The Influential Law Firms in Maharashtra 2019

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KONAKUPPAKATIL GOPINATHAN BALAKRISHNAN - 37 CJI
In Service – 14 January 2007 – 12 May 2010
Renowned For
• In a Kerala High Court judgement he asked the elec on commission to debar the poli cal
par es which impose hartals on the public causing them suffering.
• In 2010, he passed a judgement prohibi ng narco-analysis in interroga ons.
SAROSH HOMI KAPADIA – 38TH CJI
In Service – 12 May 2010 – 28 September 2012
Renowned For
• Quashing of the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas in 2011
• Vodafone judgment -- Vodafone was embroiled in a $2.5 billion tax dispute with the Indian
Income Tax Department over its purchase of Hutchison Essar Telecom Services.
ALTAMAS KABIR – 39TH CJI
In Service – 29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013
Renowned For
• In 2011 he ruled that female rela ves of a husband can also be booked under the Domes c
Violence Act.
• He also presided over the contempt case against prominent advocate Prashant Bhushan
a er he alleged that half out of the last 16 CJIs had been corrupt.
PALANISAMY SATHASIVAM – 40TH CJI
In Service – 19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014
Renowned For
• The Reliance Gas Judgment wherein he emphasised the use of natural resources through
public sector undertakings.
• In January 2014, a three-judge panel headed by him commuted sentences of 15 death-row
convicts.
RAJENDRA MAL LODHA – 41ST CJI
In Service – 27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014
Renowned For
• He headed the commi ee that suspended the owners of Rajasthan Royals and Chennai
Super Kings from the Indian Premier League cricket tournament for a period of two years for
alleged involvement in be ng.
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