Rajiv Luthra Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajiv Luthra

• Rajiv Luthra was an Indian advocate, social worker, Chartered Accountant (CA), and businessman who was the owner of a Delhi-based law firm named Luthra and Luthra – Law Offices India, which he co-founded in 1989.

• Being from a military background, Rajiv completed his schooling in different parts of India. Between 1968-1969, he took admission into the Air Force Bal Bharati School (AFBBS) in Delhi. There, he was appointed as a house captain, an appointment which he held for four years. Later, he left the school after his father expressed his desire to shift him to another school. In an interview, he talked about it and said,
  

  In Balbharti, there were mainly lady teachers, so there was a holiday on Karwa Chauth; so my father said, how can you be in a school where there is a holiday on Karwa Chauth. So he shifted me from there.”

• After passing the 12th class, Rajiv appeared for the CA examination, which he passed on his first attempt.

• After completing his CA studies, Rajiv started working in his father’s firm. There, he looked after the firm’s finances.

• After working for more than seven years in his father’s firm, Rajiv decided to pursue law studies at Delhi University.

• After earning his law degree, Rajiv entered the tours and travel business and established a travel company.

• In 1991, he co-founded Luthra and Luthra – Law Offices India with Mohit Saraf, a firm providing law services, in New Delhi.
  

  Rajiv Luthra sitting in his chamber in the Supreme Court

• The company quickly gained recognition following which it began taking care of the legal and financial requirements of renowned entrepreneurs in Delhi.

• Later, the firm provided its services in the advisory category to a US-based firm operating in China.

• In 1993, Luthra and Luthra, under Rajiv Luthra’s leadership, oversaw the merger of Coca-Cola and Parle Bisleri.
  

  A photo of Rajiv Luthra taken in his office

• He became the director of Petroleum Helicopters India Private Limited on 9 September 2000.

• Rajiv was one of the brains behind the conceptualisation of the Pro Kabaddi League in India. He served as the director of Mashal Sports, under which the league was organised in 2014. Rajiv talked about the league in an interview and said,
  

  The sport is very big in rural India, which is where the next big growth in the Indian economy will be. It is about time we gave ourselves a new sport to breathe for.”

• In 2015, Luthra and Luthra, led by Rajiv, played an eminent role in the $4 billion merger of two pharmaceutical giants Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy.

• On 24 November 2008, he assumed Afc Network India Private Limited’s directorship.

• He became the director of DLF Limited on 12 August 2013.

• He assumed the directorship of Network18 Media & Investments Limited on 27 November 2014.

• On 30 March 2015, he established Mylan Laboratories Limited, based in Hyderabad.

• He was appointed as the director of Lex & Legal Services Llp, a Delhi-based law firm, on 31 March 2015.

• He became TV18 Broadcast Limited’s director on 12 October 2015.

• Rajiv terminated Mohit Saraf’s services from the firm in 2018 after a feud between the duo took place over the ownership pattern of the firm. While giving an interview, Rajiv said,
  

  To explain my point, on 12th October 2020, he (Mohit Saraf) sent a notice to me and retired me from the Firm. Of course he had no such authority. Immediately after this letter he also sent a firm wide email telling everyone that I have retired from the firm. On the same evening he purported to distribute the equity held by me to others. This left me with no option but to terminate him in order to save the firm and the fate of the clients who would suffer from the dissolution of the firm..”

• Following his dismissal, Mohit filed litigation against Rajiv Luthra in the Delhi High Court, which gave its decision in Mohit’s favour in 2021 instructing Rajiv to pay Mohit Rs. 52 Crores in addition to Rs. 25 Crores as a bank guarantee.

• The litigation department broke off from Luthra and Luthra and merged with DSK Legal in July 2022.

• Thereafter, the Indian government asked him to draft and submit a copy of the Copyright Act of 1957 amendment.

• On 16 February 2023, he became the director of First Source Impex Private Limited.

• On 19 February 2023, he assumed the post of director at Kairos Edutech Private Limited.

• Rajiv Luthra breathed his last at the age of 65 at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, Haryana, where he was being treated for an illness. On 11 May 2023, his family cremated him in Delhi. ^[5]Business Today

• Rajiv Luthra smoked pipe occasionally.
  

  A photo of Rajiv Luthra taken while he was smoking his pipe

• Rajiv was a disciple of Sadhguru and followed his teachings with zest and zeal.
  

  A photo of Rajiv Luthra with his family and Sadhguru

• Rajiv Luthra was a polyglot and was eloquent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and Japanese.

• Rajiv Luthra loved playing golf.