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Jai Anant Dehadrai is an Indian lawyer and founder of the Law Chambers of Jai Anant Dehadrai in New Delhi. He has extensive experience as a litigator at Trial Courts, the Delhi High Court, NCLAT, and the Supreme Court of India.
Wiki/Biography
Jai Anant Dehadrai was born in 1988 (age 35 years; as of 2023) in New Delhi, India. He attended Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi, from 1993 to 2006. He attended Savitribai Phule Pune University from 2006 to 2011 to pursue a Bachelor of Laws (Equivalent to J.D.) with a specialization in taxation. From 2009 to 2010, he completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in Pune, India. In 2012, Jai Anant Dehadrai pursued a course in Corporate Diplomacy at the Wharton School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, he also pursued a Legum Magister (LL.M.) at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in US Corporate Law, Advanced Mergers and acquisitions, Appellate Advocacy, US Antitrust, and EU Antitrust.
Jai Anant Dehadrai after receiving his master’s degree
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 6′ 1″
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father, Anant Dehadrai, is a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India.
A picture of Jai Anant Dehadrai’s father, Anant Dehadrai
He has an elder sister.
Wife
Jai Anant Dehadrai is unmarried.
Relationships/Affairs
Jai was in a relationship with the Indian politician Mahua Moitra. They parted ways in March 2023.
Jai Anant Dehadrai with Mahua Moitra
Career
Jai Anant Dehadrai worked as a research intern at the office of the Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court, New Delhi, from April to June 2010. There, he worked directly with the Chief Justice on two landmark matters-  the Share Price dispute in the Reliance Gas Price Dispute and the Constitutionality of the Narco Analysis procedure. He also prepared a handbook on mining regulation relating specifically to coal extraction for the Chief Justice. He then joined Tata Motors in Pune as a research intern, where he worked from November 2010 to February 2011.
Jai Anant Dehadrai with Ratan Tata in 2010
In June 2011, Jai Anant Dehadrai started working as an Associate Attorney at Karanjawala & Company, where he worked until May 2012. He then worked as a Foreign Associate at Kline & Specter, P.C. in Philadelphia from May 2013 to April 2014. Jai Anant Dehadrai served as a Judicial Law Clerk to Justice S.A. Bobde at the Supreme Court of India from April 2014 to March 2015. He then served as a Legal Consultant to the Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (Times Group) from March 2015 to August 2015. He was a visiting faculty of International Criminal Law at Bennett University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, from February 2022 to August 2022.
Jai Anant Dehadrai at Bennett University, Noida
Jai Anant Dehadrai then became a partner at Dehadrai & Co. in New Delhi in September 2015 and began practising as a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India in October 2015. He became a professional criminal and commercial litigator in 2015, and in March 2016, he began working as a full-time lawyer at his own venture ‘Law Chambers of Jai Anant Dehadrai’ in New Delhi.
Jai Anant Dehadrai at his workplace
In May 2016, Jai Anant Dehadrai became a Counsel at the Office of the Additional Solicitor General of India under Mr ANS Nadkarni and was appointed as a Counsel for the Central Government of India in March 2018.
Literary Work
Apart from being a lawyer, Jai Anant Dehadrai is also a published author. His book ‘Aequabilis,’ was published in 2014, which is a detailed legal study of the judgments of former Chief Justice of India R.S. Pathak.
Sunita Narain and Lakhan Mehrotra on the release of the book ‘Aequabilis’ by Jai Anant Dehadrai
Controversy
MP Mahua Moitra’s Defamation Allegations
In October 2023, Jai Anant Dehadrai came into the limelight when BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey alleged that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra had received bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for posing questions in Parliament that targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Adani Group. Dubey cited a letter from Jai Anant Dehadrai containing evidence of this exchange of cash and gifts between Moitra and Hiranandani.
A picture of Mahua Moitra, MP Nishikant Dubey, and Jai Anant Dehadrai
Mahua Moitra then issued a legal notice to Nishikant Dubey and Jai Anant Dehadrai for defaming her with their claims. According to the legal notice, Moitra and Dehadrai were once close friends but after they fell out, Dehadrai allegedly started sending Moitra numerous offensive, malicious, and lewd messages. Moitra also accused him of trespassing into her official residence and stealing personal belongings, including Moitra’s dog. She then filed police complaints against Jai Anant Dehadrai. The notice further claimed that Dehadrai attempted to persuade journalists to publish false stories about Moitra but failed due to a lack of evidence.
Facts/Trivia
- Originally from Dehad, Nagpur, his parents moved to Delhi in the 1980s.
- His favourite recreational activities are travelling to distant places, swimming, and playing football.
Jai Anant Dehadrai during a vacation
- Jai Anant Dehadrai is an avid dog lover and has a pet dog named Henry. He frequently uploads pictures of his pet on social media.
Jai Anant Dehadrai with his pet
- He likes drinking alcohol and smoking cigars occasionally.
Jai Anant Dehadrai while drinking alcohol and smoking a cigar
- On 29 December 2023, Jai wrote a letter to the Director of CBI Praveen Sood and the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, claiming that Mahua Moitra might be tracking his location using his phone number. He accused her of conducting illegal surveillance with the help of some West Bengal police officials. Jai also alleged that Moitra once tracked her other ex-boyfriend, Suhaan Mukerji, when she suspected him of an affair with a German woman.