Newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party member Ram Jethmalani surprised the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when he praised External Affairs Minister S M Krishna for showing "dignity" in the face of critical remarks of his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi about Home Secretary G K Pillai at a joint press conference last month.
Coming out in support of Anna Hazare, noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani today termed as 'foolish project' the decision of Arvind Kejriwal-led group to form a party and urged the veteran activist to focus only on corruption.
Ram Jethmalani, who has demanded the resignation of Nitin Gadkari in the wake of allegations of dubious funding of his company, today said he may like to ask questions to the Bharatiya Janata Party president in a bid to convince himself of his innocence.
Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Monday announced his "break-up" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his "diminishing respect" for Modi has "ended".
The former Union law minister said he is bound by the law to defend any accused who approaches him.
Gitanjali Gurbaxani, whose family has known Ram Jethmalani since their Pre-Partition days in Sind, recalls the legal luminary and 'the pride of the Sindhi community'.
Arguing for the bail to former Samajwadi Party leader, the senior advocate named Patel, changing his earlier statement that the money could have come from BJP since L K Advani had said that his party had conducted a sting operation.
Jethmalani said, "The reason behind it is he (Kejriwal) has spoken a lie. He has gone and said that I have not given any instructions, but fact is he did and I have them recorded."
Former Union law minister Ram Jethmalani on Thursday demanded setting up of a special investigation team to probe unaccounted money of Indians, estimated to the tune of $1500 billion, lying in Swiss and other foreign banks.
Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani, who has demanded the resignation of Nitin Gadkari over 'dubious' funding of his company, on Wednesday said he will carry on his fight against the BJP President but will not quit the party.
In a strongly-worded letter to Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari, eminent lawyer and MP Ram Jethmalani has alleged party leaders are "silent against the huge corruption" in United Progressive Alliance-II government and are instead engaged in infighting.
Eminent lawyer and Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Ram Jethmalani on Sunday said he felt "guilty" and "cheated" for helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi who failed to deliver on his promise of bringing back blackmoney stashed abroad.
Senior advocate and suspended Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ram Jethmalani on Friday said any party, which wants to come to power after the next Lok Sabha elections, should declare its prime ministerial candidate in advance.
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that individuals affiliated with political parties are not barred from contesting elections for bar bodies. The court dismissed a PIL seeking directions to prevent such candidates, arguing that a diverse range of ideologies is essential in a democracy and that there is no law prohibiting politically active individuals from participating in bar body elections.
Noted lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ram Jethmalani and Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma were on Thursday elected in the Rajya Sabha polls in Rajasthan, while a Congress-supported Independent candidate was defeated.
Stirring the hornet's nest in the Bharatiya Janata Party, noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani has strongly pitched for projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections.
Now a Rajya Sabha member, the law minister in the erstwhile National Democratic Alliance government, also accuses the ruling Congress of being "always" opposed to the Mandal recommendations.
He said entire circumstances were invented by the Police to falsely implicate Manu. Delhi Police has challenged the acquittal of Manu and others in the Jessica Lal murder case.
"Two-thirds of the evidence produced by the prosecution is false. When majority of the evidence is false, the whole case is doubtful," Jethmalani argued.
Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed an application by prime accused Manu Sharma seeking transfer of Jessica Lal murder case to another court
The aim behind the arrest of former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case was to target Chief Minister Narendra Modi, his counsel Ram Jethmalani said in an Ahmedabad court.
Seeking to give a new twist in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case, noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani questioned the Supreme Court order for the Central Bureau of Investigation probe into it saying it was passed by a bench headed by a judge, who was himself under the agency's scanner in a criminal case.
Noted jurist and Bharatiya Janata Party member of parliament Ram Jethmalani on Friday slammed the ruling United Progressive Alliance government as "shameless" for remaining in office even after the Supreme Court's criticism of it for the "laggardly pace" of probe into the issue of black money stashed abroad in tax havens.
"The plane could have been stopped by placing a bench before it or by puncturing its tyres," said Jethmalani.
A belligerent Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Ram Jethmalani, who attacked the party for its criticism on the appointment of the new Central Bureau of Investigation director, on Sunday challenged the party leadership to take action against him for his stand on the issue.
The Centre on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah and his lawyer Ram Jethmalani for questioning the impartiality of the judge who ordered CBI probe in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Heated exchanges were witnessed between Union Minister Arun Jaitley and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani in the Delhi high court on Wednesday during the former's cross-examination in a defamation case against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Alt Balaji's The Verdict - State vs Nanavati enjoyed a special screening for its cast and family in Mumbai.
The cold vibes between Narendra Modi and L K Advani, who has been unhappy over his nomination as the Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate, were visible when the two leaders ran into each other at a party to celebrate Ram Jethmalani's 90th birthday in New Delhi on Sunday night.
Appearing before Justices R S Sodhi and P K Bhasin, Jethmalani said that the prosecution witness Deepak Bhojwani was planted by police to give a statement against Sharma.
The HC said if such remarks were made on instructions of Kejriwal, then he should 'first step into the box'.
Shahabuddin approached three senior lawyers, of whom Jethmalani has reportedly agreed to argue his case.
"According to me, Narendra bhai is the best prime minister for this country. Nothing has happened to change my mind. Modi in my definition of secularism is 100 per cent secular," Jethamalani told media persons in New Delhi.
Ram Jethmalani has urged the Narendra Modi government to refer the long-pending Sino-India border dispute to the International Court of Justice for a decision.
RNRL and Mukesh Ambani's RIL are fighting a legal battle over the terms of gas supply agreement for Anil Ambani Group's gas-based Dadri power project. Two weeks ago, government lawyer Mohan Parasaran had stated in the court that the Empowered Group of Ministers had decided that $4.2 per mmbtu would be the minimum price of KG basin gas.
Firing a fresh salvo at his former client, the senior counsel alleged that the Delhi chief minister had instructed him to use derogatory words against Jaitley.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its Parliamentary Board members were on Thursday directed by the Delhi high court to respond to former Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani's plea challenging his expulsion by the Board in May this year.
Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Saturday slammed the government over the handling of affairs with Pakistan after the Pathankot attack, saying they are "not educated enough" to deal with the troubled nation.
"We have prepared a broad platform where we have assessed the top 50 judges of the country who would be considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of India. We have data on judgments and the quality of judgments. The idea is to make the process of appointment in the Supreme Court more transparent," the CJI said.
Jethmalani said that the BJP-led government at the Centre should take no step without obtaining the consent of the SIT which has been set up to probe the matter.
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