Harish Salve, a renowned lawyer and former solicitor-general, has termed the row over the presence of Lalit Modi and Moin Qureshi at his wedding on Monday “nonsense”, saying “neither of them are fugitives”.
According a report in The Telegraph, when the publication contacted Salve, he said: “It’s… nonsense! Neither of them are fugitives… Such nonsense. Moin Qureshi lives in India. Lalit Modi is not a fugitive. I appear for him in the Supreme Court and I am open about my friendship with him. Qureshi lives in India and has been allowed to travel and he visits the UK frequently. This (the insinuation) is jealousy and nonsense.”
Salve, 68, exchanged vows with his British partner Trina in London on Monday.
Lalit Modi, the embattled IPL founder and its fallen poster boy, is accused of financial irregularities. Modi, who is now based in London, insists that he is “not a fugitive" as he has not been convicted by any court.
Qureshi is a controversial meat exporter from Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, who has been linked to the exit of at least two CBI directors and faces multiple investigations, ranging from tax evasion to money laundering and corruption.
Harish Salve, who is a Supreme Court lawyer, has an illustrious legal career with several high-profile and politically significant cases in his portfolio. One of his most popular cases is of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of spying. Salve charged Re1 in legal fees for representing Jadhav and his gesture earned him high praise. Salve was recently appointed a member of the high-level committee to ‘make recommendations for holding simultaneous elections in the country’.
