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{{Short description|Indian lawyer (1949–2019)}}
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'''Amarendra Sharan''' (1949–2019) was [[Additional Solicitor General of India]] from 2004 to 2009 and a designated senior attorney at the [[Supreme Court of India|Indian Supreme Court]]. He appeared in a number of prominent cases including [[Indian coal allocation scam|coal allocation]] and [[2G spectrum case|2G scam cases]] on behalf of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]], the [[Priyadarshini Mattoo]] case, and the re-investigation of [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi's murder]].<ref name=":0" />

== Early life and education ==

Amarendra Sharan was born in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] on 23 October 1949. His father was an [[Income Tax Department|income tax commissioner]] and his mother a [[housewife]]. He graduated from [[Patna Law College]] in 1975 and started his practice in [[Patna High Court]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Former Additional Solicitor General Amarendra Sharan passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-additional-solicitor-general-amarendra-sharan-passes-away/article29017119.ece |work=The Hindu |date=12 August 2019 |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203122438/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-additional-solicitor-general-amarendra-sharan-passes-away/article29017119.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==

Sharan moved to [[Delhi]] to practice in the [[Supreme Court of India]] in 1981. He was designated a [[Senior counsel|Senior Attorney]] by the Supreme Court of India in 2000. In 2003, he was appointed as a member of the Mashelkar Committee (named after its chairman, [[Raghunath Anant Mashelkar|R.A. Mashelkar]], former director-general of [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR), constituted to examine the problem of spurious/substandard drugs in the country.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jha |first1=Sachidanand |title=Spurious drugs: Tougher norms on the anvil |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Spurious-drugs-Tougher-norms-on-the-anvil/articleshow/37806904.cms |publisher=Times of India |date=18 Feb 2013 |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303091332/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Spurious-drugs-Tougher-norms-on-the-anvil/articleshow/37806904.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
As Additional Solicitor General, he argued the [[Priyadarshini Mattoo]] case and defended [[Reservation in India|reservation]] under the constitution.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=31 October 2006|title=Priyadarshini's killer deserves death|work=Time of India|publisher=|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Priyadarshinis-killer-deserves-death-HC/articleshow/243527.cms|access-date=}}</ref> In 2008, Sharan received an award for Outstanding Contribution for the Development of Scientific Jurisprudence on National Law Day.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=Former Additional Solicitor General Amarendra Sharan dies at 70|url=https://scroll.in/latest/933580/former-additional-solicitor-general-amarendra-sharan-dies-at-70|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204212847/https://scroll.in/latest/933580/former-additional-solicitor-general-amarendra-sharan-dies-at-70|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, he was appointed by the [[All India Football Federation]] to arbitrate a case between [[Bhaichung Bhutia]] and owner of [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] owner, whereby he granted interim relief to Bhutia to play as a [[free agent]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Interim relief for Bhutia, can play for any club|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2009/sep/26/interim-relief-for-bhutia-can-play-for-any-club-89726.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303091314/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2009/sep/26/interim-relief-for-bhutia-can-play-for-any-club-89726.html|archive-date=2021-03-03|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

In 2017, he was appointed [[amicus curiae]] (friend of the court) in the re-investigation of [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi's murder]], where he argued that there was no reason to re-investigate the case and the case was closed.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=SC appoints Amarendra Sharan as amicus curiae on plea seeking re-probe of Mahatma Gandhi murder|work=DNA India|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sc-appoints-amarendra-sharan-as-amicus-curiae-on-plea-seeking-re-probe-of-mahatma-gandhi-murder-2550902|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-date=2021-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204195451/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sc-appoints-amarendra-sharan-as-amicus-curiae-on-plea-seeking-re-probe-of-mahatma-gandhi-murder-2550902}}</ref> He was also appointed amicus curiae in [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act]], where he advocated that Section 18 of the Act, which did not allow [[anticipatory bail]], was unconstitutional.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=SC/ST act: Govt told apex court to keep anticipatory bail clause, says amicus curiae|work=Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sc-st-act-govt-told-apex-court-to-keep-anticipatory-bail-clause-says-amicus-curiae-5122435/|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-date=2021-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205080537/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sc-st-act-govt-told-apex-court-to-keep-anticipatory-bail-clause-says-amicus-curiae-5122435/}}</ref>

In 2018 and 2019, Sharan argued several prominent cases including representing CBI in [[Indian coal allocation scam|coal block allocation case]], and the CBI v. CBI case.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Coalgate: Ex-ASG Amarendra Sharan appointed as new CBI counsel|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/coalgate-ex-asg-amarendra-sharan-appointed-as-new-cbi-counsel/story-ua7CXkFbC8cMjSWNG6fVnO.html|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-date=2021-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204144431/https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/coalgate-ex-asg-amarendra-sharan-appointed-as-new-cbi-counsel/story-ua7CXkFbC8cMjSWNG6fVnO.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=CBI versus CBI: No arrest for Rakesh Asthana till Monday{{!}} 10 points|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cbi-versus-cbi-no-arrest-for-rakesh-asthana-till-monday-10-points-1374034-2018-10-23|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303091341/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cbi-versus-cbi-no-arrest-for-rakesh-asthana-till-monday-10-points-1374034-2018-10-23}}</ref> He was appointed to the [[Medical Council of India]], and successfully argued for instituting a common national entrance exam for all public medical colleges in India ([[National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)|NEET]]), and later argued for removing the upper age limit for NEET exams.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=One medical entrance test from this year supreme-court|work=DNA India|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-one-medical-entrance-test-from-this-year-supreme-court-1517027|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-date=2021-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204181058/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-one-medical-entrance-test-from-this-year-supreme-court-1517027}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=SC allows candidates above 25 years to appear in NEET 2019 for under graduate courses|url=http://www.newsonair.nic.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=356042|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203234608/http://www.newsonair.nic.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=356042|archive-date=2021-02-03|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Politics ==
Sharan was a senior leader in the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and served as its spokesperson.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=NCP not to raise foreign origin issue in LS elections|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/amp/ncp-not-to-raise-foreign-origin-issue-in-ls-elections/206484|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205175813/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/amp/ncp-not-to-raise-foreign-origin-issue-in-ls-elections/206484|archive-date=2021-02-05|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1949 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:2G spectrum case]]
[[Category:Additional solicitors general of India]]
[[Category:Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Central Bureau of Investigation]]
[[Category:Council of Scientific and Industrial Research people]]
[[Category:Drug policy of India]]
[[Category:Indian Senior Counsel]]
[[Category:Indian government officials]]
[[Category:Medical Council of India]]
[[Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Bihar]]
[[Category:Patna University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Patna]]
[[Category:Reservation in India]]
[[Category:Supreme Court of India]]

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