Get Inspired: Careers of Top Lawyers
Updated: May 17, 2021
RAM JETHMALANI
The Legal Eye, The Luminary
Studied law despite opposition from his father.
Obtained a law degree when 17.
Persuaded the then Chief Justice to pass a special resolution to relax the rules (which then mandated that a lawyer had to be 21 yrs or above) & got allowed to practice law.
One of the highest-paid lawyers in INDIA with most high profile cases.
Received the Human Rights Award by
World Peace Through Law.
Not wary of the controversial
“The older you get, the younger should be your company”
SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY
Trusted by few but ignored by even fewer
An Indian academician, politician, economist and legal activist.
No monetary backing at the time to hire an advocate, led him to fight all these cases.
Initially, he was unsure of how to carry out the proceedings as a trained lawyer does.
He found his feet soon enough by his audacity to do the undoable.
Historic PILs filed by him - Jayalalithaa,
2G scam, National Herald case, Nataraja temple case, Ayodhya temple case etc.
Crusader against corruption
A lawyer not by qualification, but by practice
NANI PALKHIWALA
A guardian of our Constitution
A household name, not only amongst lawyers, but throughout the length and breadth of our country
He overcame his initial handicap of stammering by sheer willpower
Applied as lecturer at Bombay University, but was not awarded the post.
He had no godfathers in the profession. His rise at the Bar was meteoric.
His treatise, authored as a Book on Income Tax was regarded as Bible.
Defender of constitutional liberties & a champion of human rights
“You may not believe in a fate which overtakes men however they act; but you have to believe in a fate which overtakes men unless they act.”
MISHI CHOUDHARY
Advocating for justice and freedom…
A technology lawyer and digital rights activist
One of Asia Society’s 21 young leaders of 2015
Only lawyer in the world to simultaneously appear on briefs in the US and Indian Supreme Courts in the same term.
Primary legal representative of many of the world's leading free software developers and non-profit distributors.
Founded (SFLC) Software Freedom Law Center- premier non-profit organization representing the rights of Internet users and free software developers in India.
Youth for the right change
"By taking on challenges, not letting pride get in the way of action, acting on my convictions, and admitting my mistakes, I make my team feel like they belong."
KARUNA NUNDY
Torchbearer for the exploited & underprivileged
A Supreme Court Lawyer for the constitutional rights, media & tech law, women's rights and commercial cases.
Witnessing molesters grabbing girls on the streets, victim blaming influenced her on doing work to bring change and gain the power to fix things most effectively.
An economics degree, followed by job as a TV reporter, and application to 3 colleges simultaneously –law, film making and journalism. As she joined law school, she’d found her calling.
Most successful women in a male-dominated profession.
“I always felt that my work had to be a vocation, we spend so much of our life doing it..”
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