Harish Salve

Harish Salve

Harish Salve 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. On 16 January 2020 he was appointed as a Queen’s Counsel for the courts of England and Wales.

About Harish Salve in brief

Summary Harish SalveHarish Salve 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. On 16 January 2020 he was appointed as a Queen’s Counsel for the courts of England and Wales. He married Caroline Brossard, a London-based artist, in a church on October 28 2020. Salve represented Vodafone in its USD 2. 5 billion tax dispute with the Indian government. In 2015, he took up the high-profile case of actor Salman Khan.

The High Court eventually acquitted all charges against Khan on 10 December 2015. 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, He has also appeared for Ratan Tata himself. He did his schooling at St. Francis De’Sales High School, Nagpur, Maharashtra. He completed his Chartered Accountancy from ICAI and LLB from Nagpur University.