Sanjay Parikh

Sanjay Parikh is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He has appeared in several well known cases, including petitions dealing with the mandatory declaration of assets and criminal antecedents required of MPs and MLAs while contesting elections; the voters right to choose 'None Of The Above' (NOTA); illegal surveillance through telephone tapping; challenges to Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, among others. He argued the case for rehabilitation of the people displaced due to the large dams at Tehri, Sardar Sarovar and Omkareshwar and the forest rights of the Dongria Kondh tribal community in Niyamgiri (Kalahandi, Odisha). He also took up the issue of female foeticide; the case against unethical clinical trials; and the disposal of hazardous wastes. He pleaded the case connected with the starvation deaths in Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput both before the Supreme Court and the National Human Rights Commission for a period of nearly a decade.

Mr. Parikh has edited two books, 'Extraordinary Justice' and "Taking Human Rights Forward.

His poetry in Hindi: Dhoop mein Chipe Shabd; Tum ho to hoon and Kuch na kaho es Sanjh has been published by Vani Prakashan. His major hobbies include painting, wood carving, organic farming and gardening. He lives in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.