Abhishek Singhvi | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 3 April 2018 –3 April 2024 | |
Preceded by | Tapan Kumar Sen (CPI(M)) |
Succeeded by | Samik Bhattacharya (BJP) |
Constituency | West Bengal |
In office 3 April 2006 –2 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ram Jethmalani |
Succeeded by | Madan Lal Saini (BJP) |
Constituency | Rajasthan |
Personal details | |
Born | Jodhpur,Rajasthan,India | 24 February 1959
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Anita Singhvi |
Relations | Laxmi Mall Singhvi (father) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Delhi (BA) Trinity College,Cambridge (MA,PhD) Harvard University (PIL) |
Profession | Senior Advocate |
Website | www |
Abhishek Manu Singhvi (born 24 February 1959) is an Indian senior advocate and politician. As politician,he is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and a former Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He is also a spokesperson for the INC. [1] He is one of the senior advocates of the Supreme Court of India. [2]
Singhvi was born in a Marwari family. [3] His father Laxmi Mall Singhvi was a scholar in Jain history and culture. [4] He was a renowned lawyer and India's former High Commissioner to the UK. He was elected to Rajya Sabha (1998–2004). His mother's name is Kamla Singhvi.
Singhvi did his schooling at St. Columba's School,Delhi. [5] He obtained B.A.(Hons.),M.A.,PhD,PIL educated at St. Stephen's College,Trinity College,Cambridge and Harvard University. Singhvi completed his PhD under constitutional lawyer Sir William Wade of Cambridge University. The topic of his doctoral dissertation at Cambridge University was on Emergency Powers. [6] [7]
Singhvi is married to Anita Singhvi,an Indian classical singer and an exponent of Sufi music. They have two sons. [8] In 2014,he was fined ₹ 57 crore by the Income Tax Settlement Commission for failing to furnish documents supporting his claims of expenditure for running his office. [9]
Singhvi,at 37,became the youngest Additional Solicitor General of India,in 1997. [10] He held the position for a year,until 1998.
In 2024,Singhvi was fielded from Himachal Pradesh for the Rajya Sabha seat,but lost to Bharatiya Janata Party's Harsh Mahajan. [13] [14]
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