.org/present-office-bearer.php |archivedate=6 November 2010 |accessdate=19 May 2013}} He served as Chairman of All India Bar Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.allindiabar.org/ |title=All India Bar Association |accessdate=19 May 2013}}

Career

In 2024, the Supreme Court of India marked electoral bonds as "unconstitutional",{{Cite news |date=2024-03-13 |title=Electoral bonds: SBI files compliance affidavit, says 22,217 bonds were purchased and 22,030 redeemed |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/electoral-bond-details-sbi-files-affidavit-confirming-it-has-shared-all-info-as-ordered-by-sc/articleshow/108457127.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}} and requested the State Bank of India to comply with SC and release details regarding the origins of bonds. In March 2024, Aggarwala, under the office of the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, submitted a request to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu arguing for an intervention on her end.{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2024-03-12 |title=SCBA chief urges President Murmu to seek reference of SC verdict on electoral bonds |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/scba-chief-urges-president-murmu-to-seek-reference-of-sc-verdict-on-electoral-bonds/article67943102.ece |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=BusinessLine}} This was met with a condemnation by the SCBA, arguing that the "members of the committee have neither authorised the President (Aggarwala) to write any such letter nor do they subscribe to his views as expressed therein."{{Cite news |last=API |first=CUE |date=2024-03-13 |title=SCBA resolution condemns its chief's letter to Prez Murmu on electoral bonds verdict |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/scba-resolution-condemns-its-chiefs-letter-to-prez-murmu-on-electoral-bonds-verdict/article67946291.ece |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=The Hindu }}

In 2015, Aggarwala published Narendra Modi - A Charismatic & Visionary Statesman (with Sarah J. Marchington), which contains forewords from several Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members.

Publications

  • Constitution of India (2009){{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/26/stories/2009072655550900.htm |title=Work for a strong nation: President |newspaper=The Hindu |first=J. |last=Venkatesan |location=Chennai, India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919022330/http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/26/stories/2009072655550900.htm |archivedate=19 September 2009 |date=2009-07-26 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}
  • Narendra Modi - A Charismatic & Visionary Statesman (with Sarah J. Marchington){{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/New-biography-of-Narendra-Modi-containing-his-rare-photos-to-hit-the-shelves-on-Thursday/articleshow/48987778.cms|date= 16 September 2015|title= New biography of Narendra Modi containing his rare photos|website=The Times of India}}

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