Thursday, 10 July 2014

After Amit Shah becomes BJP president, his lawyer Uday Lalit set to take ... - Daily News & Analysis

Debarjun Saha | 22:57 |

Here are some basic details about the lawyer.

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Senior lawyer Uday U Lalit, who represented Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah in two high profile criminal cases (Sohrabuddin, Tulsi  Prajapati cases), is likely to be elevated as a Supreme Court judge after the government controversially rejected Gopal Subramanium last month. 

Lalit represented Amit Shah in cases involving the fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati in Gujarat.

Amit Shah who was elevated as BJP's President and faces charges of murder and conspiracy in both cases.

Gopal Subramanium had accused the government of launching a negative campaign against him for displaying independence and integrity when he assisted the court in the Sohrabuddin case.  Read: How Kapil Sibal drove solicitor general Gopal Subramanium to resignation

Here are some key facts about him: 

*Advocate Uday Lalit appeared from state government side opposing the bail plea of Dr Binayak Sen.

*Lalit appeared for actor Salman Khan in the black buck poaching case. 

*He appeared for former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh in the corruption case

*He appeared for former cricketer and BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu in culpable homicide not amounting to murder case.

*Lalit represents the black money king pin Hasan Ali too. 

*Lalit had been in the lawyer's panel for the Maharashtra government and the Centre for 15 years and five years respectively

*Lalit had also appeared for former Gujarat home minister and current BJP President Amit Shah, who is chargesheeted for hatching conspiracy with state's top cops to stage an encounter to eliminate Sohrabuddin Sheikh and TusliPrajapti.

Also read: The rise of Amit Shah and the controversies surrounding him



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