Pinky Anand

Pinky Anand is an Indian lawyer designated as a senior advocate and is also a politician. She is serving as an Additional Solicitor General of India.[1][2] She is a member of the national executive of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[3]

Education

Anand graduated from Indraprastha College[4] and received her LLB degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.[5] In 1979-80, she was elected as the first woman Secretary of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) winning with the highest number of votes.[6] In 1980, she joined Harvard University to receive a Master of Law degree, supported by an Inlaks Scholarship from the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation.[7]

As a lawyer

Anand is considered an expert in the field of constitutional Law, property, private international law, family law, environmental law and corporate law. She is the head of All-India Legal Cell (BJP) and former Additional Advocate-General of Uttarakhand. In 2007, she was designated as a senior advocate. On 9 July 2014, she was appointed as an Additional Solicitor General of India. She is the second woman lawyer to be appointed to this post[1][2] She pracitse at Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India. Some of the leading cases fought by her are related to constitutional right of freedom and expression for Indian actress Kushboo wherein the Supreme Court upheld the rights in a path breaking judgment and quashed 21 cases of defamation; representing the French Government in the famous case of Clemenceau; against genetically modified food in India, etc. She is Chairperson, National Committee Law, ASSOCHAM Ladies League. Anand has received several awards for excellence in law including FICCI and Bharat Nirman.[3] She is also an Arbitrator with the Indian Council of Arbitrations.[6] According to Anand her life-changing court case was when she, then a novice in law appeared against the reputed jurist L. M. Singhvi and eventually won.[7]

Political career

Anand is a member of All India National Executive of BJP and has served as the national convenor of BJP's legal and legislative cell from 2007 till 2010. She represented BJP in the 5th General Assembly International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) at Astana, Kazakhstan-September 24–26, 2009. She was elected as the Vice President of the session on Women and Politics. She was a Member of the Delegation of the BJP to Kochi in July 2010.[6]

Other positions

In 2008, Anand was a member of the National Indian Delegation to Deauville, France in 2008. She is a Core Committee member of National Human Rights Commission and is a member of the advisory board of Positive Television Group. She is a director of Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, a renowned NGO in the field of environment. She is a member in the Board of Studies of the faculty of School of Law KIIT University.[6]

Anand lectures in universities in India and abroad and in various international and national conferences such as Women’s Forum Global Meeting, Deauville, France 2008 & Terra Madre, Turin, Italy 2008 and 2010. She is a Fellow of Session 433, “Women, Political Power & Next Generation Leadership” Salzburg Seminar in Austria, 2006.[6]

Awards

Publications

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Saluja, Pallavi (10 July 2014). "Senior Advocate Pinky Anand appointed ASG". Bar and Bench. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pinky Anand appointed ASG". The Hindu. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Dr. Pinky Anand - Profile". International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Inlaks ALumni". Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Our generation sullied reputation of lawyers: Harish Salve". Business Standard. 2014-07-28.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "Theme: The Space Between....". TEDxISBWomen. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Inlaks scholarship announced for 2011". Hindustan Times. 2011-02-08.