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{{short description|Indian advocate}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Harish Salve
| honorific-suffix = [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]
| office = [[Solicitor General of India]]
| predecessor = [[N. Santosh Hegde]]
| successor = [[Kirit Raval]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|6|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Warud, [[Sindkheda]], [[Dhule district|Dhule]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| residence = [[New Delhi, India]] <br>[[London, United Kingdom]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Meenakshi Salve<br>|1982|2020|reason=div}}{{marriage|Caroline Brossard<br>|2020}}
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Nagpur University]] ([[BCom]], [[LL.B.|LLB]])<br>[[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]
| profession = [[Senior Advocate]]
| term_start = 1 November 1999
| term_end = 3 November 2002
| honorific_suffix =
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}

'''Harish Salve''' [[QC]] is an Indian [[senior advocate]] who practices at the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He served as the [[Solicitor General of India]] from 1 November 1999 to 3 November 2002. He also fought the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). On 16 January 2020 he was appointed as a [[Queen's Counsel]] for the courts of England and Wales.

==Background and family==
Harish Salve was born into a [[Marathi people|Marathi]]  family. His father, [[N. K. P. Salve]], was a chartered accountant and prominent politician of the [[Indian National Congress]]. His mother, Ambriti Salve, was a doctor. His grandfather, P.K. Salve, was a successful criminal lawyer and his great-grandfather (father of P.K. Salve) was a munsif (subordinate judge).<ref name="IIFL Interview">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBZaZuowYs |publisher=IIFL |title=IIFL-Harish Salve-Lawyer-Background and Formative Years |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> Salve who is a Christian, grew in a multi-religious family with a liberal secularism at his home.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Walk The Talk', With Harish Salve: Full Transcript|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/walk-the-talk-with-harish-salve-full-transcript-759892|access-date=2020-10-25|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Harish Salve was married to Meenakshi Salve for 38 years; they got divorced in 2020. He lives and works in North London. Salve married Caroline Brossard, a London-based artist, on October 28, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taneja|first=Nidhi|date=2020-10-29|title=Harish Salve marries London-based artiste Caroline Brossard at church ceremony. See photos|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/harish-salve-wedding-caroline-brossard-wife-marriage-church-ceremony-photos-pictures-660700|access-date=2021-02-15|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref> Harish Salve had first met Brossard at an art event.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 27, 2020|first=Raya|last=Ghosh|title=Who is Caroline Brossard, Harish Salve's wife-to-be?|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/who-is-caroline-brossard-harish-salve-s-wife-to-be-1735427-2020-10-27|access-date=2021-02-15|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==Early Schooling and formative years==
He did his schooling at [[St. Francis De'Sales High School, Nagpur, Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nov 18 |first1=Abhishek Choudhari |title=A phenomenal memory, immaculate dress sense, good debater Sharad once wanted to be a doctor... {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/a-phenomenal-memory-immaculate-dress-sense-good-debater-sharad-once-wanted-to-be-a-doctor-/articleshow/72099885.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He completed his Chartered Accountancy from [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|ICAI]] and LLB from [[Nagpur University]].<ref name="blackstone">{{cite web|title=Harish Salve Profile|url=https://www.blackstonechambers.com/barristers/harish-salve-sa/|website=blackstonechambers.com|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> The former chief Justice of India [[Sharad Arvind Bobde]] was his classmate in school. Before he became a lawyer, Salve practised Chartered Accountancy in taxation. He began his legal career as an intern in 1980 at JB Dadachandji & Co.<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-harish-salve-5834692/</ref>

==Career==
He began his legal career in 1980 at J. B. Dadachandji & Co., first as an intern, and later as a full-time lawyer. During this time, he assisted Palkhivala in the Minerva Mills case (case citation: AIR 1980 SC 1789).<ref name="ITAT Online">{{cite web|last=Swaminathan Iyer|first=Vellalapatti|title=Tax Titans: My Name is Harish Salve|url=http://www.taxtitans.com/index.php/my-name-is-harish-salve/|publisher=ITAT Online|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> Salve was later designated a [[Senior Counsel]] by the [[Delhi High Court]].

Salve worked with former [[Attorney General of India|Attorney General]], [[Soli Sorabjee]], from 1980–1986.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sorabjee reappointed A-G; Salve Solicitor-General|date=1 November 1999|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]}}</ref> He declined to be nominated for a second three-year term due to "personal reasons" when his first term ended in November 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103006301100.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Harish Salve declines second term|date=30 October 2002|access-date=28 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124144130/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103006301100.htm|archive-date=24 January 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later clarified that his wife was unhappy with him bringing work home.<ref name="ET Now Interview">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/daily/in-conversation-with-lawyer-harish-salve-part-1/videoshow/11839375.cms|title=In conversation with lawyer Harish Salve- Part 1|date=10 February 2012| access-date=4 February 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times (ET Now)}}</ref>

Salve was appointed as [[Amicus curiae|Amicus Curiae]] by the Supreme Court in some cases, mostly relating to preservation of the environment. However, in 2011, he recused himself from this position during a hearing on [[illegal mining]], on the grounds that he had previously appeared for one or more of the parties.

In 2013, Salve was admitted to the [[Barristers in England and Wales|English Bar]] and subsequently joined the [[Blackstone Chambers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackstonechambers.com/people/barristers/harish_salve_sa.html|title=Harish Salve SA — Blackstone Chambers|website=Blackstone Chambers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228185811/http://www.blackstonechambers.com/people/barristers/harish_salve_sa.html|archive-date=28 February 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=15 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Major cases and clients===
Harish Salve argued the first Anti-Dumping case in the Supreme Court of India. He frequently represents large corporations like [[Mukesh Ambani]]'s [[Reliance Industries Limited]]. He has appeared in the [[Krishna Godavari Basin]] gas dispute case against the latter's brother, [[Anil Ambani]]'s [[Reliance Natural Resources Limited]].

Other clients include the [[Tata Group]], [[ITC Limited]], whom he has represented on various matters. He has appeared for several Tata group companies. He has also appeared for [[Ratan Tata]] himself.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

Salve represented [[Vodafone]] in its $2.5 billion tax dispute with the [[Indian government]]. He initially lost the case in the [[Bombay High Court]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Vodafone International Holdings B.V. versus Union of India|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/generatenew.php?path=./data/judgements/2010/&fname=OSWP130810.pdf&smflag=N|publisher=Bombay High Court|access-date=4 February 2013|author=D. Y. Chandrachud|author2=J. P. Devadhar|format=Judgement|date=8 September 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but later won it at the Supreme Court after taking a temporary residence in London and relocating his office there to focus solely on the case.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/vodafone-wins-2-bn-tax-case-in-supreme-court-112012000125_1.html|title = Vodafone wins $2 bn tax case in Supreme Court|date = 20 January 2012|website = Business Standard}}</ref> Salve was extremely critical of the Indian government for passing a retrospective clarification to the Income Tax law in the 2012 [[Union Budget]], which nullified the Supreme Court's decision.<ref name="Mint article">{{cite news|title=Vodafone-Hutch deal {{!}} Retrospective change to I–T Act|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/n4zC41fejoQ7ObfL4Bue6N/VodafoneHutch-deal--Retrospective-change-to-IT-Act.html|access-date=4 February 2013|newspaper=Mint|date=17 March 2012}}</ref>

Salve appeared for Bilkis Bano, a victim of the [[Gujarat Riots]], at the behest of the [[National Human Rights Commission]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ne020208bilkis.asp|title = Bilkis Bano's Brave Fight|date = 2 February 2008|website = Tehelka}}</ref> He also appeared as a defence counsel in the [[2008 Noida double murder case|Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In 2015, he took up the high-profile case of actor [[Salman Khan]]. The actor was earlier sentenced to five years in jail for a 2002 hit-and-run accident that left one man dead and four others injured.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150507094323/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/harish-salve-the-man-who-saved-salman-khan-from-going-to-jail/article1-1344622.aspx Hindustan Times: The man who saved Salman Khan from going to jail]</ref> Senior counsel Amit Desai, a Mumbai-based lawyer replaced Salve for a short time in the Salman Khan trial.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amit Desai, Not Harish Salve To Appear For Salman Khan's Case Today|url=http://www.movietalkies.com/news/29707/amit-desai-not-harish-salve-to-appear-for-salman-khans-case-today|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref> The Bombay High Court eventually suspended the sessions court decision and on 10 December 2015 acquitted Salman Khan of all charges for the 2002 hit-and-run and drunk-and-drive case.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.movietalkies.com/news/amit-desai-not-harish-salve-to-appear-for-salman-khans-case-today/|title=Salman wins appeal, walks free|date=10 December 2015|access-date=16 May 2017|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

In May 2017, he represented India before the [[International Court of Justice]] in the [[Kulbhushan Jadhav]] case. Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of spying.<ref>{{Cite news|title = International Court of Justice stays execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav by Pakistan
|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/international-court-of-justice-stays-kulbhushan-jadhav-s-hanging-sentenced-to-death-by-pakistan-for-spying/story-BE9fEvwmuZUAdTTjMLP4dL.html|newspaper = Hindustan Times|date = 10 May 2017|access-date = 10 May 2017|language = en-IN}}</ref> Due to his efforts, the International Court of Justice has ordered a provisional [[Stay of execution|stay]] on Jadhav's execution until a final verdict is declared. For this case he charged only ₹1(INR) in legal fees.<ref name="intoday.in">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harish-salve-re1-fee-kulbhushan-jadhav-drives-bentley-plays-piano/1/954969.html|title=Harish Salve, who charged Re 1 in Kulbhushan Jadhav case, drives a Bentley, loves playing piano |work=Kritika Banerjee, [[India Today]]|date=16 May 2017 |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' magazine ranked him 43rd in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's 50 powerful people|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>

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