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{{Short description|Indian politician and lawyer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Mahesh Jethmalani
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| image = File:Mahesh Jthmalani - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Mahesh Jethmalani campaigning during 2009 general elections
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| constituency = [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|Nominated]] (Law)
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start = 1 June 2021
| term_end = 13 July 2024
| predecessor = [[Raghunath Mohapatra]]
| successor = [[Ujjwal Nikam]]
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| citizenship =
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| spouse = Haseena Jethmalani
| father = [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| mother =
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| residence =
| alma_mater = * [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]],
* [[University of Oxford]]
| occupation =
| profession = Advocate
}}
'''Mahesh Jethmalani''' (born 9 August 1956) is an Indian lawyer and a politician. He is currently a nominated [[Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/senior-advocate-mahesh-jethmalani-nominated-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/83124793.cms | title=Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani nominated to Rajya Sabha | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Swati Deshpande | date=31 May 2021 | access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> He was also a member of the [[National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party]] up to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ram Jethmalani's son Mahesh Jethmalani nominated to Rajya Sabha|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/ram-jethmalanis-son-mahesh-jethmalani-nominated-to-rajya-sabha/764443|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Jethmalani was born in 1956. His father was a popular advocate turned Union Minister [[Ram Jethmalani]]. He did his schooling at [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Old Paulites - St. Paul's School Darjeeling |url=https://stpaulsdarjeeling.edu.in/old-paulites/ |website=stpaulsdarjeeling.edu.in |date=25 March 2022}}</ref> He has done his BA from the [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]], and a tripos in PPE (Politics, Philosophy & Economics) at the [[University of Oxford]]. He studied law in London and qualified as a barrister in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mumbai: Mahesh Jethmalani nominated as member of Rajya Sabha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-jethmalani-nominated-as-member-of-rajya-sabha/articleshow/83130031.cms |work=The Times of India |date=1 June 2021}}</ref>

==Career in law==

Jethmalani studied law in [[London]] under the patronage of the UK Bar. He qualified as a [[barrister]] in 1980. Jethmalani enrolled at the [[bar (law)|bar]] of [[Bombay High Court]] on 12 February 1981.<ref name="Deshpande 2021 f478">{{cite web | last=Deshpande | first=Swati | title=Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani nominated to Rajya Sabha | website=The Times of India | date=31 May 2021 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/senior-advocate-mahesh-jethmalani-nominated-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/83124793.cms | access-date=11 Jul 2023}}</ref>

He has handled several critical criminal and civil cases like the trial of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, [[A. R. Antulay]]. He also appealed before the Court for the two accused in [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="Deshpande 2021 f478"></ref>

He represented Birla family in the Priyamvada Birla case and has also appeared for Anil Ambani in the Reliance Case.{{fact|date=June 2022}}[[File:TL Moot 08 - Winners DES Law College, Pune.jpg|thumb|Mahesh Jethmalani (third from left) with father Ram Jethmalani (center)]]Jethmalani represented Chief Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in the Gujarat Riot Cases in [[Supreme Court of India]]. As well as Gujarat Home Minister, [[Amit Shah]] in the Sohrabuddin Murder Case in the [[Gujarat High Court]] and the [[Supreme Court of India]].{{fact|date=June 2022}}

He also appeared for the bail plea of [[Sanjay Dutt]]. Jethmalani had also appeared for [[Harshad Mehta]] in several cases.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-31|title=Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani Nominated to Rajya Sabha|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/senior-advocate-mahesh-jethmalani-nominated-to-rajya-sabha-174978|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.livelaw.in|language=en}}</ref> He also represents former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, [[Param Bir Singh]] against the [[Maha Vikas Aghadi]] government.<ref name=":0" />

==Political life==

He unsuccessfully contested the [[2009 Indian general elections]] from the [[Mumbai North Central (Lok Sabha constituency)]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate.<ref name=":0" />

Jethmalani quit the BJP National Executive in 2012 after differences with BJP President [[Nitin Gadkari]].

In 2021, he was nominated as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha by the [[President of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-01|title=Swapan Dasgupta, Mahesh Jethmalani nominated to Rajya Sabha|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/swapan-dasgupta-mahesh-jethmalani-nominated-to-rajya-sabha-992552.html|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

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