Amit Desai

New criminal laws will mean procedural change; offences, though, remain much the same: Sr Adv Amit Desai

According to Desai, the effects of the new laws on the criminal justice system and in investigations may take five to seven years to fully pan out.

Use of ED’s power to arrest needs to be looked into: Senior Advocate Amit Desai

The agency has come under heavy criticism for excessively indulging in its power to arrest, and opposition parties have criticised the government of using the agency to silence dissent.

Senior lawyers hail SC judgment against use of sealed covers, call it historic

The apex court has often discouraged the practice of submitting documents in a sealed cover because it does not give the opposing party an opportunity to counter claims made therein

Mukul Rohatgi to Satish Maneshinde: Meet the legal team hired by Shah Rukh Khan for son Aryan Khan's bail

The super star's 23-year-old son, Aryan Khan, was in the beginning represented by advocate Satish Maneshinde, who also represented Rhea Chakraborty in a drugs case. Later, senior advocate Amit Desai, who got Salman Khan acquitted in the 2002 hit-and-run case, also represented Khan in the court. After the case moved to the Bombay High Court, Mukul Rohatgi pitched in.