Former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid raised quite a few eyebrows when he entered the Supeme Court earlier this week to plead for extension of interim bail for rape accused Tarun Tejpal, former editor-in-chief of Tehelka. The man who lost his deposit from Farrukhabad successfully argued in his clipped Oxford accent, managing extension of bail till June 27. Tejpal was earlier represented by senior advocate Harish Salve and Geeta Luthra.
Khurshid's former colleague Kapil Sibal too did not waste time in getting his bar license renewed. He was in Kolkata on Thursday fighting his first case since he lost elections from Chandni Chowk.
Like his high-profile career in government, the gregarious lawyer landed a high-profile case. He is representing the Birlas in their controversial dispute with the Lodhas.
Asked about his foray back into the courtroom, Sibal told ET, "it is always good to do different things." He said that he had other plans for himself too.
"Writing a book, writing songs, composing music... there are so many things to be done," he said.
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Though former finance minister P Chidambaram did not contest elections, choosing to opt out in his son's favour, he had indicated to his party colleagues that he was headed back to his legal practice. In the run-up to the elections, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, now law minister, could not resist a barb at Chidambaram. On his decision of not contesting, Prasad had said that the tottering Congress had no will to fight. "Mr Chidambaram will soon be self-employed. He will start a legal practice. I wish him very well. I hope he will do very well after a gap of 10 years," Prasad had said. When the Supreme Court opens after its summer vacation, Chidambaram may just be back in black robes.
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Former petroleum minister Veerappa Moily is among the 44 Congress MPs who are in the LS elections. Free from responsibilities of government, Moily is looking forward to an active legal practice in SC. "I am already in the process of setting up my chamber in the SC. It will be done by the time the SC reopens. I have a legal f i r m Moily Associates in Bangalore, and now plan to take up cases in SC and for other regulators," Moily told ET.
"I will begin my practice here soon after vacation," he added. Another former Congress MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi was not only getting used to a life without power but also to the state of Telangana.
One of the staunch votaries of the new state, he already had a legal firm in New York and was now planning to enroll in the Supreme Court. He said that his firm in New York largely handled corporate and investment-related cases.
As per rules, a MP can practice law but not a minister. The Bar Council of India license remains under suspension till the time the lawyer is employed. It can be renewed once the lawyer ceases to be a minister.
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