Jai Anant Dehadrai Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Lawyer
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of birth	Year, 1988
Age	35 Years
Birthplace	Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Delhi, India
School	Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi (1993-2006)
College/University	• Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), Pune, India • Savitribai Phule Pune University, India • Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • University of Pennsylvania
Educational Qualification(s) [1]Jai Anant Dehadri's LinkedIn Account	• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) (specialized in taxation) at Savitribai Phule Pune University (2006-2011) • Post-Graduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), Pune, India (2009-2010) • Corporate Diplomacy at the Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2012-2013) • Legum Magister (LL.M.) (US Corporate Law, Advanced Mergers & Acquisitions, Appellate Advocacy, US Antitrust, EU Antitrust) at University of Pennsylvania (2012-2013)
Hobbies	Playing football, Swimming
Controversies	MP Mahua Moitra's Defamation Allegations • In October 2023, Mahua Moitra, a Trinamool Congress MP, issued a legal notice to Nishikant Dubey, a BJP MP as well as Jai Anant Dehadrai, her former boyfriend, and multiple media organizations. This action was in response to allegations of her involvement in bribery for parliamentary questioning, which she claimed had defamed her. [2]The Free Press Journal • In the same legal notice, in 2023, she claimed that she had earlier filed several police complaints against Dehadrai and accused him of various offenses including criminal trespass, theft, sending offensive messages, and verbal abuse. [3]Bar and Bench
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Girlfriends	Mahua Moitra (politician; ex-girlfriend) Note: The age difference between Jai Anant Dehadrai and Mahua Moitra is 14 years.
Family
Wife/Spouse	N/A
Parents	Father- Anant Dehadrai (lawyer)
Siblings	He has an elder sister.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jai Anant Dehadrai

• Jai Anant Dehadrai is an Indian lawyer. He is the founder of the Law Chambers of Jai Anant Dehadrai in New Delhi. He is a litigator at Trial Courts, Delhi High Court, NCLAT, and the Supreme Court of India.

• His family belongs to Dehad, Nagpur. His parents shifted to Delhi from Nagpur in the 1980s.

• From April 2010 to June 2010, Jai Anant Dehadrai was a research intern at the office of the Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court, New Delhi. From November 2010 to February 2011, he was a research intern at Tata Motors in Pune, India.
  

  Jai Anant Dehadrai with Ratan Tata in 2010

• In June 2011, he began practising as an Associate Attorney at Karanjawala & Company and served there till May 2012. From May 2013 to April 2014, he served as a Foreign Associate at Kline & Specter, P.C. in Philadelphia.

• Apart from being a lawyer, Jai Anant Dehadrai is also an accomplished author. In 2014, he published the book ‘Aequabilis,’ which is a detailed legal study of the judgements 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

• From April 2014 to March 2015, Jai Anant Dehadrai served as a Judicial Law Clerk to Justice S.A. Bobde at the Supreme Court of India. 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. From February 2022 to August 2022, he was a visiting faculty of International Criminal Law at Bennett University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
  

  Jai Anant Dehadrai at Bennett University, Noida

• In September 2015, he became a partner at Dehadrai & Co. in New Delhi. In October 2015, he began practising as a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India. In 2015, he became a professional criminal and commercial litigator, and in March 2016, he began working full-time lawyer at the Law Chambers of Jai Anant Dehadrai, New Delhi.
  

  Jai Anant Dehadrai at his workplace

• In May 2016, Jai Anant Dehadrai was appointed as Counsel at Office of the Additional Solicitor General of India – Mr ANS Nadkarni. In March 2018, he was appointed as a Counsel for the Central Government of India. 

• In October 2023, he came into the limelight when BJP Lok Sabha member, Nishikant Dubey, alleged that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra received bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for posing questions in Parliament. In his correspondence, Dubey cited a letter from Jai Anant Dehadrai containing evidence of this exchange of cash and gifts between Moitra and Hiranandani. ^[4]The Free Press Journal
  

  A picture of Mahua Moitra, MP Nishikant Dubey, and Jai Anant Dehadrai

• Soon, Mahua Moitra issued a legal notice to Nishikant Dubey and Jai Anant Dehadrai for defaming her with the claims that she accepted bribes to raise questions in parliament. According to the legal notice, Moitra and Dehadrai were once close friends but had a falling out, leading to Dehadrai allegedly sending Moitra numerous offensive, malicious, and lewd messages. Additionally, he was accused of trespassing into her official residence and stealing personal belongings including Moitra’s dog. Due to repeated crimes, Moitra then decided to file police complaints against Jai Anant Dehadrai. The notice claimed that Dehadrai attempted to persuade journalists to publish false stories about Moitra but failed due to a lack of evidence. Subsequently, the notice stated that Dehadrai approached the BJP, including Dubey, who spread bribery allegations without conducting any prior investigation. The notice further alleged that Dubey and Dehadrai were involved in leaking private photographs of Moitra and presenting them out of context.

• He is an avid dog lover. He has a pet dog named Henry and often shares pictures of his pet on social media.
  

  Jai Anant Dehadrai with his pet dog

• Jai Anant Dehadrai likes travelling to distant places, swimming, and playing football in his leisure time.
  

  Jai Anant Dehadrai during a Dubai trip

• He is often spotted smoking and consuming alcoholic beverages on various occasions.
  

  Jai Anant Dehadrai while drinking alcohol and smoking cigar

   

• In December 2023, Jai accused Mahua Moitra of spying on him. On 29 December, he wrote a letter to the CBI Director Praveen Sood and the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that Moitra might have been tracking his location using his phone number with the help of some police officials in West Bengal. Jai further claimed that Moitra had once tracked her other ex-boyfriend Suhaan Mukerji as she suspected him of having an affair with a German woman. ^[5]The Tribune