Rajeev Dhavan is an Indian Senior Advocate, a human rights activist, and a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists. He is the author or co-author of numerous books on legal and human rights topics, and is a regular columnist in the leading newspapers in India.
The bench headed by CJI S A Bobde called upon senior advocates Rajeev Dhavan and C S Vaidyanathan to employ their teams’ expertise in streamlining the filing of written submissions and dividing the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The CJI’s observation came when senior advocates Indira Jaising and Rajeev Dhavan said deferring the hearing on faith vs fundamental rights issue could clash with the hearing on petitions challenging.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has already filed a petition in the matter. We will also file a petition on or before December 6. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan will file the petition. It has been signed by almost.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who represented Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case has claimed that he was “sacked from the case” despite having drafted the Jamiat.. IndiaTimes - Published
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)on Tuesday was hopeful that senior counsel Rajeev Dhavan will represent it when it files a review petition in the Supreme Court on the Ayodhya verdict. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who had been the face of Muslim parties in the Ayodhya case, on Tuesday announced his sacking by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind's advocate-on-record Ejaz Maqbool. However, All India.. IndiaTimes - Published
"I don't know what were their compulsions but they confirmed to me it was a sacking. Now they are saying that I was sick and unavailable, it is a lie," Dhawan said. DNA - Published
The man who prepared a pictorial map showing the Ram Janmasthan, ex-IPS officer Kishore Kunal, isn't surprised that lawyer Rajeev Dhavan, representing Muslim petitioners in the Ayodhya title suit,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Enacting a Bollywood courtroom scene in the Supreme Court, Muslim party counsel Rajeev Dhavan on Wednesday dramatically tore into pieces a map which Hindu Mahasabha had cited as depicting the "exact.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bringing out evidence in the form of grants received from the British government for the upkeep of the mosque, senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan told the apex court that this showed continuity of.. DNA - Published
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told by senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan that they do not wish to question the authorship of the summary of the ASI report. "It is.. IndiaTimes - Published
The SC on Thursday closed a contempt case against an 88-year old retired public servant after he expressed regret for writing objectionable letters to senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan for appearing for.. IndiaTimes - Published
Muslim parties termed as "conjecture" the Supreme Court's observation Wednesday that the Hindus believed in some divinity in the central dome of the disputed structure at Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid.. IndiaTimes - Published
Speaking for the bench, the CJI asked senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan to take the lead in preparing the schedule after consulting all counsels DNA - Published
The top court was hearing a petition filed by RSS ideologue KN Govindacharya. Sunni Wakf Board counsel Rajeev Dhavan objected to this and asked whether it would be advisable to start live streaming.. DNA - Published
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan told a five-judge bench that a place being made a juridical person cannot be accepted in law for a juridical person entails certain rights and duties. DNA - Published
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan appearing for Muslim parties told a five-judge bench that he was concerned due to the comments that came from UP Minister Mukut Bihari Verma DNA - Published
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing Muslim parties in the Ayodhya Babri Masjid land dispute case, on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that he has been receiving threats on social.. DNA - Published
The Supreme Court on Thursday took note of the submission of senior lawyer Rajeev Dhavan, representing Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, that he has been receiving.. IndiaTimes - Published
Muslim parties on Tuesday argued before the court that "miscreants" who demolished the mosque could not claim ownership over the 2.77 acre disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land in Ayodhya. They.. IndiaTimes - Published
Dr Dhavan in his petition pleaded to the top court for initiation of contempt of court proceedings against him for interfering with the court proceedings. DNA - Published
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from two persons for allegedly threatening senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan for taking up the case on behalf of the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties.. IndiaTimes - Published
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Dhavan, that the contempt plea would be taken up. "It will be listed for hearing.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sunni Central WAQF board lawyer, Dr Rajeev Dhavan, on Friday filed a contempt petition against one professor, N Shanmugam for allegedly threatening him for appearing for Muslim parties in the Ayodhya.. IndiaTimes - Published
As proceedings began on Friday, senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan appearing for one of the Muslim parties to the suit, stood up to raise an objection to the Ayodhya title suit case being heard from Monday.. DNA - Published
The submission was made by senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who is appearing for M Siddiq and the All India Sunni Waqf Board, when the Supreme Court commenced hearing on the fourth day in the case. IndiaTimes - Published
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, which had requested the Speaker on Thursday take a decision on the resignations in the course of the day, was forced.. IndiaTimes - Published
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