Renowned Indian lawyer appointed as Queen’s Counsel

Tuesday 21st January 2020 08:53 EST
 
 

Renowned Indian lawyer Harish Salve, has been appointed as a Queen’s Counsel for the Courts of England and Wales.

Queen's Counsel is an office, conferred by the Crown, that is recognised by courts. Members have the privilege of sitting within the bar of court. As members wear silk gowns of a particular design, appointment as Queen's Counsel is known informally as taking silk and QCs are often colloquially called silks. Appointments are made from within the legal profession on the basis of merit rather than a particular level of experience. However, successful applicants tend to be barristers or (in Scotland) advocates with 15 years of experience or more.

Salve and other appointees will be formally appointed as QC on March 16, where the Lord Chancellor at Westminster Hall will preside over the appointment ceremony.

Among Salve's many achievements, he served as the Solicitor General of India from November 1999 to November 2002 and is currently a barrister at UK's Blackstone Chambers. Salve was India's lead counsel on the Kulbhushan Jadav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).


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