Jaiveer Shergill

Jaiveer Shergill

Jaiveer Shergill is an Indian Supreme Court lawyer and politician. He has a client base in India, Dubai, Australia, and the USA.

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Jaiveer Shergill is an Indian Supreme Court lawyer and politician. He has a client base in India, Dubai, Australia, and the USA. He served as the spokesperson of the Indian National Congress party till 24 August 2022. He left the party on 24 August 2022 due to sycophancy in the party.Jaiveer Shergill is regarded as the youngest National Media Panelist of the Indian National Congress, the youngest spokesperson of the Congress Party for Punjab (Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee), and the youngest individual to be appointed as the Co-Chairman of the Congress Legal Cell for Punjab.In 2000, when Jaiveer Shergill was studying in class eleventh, he received the opportunity to meet Atal Bihari Vajpayee the then Prime Minister of India. Jaiveer Shergill (standing second from left) while meeting the Prime Minister of India in 2000.During his college days, Jaiveer Shergill was a bright student who used to participate in many extra-curricular activities organised in the college. He was elected President of the Student Union when he was studying in college.Soon after graduating from the West Bengal college of law, in 2006, he started practising law at the Bar Council of Delhi. He started practising as a law associate with the Economic Laws Practice, which is a noted law firm in India and has specialised in tax and commercial cases.In 2008, Jaiveer Shergill joined the Chambers of Abhishek Singhvi, a Senior Advocate, a Rajya Sabha MP, and a spokesperson of the Indian National Congress. Jaiveer Shergill with Advocate Singhvi.Later, Jaiveer Shergill started practising at the Supreme Court of India and advocated many high-profile cases, for instance, he was among the panel of lawyers who represented Vodafone India against the Income Tax department under the case of highest tax liability of US$2.2 billion. In this case, Vodafone denied paying an Income Tax of Rs. 2000 crore (US$330 million) and mentioned in its statement that the income received by the company from the shares was an overseas tax transaction from Mauritius. It stated, It had the effect of transferring (i.e. selling) all its assets in India from one party to another, with absolutely no tax liability in India on the sale, whether of sales tax or capital gains tax or any other tax. A Tweet by Jaiveer Shergill on the verdict by International Tribunal.From 2008 to 2009, Jaiveer Shergill served the International Bar Association, the most prestigious Lawyers Organization in the world as the Young India Representative.In 2011, Jaiveer Shergill represented his client Shakhadri in a controversial religious dispute in which two religious communities in Karnataka state claimed to perform religious prayers at the same place. [1]Deccan Herald.During his tenure in the Indian National Congress, in 2013, Jaiveer Shergill was instrumental in launching a 247 legal toll-free helpline number for congress workers to get legal assistance if they faced legal cases. He also advocated the issues related to economic and social conditions in India, the poor conditions of schools in Punjab, raising his voice against drug use, safety for women, and so on. Jaiveer Shergill (with folded hands) during a political rally.

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