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Hemant Batra | |
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 Hemant Batra at SansadTV in 2021 | |
| Corporate, Commercial and Public Policy Lawyer, Vice President, SAARCLAW Apex Body of SAARC, Columnist, Writer, Author, Commentator, Public Speaker, and TV anchor/Host | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Justice Tshering Wangchuk,Chief Justice of Bhutan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1967 |
| Spouse | Preeti Wahi Batra [1] |
| Residence(s) | Gurgaon,Delhi NCR,and New Delhi |
| Alma mater | GMHS 16,Chandigarh Punjab University,Chandigarh |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Hemant Batra (born 15 August 1967) is an Indian lawyer. [2] [3] [4] [5] TV anchor/Host, [6] [7] [8] [9] public speaker,commentator (law &public policy),mentor,and legal counsel. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] He was the co-founder and counsel at Kaden Boriss Global,an alliance and forum of independent and autonomous law firms and legal enterprises. [1] [17] [18] Hemant holds a position as the Secretary General [19] of SAARCLAW [20] (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law). SAARCLAW is a regional Apex body of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation).
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Hemant Batra withdrew from all active roles in Kaden Boriss law firm in 2015 and formally quit the law firm in 2016. He now independently practises law as an arguing counsel in the Indian Supreme Court and Delhi High Court. He is seen now in the roles of arbitrator,mediator,conciliator,tutor of law and public policy. He is authoring books for Eastern Book Company. [21] [22] Hemant has recently merged his practice with India's leading and topmost law firm,namely,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas &Co(SAM). In the law firm,he heads the new vertical of New Ventures &Growth where he is responsible for the expansion and growth of SAM geographically,territorially,and professionally. As per industry sources,his role is working closely with the founders Shardul S. Shroff and Pallavi S. Shroff [23] [24]
Batra joined the advisory board of the pivotals,the first ever stakeholders engagement platform. [25] [26] [27] In his role as a policy specialist and global business lawyer,he was invited to join the leadership team of a well known not for profit organization.
Though not as a Secretary-General of SAARCLAW but taking advantage of his standing in South Asia including Pakistan,he took up the issue of grant of mercy to the Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh (now deceased). [28] Batra has done substantial work for ensuring legal rights of people living with HIV and key populations at higher risk of exposure to HIV. [29]
Considered as one of the prominent authorities on cross-border issues connected with the legal profession,he was invited by the Harvard Law School to share his thoughts with senior students on the Future Market for Corporate Legal Services in India. [30]
He has always mooted for opening up of the legal profession in India be it allowing foreign lawyers as well as showcasing. According to him medicine and law were once on the same footing as "noble professions" and as the corporatization of the medical profession has been permitted,the restrictions on lawyers are unjustified. [17] These views were expressed by him to the Live Mint and the Wall Street Journal.
Batra vociferously defended former IPL chairman Lalit Modi in UK as well as in India. [31] [32] Three leading publications captured his interview,namely,India Today,Daily Mail UK and Tehelka.
He recently mooted the idea of large scale repeal of laws. He supported and complimented the landmark initiative taken by the Narendra Modi Government in India in repealing obsolete laws. He also emphasized that repeal of laws is as significant as the passage of new laws. [33] He was one of the first set of legal experts who covered the legal aspects connected with Coronavirus or COVID-19. [34]
As chairman of the jury,Batra has propagated a policy change in the way businesses are run and managed. According to him,a successful business goes beyond money-making. Societal responsibilities are key to successful businesses. [35]
He highlighted and favoured the policy of Narendra Modi BJP Government in India regarding the enhancement of traffic violation fines. [36] A public policy expert and commentator Hemant Batra opines that Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,2016 is a phenomenal economic law and public policy reform of the last decade,which provided a revolutionary shift of earlier law from a defaulting debtor controlling assets until resolution or liquidation,to the creditors in command of the NPAs during resolution or liquidation. [5] Further under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,a new route to M&A has emerged. The distressed assets are the new targets for bigger companies planning to grow through the organic route. This is according to Batra. [2]
Expressing his public policy opinion on the Indian cryptocurrency market to a well-known online publication,he said that the "cryptocurrency market has now become very big with involvement of billions of dollars in the market hence,it is now unattainable and irreconcilable for the government to completely ban all sorts of cryptocurrency and its trading and investment". [37] He mooted regulating the cryptocurrency market rather than completely banning it. He favoured following IMF and FATF guidelines in this regard.
