Geeta Luthra Explained

Geeta Luthra is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India.

Geeta Luthra
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:Faculty of Law, University of Delhi,
University of Cambridge (LLM), (MPhil)
Occupation:Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India

Career

Luthra began practicing law in the 1980s.[1] For thirty years, she practiced law with Senior Advocate Pinky Anand.[2] Luthra's legal practice experience includes criminal law, arbitration law, constitutional law, human rights and economic offenses.[3] 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.[1] She has also provided free legal services, including for female prison inmates in Bihar. 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."

Luthra currently represents former Union Minister M. J. Akbar in the criminal defamation case he filed against Priya Ramani for sexual harassment allegations she made against him during the MeToo movement in India.[4] [5] [6] [7] She also has represented Tarun Tejpal since 2013[8] [9] [10] and Rajiv Kocher, brother-in-law of Chanda Kochhar.[11] In 2016, Luthra represented Shashi Shekhar Thakur in the Delhi High Court. She has also represented Dubai-based businessman Rajeev Saxena.[12] [13]

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.[14] [15] 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.[16] [17]

Commentary

Luthra has argued for statutory safety and privacy while implementing apps like Aarogya Setu, which are claimed to be in public health interest.[18] In 2017, she provided commentary as a human rights lawyer to The Statesman after the Supreme Court ruled that the right to privacy is a fundamental right.[19] In 2019, she spoke with Faye D'Souza of Times Now about the right to vote.[20] In 2019, Luthra provided commentary to 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.[21]

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.[22] In 2020, Luthra spoke out about the anti-conversion law.[23]

Associations

Luthra is the Vice-President of the Indian Council of Arbitration.[24] She is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers[25] and LawAsia.[3]

Education

Luthra graduated from Lady Shri Ram College with a BA in Political Science in 1977[26] and graduated from the University of Cambridge with an LLM and M.Phil. after winning the Inlaks scholarship.[27] While at Cambridge, Elihu Lauterpacht was one of her teachers.[27] She studied law at Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.[27]

Personal life

Luthra's father, K.K. Luthra, was a senior advocate, and her brother Sidharth Luthra is senior advocate[27] who has said Luthra helped support the start of his law practice.[28] Luthra's daughter Shivani has also joined the legal profession.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sarda . Kanu . Geeta Luthra: Together with guts and wits . 11 February 2021 . New Indian Express . 20 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Rasheed . Mustafa . Women in Law: Interview of Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra with Her Forum . Lawctopus . 11 February 2021 . September 1, 2020.
  3. Web site: Geeta Luthra . Difficult Dialogues . 11 February 2021 . 2018.
  4. News: Saran . Mekhala . Akbar-Ramani Case: How a Journalist Was Tried for Saying #MeToo . 10 February 2021 . The Quint . February 10, 2021.
  5. News: FP Staff . 'Factually incorrect, mala fide': MJ Akbar's lawyer Geeta Luthra presents rejoinder in defamation suit against Priya Ramani . 11 February 2021 . FirstPost . November 10, 2020.
  6. News: FP Staff . MJ Akbar's counsel makes closing arguments in Priya Ramani defamation case; next hearing on 24 Dec . 11 February 2021 . FirstPost . December 22, 2020.
  7. News: Priyadarshini . Anna . Priya Ramani's Vogue article about sexual harassment is 'fictitious', MJ Akbar's lawyer . 22 January 2021 . Newslaundry . January 18, 2021.
  8. News: Hearing resumes on Tejpal's anticipatory bail plea . 11 February 2021 . The Hindu Businessline . 30 November 2013.
  9. News: Tarun Tejpal granted interim bail, lawyers slammed in court . 11 February 2021 . NDTV . AllIndia . November 30, 2013.
  10. News: Kumar . Hari . Indian Editor Is Arrested in Assault of Employee . 12 February 2021 . The New York Times . November 30, 2013.
  11. News: Court directs withdrawal of lookout notice against Chanda Kochhar's brother-in-law . 11 February 2021 . Economic Times . 7 June 2019.
  12. News: FE Online . BREAKING: AgustaWestland accused Rajeev Saxena extradited to India . 11 February 2021 . Financial Express . January 30, 2019.
  13. News: Who is Rajiv Saxena, Co-Accused in the AgustaWestland Case? . 12 February 2021 . The Quint . February 12, 2019.
  14. News: Thomas . Abraham . Plea in Supreme Court seeks religion, gender neutral adoption process . 11 February 2021 . Hindustan Times . January 29, 2021.
  15. News: SC agrees to examine plea for gender & religion neutral uniform law on adoption, guardianship . 11 February 2021 . The Economic Times . Press Trust India . January 29, 2021.
  16. News: NCW says skin-to-skin contact verdict 'perverse interpretation', SC issues notice . 11 February 2021 . Daijiworld . February 10, 2021.
  17. News: Skin to skin contact: SC agrees to hear NCW's plea against Bombay HC verdict . 11 February 2021 . Yahoo News . Press Trust India . February 9, 2021.
  18. Web site: Luthra . Geeta . Covid-19: Balance between civil liberties and public health . The Daily Guardian . 11 February 2021.
  19. News: IANS . SC ruling on privacy will have wider implications, say experts . 12 February 2021 . The Statesman . August 24, 2017.
  20. News: D'Souza . Faye . Faye D'Souza speaks to Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra on the 'Right to Vote' . 12 February 2021 . TimesNowNews . April 12, 2019.
  21. News: Mandhani . Apoorva . What if roles are reversed? Debate on court ordering man to give sperm to estranged wife . 13 February 2021 . ThePrint . June 28, 2019.
  22. News: Ravi . Niharika . Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum Debates Death Penalty . 11 February 2021 . The Leaflet . December 19, 2020.
  23. News: Is anti-conversion law becoming a political tool? . 11 February 2021 . TimesNowNews . December 28, 2020.
  24. Web site: About ICA . Indian Council of Arbitration . 13 February 2021.
  25. Web site: Geeta Luthra . International Academy of Family Lawyers . 13 February 2021.
  26. Web site: Distinguished Alumnae . Lady Shri Ram College . 12 February 2021 . 2019.
  27. News: Singh . Nandita . The LSR graduate who's a lawyer representing both MJ Akbar and Tarun Tejpal . 11 February 2021 . The Print . October 20, 2018.
  28. News: Nangia . Tarun . Siddharth Luthra and his mother . 12 February 2021 . NewsX . January 15, 2020 . 15 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200115170746/https://www.newsx.com/national/siddharth-and-his-mother.html . dead .

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