Harish Salve
{{short description|Indian advocate (born 1955)}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Harish Salve
| honorific-suffix = KC
| office = Solicitor General of India
| predecessor = N. Santosh Hegde
| successor = Kirit Raval
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|6|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Warud, Sindkheda, Dhule, Maharashtra, India
| nationality = Indian
| residence = New Delhi, India
London, United Kingdom
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Meenakshi Salve
|1982|2020|reason=div}} - {{marriage| Caroline Brossard
|2020|2023|reason=div}} - {{marriage|Trina
|2023}}
}}
| children = 2
| alma_mater = Nagpur University (BCom, LLB)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
| profession = Senior Advocate
| term_start = 1 November 1999
| term_end = 3 November 2002
| honorific_suffix =
| awards = Padma Bhushan
}}
Harish Salve KC is an Indian senior advocate who practices at the Supreme Court of India. He served as the Solicitor General of India from 1 November 1999 to 3 November 2002. He also fought the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). On 16 January 2020 he was appointed as a King's Counsel for the courts of England and Wales.
Background and family
Harish Salve was born into a Marathi family. His father, N. K. P. Salve, was a chartered accountant and prominent politician of the Indian National Congress. His mother, Ambriti Salve, was a doctor. His grandfather, P.K. Salve, was a successful criminal lawyer and his great-grandfather (father of P.K. Salve) was a munsif (subordinate judge).{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBZaZuowYs |publisher=IIFL |title=IIFL-Harish Salve-Lawyer-Background and Formative Years |date=29 November 2010 |access-date=3 February 2013 |archive-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220133548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBZaZuowYs |url-status=live }} Salve who is a Christian, grew in a multi-religious family with a liberal secularism at his home.{{Cite web|title='Walk The Talk', With Harish Salve: Full Transcript|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/walk-the-talk-with-harish-salve-full-transcript-759892|access-date=2020-10-25|website=NDTV.com|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101031104/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/walk-the-talk-with-harish-salve-full-transcript-759892|url-status=live}}
Early Schooling and formative years
He did his schooling at St. Francis De'Sales High School, Nagpur, Maharashtra.{{cite news |last1=Nov 18 |first1=Abhishek Choudhari |title=A phenomenal memory, immaculate dress sense, good debater Sharad once wanted to be a doctor... {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/a-phenomenal-memory-immaculate-dress-sense-good-debater-sharad-once-wanted-to-be-a-doctor-/articleshow/72099885.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=31 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111203750/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/a-phenomenal-memory-immaculate-dress-sense-good-debater-sharad-once-wanted-to-be-a-doctor-/articleshow/72099885.cms |url-status=live }} He completed his Chartered Accountancy from ICAI and LLB from Nagpur University.{{cite web|title=Harish Salve Profile|url=https://www.blackstonechambers.com/barristers/harish-salve-sa/|website=blackstonechambers.com|access-date=4 February 2013}} The former chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde was his classmate in school. Before he became a lawyer, Salve practised Chartered Accountancy in taxation. He began his legal career as an intern in 1980 at JB Dadachandji & Co.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-harish-salve-5834692/|title=Harish Salve: The lawyer who represented India in Kulbhushan Jadhav case|date=17 July 2019|access-date=1 June 2020|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122075253/https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-harish-salve-5834692/|url-status=live}}
Career
He began his legal career in 1980 at J. B. Dadachandji & Co., first as an intern, and later as a full-time lawyer. During this time, he assisted Palkhivala in the Minerva Mills case (case citation: AIR 1980 SC 1789).{{cite web|last=Swaminathan Iyer|first=Vellalapatti|title=Tax Titans: My Name is Harish Salve|date=29 April 2012|url=http://www.taxtitans.com/index.php/my-name-is-harish-salve/|publisher=ITAT Online|access-date=4 February 2013|archive-date=30 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330200923/http://www.taxtitans.com/index.php/my-name-is-harish-salve|url-status=live}} Salve was later designated a Senior Counsel by the Delhi High Court.
Salve worked with former Attorney General, Soli Sorabjee, from 1980 to 1986.{{cite news|title=Sorabjee reappointed A-G; Salve Solicitor-General|date=1 November 1999|work=The Statesman}} He declined to be nominated for a second three-year term due to "personal reasons" when his first term ended in November 2002.{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103006301100.htm|work=The Hindu|title=Harish Salve declines second term|date=30 October 2002|access-date=28 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124144130/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103006301100.htm|archive-date=24 January 2005|url-status=usurped}} He later clarified that his wife was unhappy with him bringing work home.{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/daily/in-conversation-with-lawyer-harish-salve-part-1/videoshow/11839375.cms|title=In conversation with lawyer Harish Salve- Part 1|date=10 February 2012| access-date=4 February 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times (ET Now)}}
Salve was appointed as Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court in some cases, mostly relating to preservation of the environment. However, in 2011, he recused himself from this position during a hearing on illegal mining, on the grounds that he had previously appeared for one or more of the parties.
In 2013, Salve was admitted to the English Bar and subsequently joined the Blackstone Chambers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackstonechambers.com/people/barristers/harish_salve_sa.html|title=Harish Salve SA — Blackstone Chambers|website=Blackstone Chambers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228185811/http://www.blackstonechambers.com/people/barristers/harish_salve_sa.html|archive-date=28 February 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=15 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}
=Major cases and clients=
Harish Salve argued the first Anti-Dumping case in the Supreme Court of India. He frequently represents large corporations like Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited. He has appeared in the Krishna Godavari Basin gas dispute case against the latter's brother, Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources Limited.
Other clients include the Tata Group, ITC Limited, whom he has represented on various in matters. He has appeared for several Tata group companies. He has also appeared for Ratan Tata himself.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
Salve represented Vodafone in its $2.5 billion tax dispute with the Indian government. He initially lost the case in the Bombay High Court,{{cite web|title=Vodafone International Holdings B.V. versus Union of India|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/generatenew.php?path=./data/judgements/2010/&fname=OSWP130810.pdf&smflag=N|publisher=Bombay High Court|access-date=4 February 2013|author=D. Y. Chandrachud|author2=J. P. Devadhar|format=Judgement|date=8 September 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but later won it at the Supreme Court after taking a temporary residence in London and relocating his office there to focus solely on the case.{{Cite news|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/vodafone-wins-2-bn-tax-case-in-supreme-court-112012000125_1.html|title = Vodafone wins $2 bn tax case in Supreme Court|date = 20 January 2012|newspaper = Business Standard India|archive-date = 28 March 2014|access-date = 15 June 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140328050901/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/vodafone-wins-2-bn-tax-case-in-supreme-court-112012000125_1.html|url-status = live}} Salve was extremely critical of the Indian government for passing a retrospective clarification to the Income Tax law in the 2012 Union Budget, which nullified the Supreme Court's decision.{{cite news|title=Vodafone-Hutch deal {{!}} Retrospective change to I–T Act|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/n4zC41fejoQ7ObfL4Bue6N/VodafoneHutch-deal--Retrospective-change-to-IT-Act.html|access-date=4 February 2013|newspaper=Mint|date=17 March 2012}}
Salve appeared for Bilkis Bano, a victim of the Gujarat Riots, at the behest of the National Human Rights Commission in 2003.{{Cite web|url = http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ne020208bilkis.asp|title = Bilkis Bano's Brave Fight|date = 2 February 2008|website = Tehelka|access-date = 4 February 2013|archive-date = 5 November 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105235216/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ne020208bilkis.asp|url-status = live}} He also appeared as a defence counsel in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
In 2015, he took up the high-profile case of actor Salman Khan. The actor was earlier sentenced to five years in jail for a 2002 hit-and-run accident that left one man dead and four others injured.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150507094323/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/harish-salve-the-man-who-saved-salman-khan-from-going-to-jail/article1-1344622.aspx Hindustan Times: The man who saved Salman Khan from going to jail] Senior counsel Amit Desai, a Mumbai-based lawyer replaced Salve for a short time in the Salman Khan trial.{{cite web|title=Amit Desai, Not Harish Salve To Appear For Salman Khan's Case Today|url=http://www.movietalkies.com/news/29707/amit-desai-not-harish-salve-to-appear-for-salman-khans-case-today|access-date=18 November 2015|archive-date=26 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126221533/http://www.movietalkies.com/news/29707/amit-desai-not-harish-salve-to-appear-for-salman-khans-case-today|url-status=dead}} The Bombay High Court eventually suspended the sessions court decision and on 10 December 2015 acquitted Salman Khan of all charges for the 2002 hit-and-run and drunk-and-drive case.{{Cite news|url=http://www.movietalkies.com/news/amit-desai-not-harish-salve-to-appear-for-salman-khans-case-today/|title=Salman wins appeal, walks free|date=10 December 2015|access-date=16 May 2017|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518233640/http://www.movietalkies.com/news/amit-desai-not-harish-salve-to-appear-for-salman-khans-case-today|url-status=live}}
In May 2017, he represented India before the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of spying.{{Cite news|title = International Court of Justice stays execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav by Pakistan|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/international-court-of-justice-stays-kulbhushan-jadhav-s-hanging-sentenced-to-death-by-pakistan-for-spying/story-BE9fEvwmuZUAdTTjMLP4dL.html|newspaper = Hindustan Times|date = 10 May 2017|access-date = 10 May 2017|language = en-IN|archive-date = 9 May 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170509235641/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/international-court-of-justice-stays-kulbhushan-jadhav-s-hanging-sentenced-to-death-by-pakistan-for-spying/story-BE9fEvwmuZUAdTTjMLP4dL.html|url-status = live}} Due to his efforts, the International Court of Justice has ordered a provisional stay on Jadhav's execution until a final verdict is declared. For this case he charged only ₹1(INR) in legal fees.{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harish-salve-re1-fee-kulbhushan-jadhav-drives-bentley-plays-piano/1/954969.html|title=Harish Salve, who charged Re 1 in Kulbhushan Jadhav case, drives a Bentley, loves playing piano |work=Kritika Banerjee, India Today|date=16 May 2017 |access-date=20 May 2017}} India Today magazine ranked him 43rd in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.{{cite news|title=India's 50 powerful people|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html|publisher=India Today|date=April 14, 2017|archive-date=17 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417122537/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Harish Salve first married to Meenakshi Salve and their marriage lasted for good 38 years. He lives and works in North London. Salve divorced Meenakshi in the June 2020 and married Caroline Brossard, a London-based artist, on October 28, 2020. Harish Salve had first met Brossard at an art event. He has two daughters, Sakshi and Saaniya, from his first marriage.
On September 3, 2023, Salve married to Trina in London at a ceremony attended by notable figures like Nita Ambani and fugitives from Indian law like Lalit Modi and Moin Qureshi.
References
Category:Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University alumni
Category:Indian corporate lawyers
Category:People named in the Panama Papers
Category:People from Maharashtra
Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs
Category:Solicitors general of India
Category:People from Dhule district
Category:People named in the Pandora Papers
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