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'''Bishwajit Bhattacharyya''' was an [[Solicitor General of India|Additional Solicitor General]] of India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/la/lawofficers.htm |title=Law Ministry of India's website |access-date=2012-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227181547/http://www.lawmin.nic.in/la/lawofficers.htm |archive-date=2016-12-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-211798315/briefs.html The Statesman 'Appointments/Briefs']</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He completed his undergraduate studies from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] and studied law at [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi|Campus Law Centre]]. He has been a country manager at [[ANZ Grindlays]] bank, [[Senior Advocate]] of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and a visiting faculty at [[Indian Law Institute]], New Delhi. He is also a Visiting Professor at the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management]], Ahmedabad. As Additional Solicitor General of India (Indirect Taxes), he is credited with winning several big revenue cases for the tax department, including a [[landmark case]] against [[Fiat India Automobiles]] wherein Fiat India had to pay close to Rs. 432 crores as excise duty to the Government. Another landmark case which he argued and won was the Harshad Mehta securities scam case.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centres-probe-into-harshad-mehta-fraud-eyewash-says-supreme-court/article4974892.ece|title = Centre's probe into Harshad Mehta fraud eyewash, says Supreme Court|newspaper = The Hindu|date = August 2013|last1 = Venkatesan|first1 = J.}}</ref> Here he appeared for the State Bank of India against the National Housing Bank and the Supreme Court ruled emphatically in favour of State Bank of India and further directed National Housing Bank to refund Rs. 900 crores to the State Bank of India. Besides his background in law and economics, he also has a passion for music.<ref>[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/08/23/et-cetera/old-is-melodious/211930/ The Kathmandu Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/221790/reliving-golden-era.html The Deccan Herald]</ref><ref>[http://www.indialawjournal.com/bishwajit_profile.html]</ref><br />
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==His Autobiographical work==<br />
A day after being relieved from the office, Bhattacharyya's book ''My Experience with the office of Additional Solicitor General of India'' was released by former [[Chief Justice of India]] [[J. S. Verma]].{{clarify|date=February 2013}} In the same he alleged that full case files were not given to law officers and the briefs were given just minutes before the court hearing, leaving little time to prepare for arguments. <br />
<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-top-law-officer-accuses-govt-botch-up-crucial-cases-in-sc/1/229444.html India Today]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Books==<br />
*''Judging the Judges'', edited by K. Mahesh and Bishwajit Bhattacharyya. Gyan Pub. House, 1999. {{ISBN|81-212-0606-5}} <br />
*''My Experience with the Office of Additional Solicitor General of India'' by Bishwajit Bhattacharyya. Universal Law Pub. Co., 2013. {{ISBN|9350-3526-5-6}}<br />
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