Geeta Luthra

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Geeta Luthra is a

Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India.[1]

Geeta Luthra
Nationality
Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India

Career

Luthra began practicing law in the 1980s.[2] For thirty years, she practiced law with Senior Advocate Pinky Anand.[3] Luthra's legal practice experience includes criminal law, arbitration law, constitutional law, human rights and economic offenses.[4] Her cases have included women's maintenance and property rights, bail in offenses against women, and the right for transgender people to serve in the paramilitary forces in India.[2] She has also provided free legal services, including for female prison inmates in Bihar.[1][3] In 2018, Luthra told the ThePrint, "Everyone deserves a chance at a fair trial," and "It is not my place to say what is right and what is wrong, I have always strived to work for a true sense of fairness. That is what makes me tick."[1]

Luthra currently represents former Union Minister

MeToo movement in India.[5][6][7][8] She also has represented Tarun Tejpal since 2013[9][10][11] and Rajiv Kocher, brother-in-law of Chanda Kochhar.[12] In 2016, Luthra represented Shashi Shekhar Thakur in the Delhi High Court.[1] She has also represented Dubai-based businessman Rajeev Saxena.[13][14]

In 2021, Luthra was one of two senior advocates who appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of

Bhartiya Janata Party leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who filed a petition seeking the uniform application of gender and religion-neutral adoption and guardianship laws throughout India.[15][16] Luthra also represented the National Commission for Women (NCW) in its Supreme Court challenge to a Bombay High Court case involving a man accused of groping a 12-year-old girl, where the verdict was an acquittal due to a lack of "skin-to-skin" contact.[17][18]

Commentary

Luthra has argued for statutory safety and privacy while implementing apps like

The Print about an order from a Nanded family court that included a provision for a man to donate sperm to his estranged wife or have his refusal be used as grounds for divorce.[22]

In 2020, Luthra participated in a public debate about capital punishment with other attorneys that was hosted by the Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum.[23] In 2020, Luthra spoke out about the anti-conversion law.[24]

Associations

Luthra is the Vice-President of the Indian Council of Arbitration.[25] She is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers[26] and LawAsia.[4]

Education

Luthra graduated from Lady Shri Ram College with a BA in Political Science in 1977[27] and graduated from the University of Cambridge with an LLM and M.Phil. after winning the Inlaks scholarship.[1] While at Cambridge, Elihu Lauterpacht was one of her teachers.[1] She studied law at Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.[1]

Personal life

Luthra's father, K.K. Luthra, was a senior advocate, and her brother Sidharth Luthra is senior advocate[1] who has said Luthra helped support the start of his law practice.[28] Luthra's daughter Shivani has also joined the legal profession.[2][3]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Singh, Nandita (October 20, 2018). "The LSR graduate who's a lawyer representing both MJ Akbar and Tarun Tejpal". The Print. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Sarda, Kanu (20 March 2020). "Geeta Luthra: Together with guts and wits". New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Rasheed, Mustafa (September 1, 2020). "Women in Law: Interview of Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra with Her Forum". Lawctopus. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Geeta Luthra". Difficult Dialogues. 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ Saran, Mekhala (February 10, 2021). "Akbar-Ramani Case: How a Journalist Was Tried for Saying #MeToo". The Quint. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  6. ^ FP Staff (November 10, 2020). "'Factually incorrect, mala fide': MJ Akbar's lawyer Geeta Luthra presents rejoinder in defamation suit against Priya Ramani". FirstPost. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  7. ^ FP Staff (December 22, 2020). "MJ Akbar's counsel makes closing arguments in Priya Ramani defamation case; next hearing on 24 Dec". FirstPost. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. ^ Priyadarshini, Anna (January 18, 2021). "Priya Ramani's Vogue article about sexual harassment is 'fictitious', MJ Akbar's lawyer". Newslaundry. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Hearing resumes on Tejpal's anticipatory bail plea". The Hindu Businessline. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Tarun Tejpal granted interim bail, lawyers slammed in court". NDTV. AllIndia. November 30, 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  11. ^ Kumar, Hari (November 30, 2013). "Indian Editor Is Arrested in Assault of Employee". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Court directs withdrawal of lookout notice against Chanda Kochhar's brother-in-law". Economic Times. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  13. ^ FE Online (January 30, 2019). "BREAKING: AgustaWestland accused Rajeev Saxena extradited to India". Financial Express. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Who is Rajiv Saxena, Co-Accused in the AgustaWestland Case?". The Quint. February 12, 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  15. ^ Thomas, Abraham (January 29, 2021). "Plea in Supreme Court seeks religion, gender neutral adoption process". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  16. ^ "SC agrees to examine plea for gender & religion neutral uniform law on adoption, guardianship". The Economic Times. Press Trust India. January 29, 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  17. ^ "NCW says skin-to-skin contact verdict 'perverse interpretation', SC issues notice". Daijiworld. February 10, 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Skin to skin contact: SC agrees to hear NCW's plea against Bombay HC verdict". Yahoo News. Press Trust India. February 9, 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  19. ^ Luthra, Geeta. "Covid-19: Balance between civil liberties and public health". The Daily Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  20. ^ IANS (August 24, 2017). "SC ruling on privacy will have wider implications, say experts". The Statesman. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  21. ^ D'Souza, Faye (April 12, 2019). "Faye D'Souza speaks to Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra on the 'Right to Vote'". TimesNowNews. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  22. ^ Mandhani, Apoorva (June 28, 2019). "What if roles are reversed? Debate on court ordering man to give sperm to estranged wife". ThePrint. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  23. ^ Ravi, Niharika (December 19, 2020). "Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum Debates Death Penalty". The Leaflet. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Is anti-conversion law becoming a political tool?". TimesNowNews. December 28, 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  25. ^ "About ICA". Indian Council of Arbitration. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  26. ^ "Geeta Luthra". International Academy of Family Lawyers. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  27. ^ "Distinguished Alumnae". Lady Shri Ram College. 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  28. ^ Nangia, Tarun (January 15, 2020). "Siddharth Luthra and his mother". NewsX. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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