India’s highest paid lawyer Ram Jethmalani is defending Kejriwal for free

January 1, 2015, NewsCrunch

India’s most expensive lawyer Ram Jethmalani is defending Delhi CM Kejriwal against the defamation suit filed by Finance Minster Arun Jaitley, free of cost.

Jaitley has slapped both criminal and civil suits on Kejriwal for making allegations of corruption in DDCA when he was heading it.

In an interview with Scroll, Jethmalani says  Kejriwal got in touch requesting him to represent him. Jethmalani promptly said: "Yes, I will surely represent you."

Jethmalani, who reportedly charges Rs 25 lakh per appearance, is  India’s highest paid lawyer. But he told Scroll that 90% of the work he does is pro bono that is in public spirit, without charging clients.

“I am not charging any fee from Kejriwal and that’s because his government itself is so poor,” he told Scroll.

He dismissed Jaitley as a lawyer, who has not appeared in any big case, but still has 10 times more bank balance than him.