Harish Salve appointed as Queen’s Counsel
Senior Advocate Harish Salve would be “taking silk” after being appointed as the Queen’s Counsel (QC) for the courts of England and Wales by the Ministry of Justice. He would be formally appointed as “Silk” on March 16, 2020.He has served as the Solicitor General of India from November 1999 to November 2002.As a law officer for the Union of India, Harish Salve conducted a large...
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Senior Advocate Harish Salve would be “taking silk” after being appointed as the Queen’s Counsel (QC) for the courts of England and Wales by the Ministry of Justice. He would be formally appointed as “Silk” on March 16, 2020.
He has served as the Solicitor General of India from November 1999 to November 2002.
As a law officer for the Union of India, Harish Salve conducted a large number of important matters like the first Anti-Dumping case in the Supreme Court of India and the first case of privatization of PSUs and many more.
Salve has handled many high profile cases. He has also been appointed as Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court in some cases.
In 2013, Salve was admitted to the English Bar and subsequently joined the Blackstone Chambers.
In May 2017, he represented India before the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.
Salve has completed his graduation in Commerce and LLB from Nagpur University. He began his career at J. B. Dadachandji & Co., initially as an intern, and later as a full-time lawyer.
