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{{Short description|senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sidharth Luthra
| image = Mr Sidharth Luthra.png
| caption = Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1966|2|16}}
| alma_mater = [[Campus Law Centre]], [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]], [[University of Cambridge]]<small> ([[MPhil]])</small><br />
| occupation = [[Senior Counsel|Senior Advocate]] at the [[Supreme Court of India]]
}}

'''Sidharth Luthra''' (Hindi: {{Lang|hi|सिद्धार्थ लूथरा}}; born 16 February 1966) is a [[Senior Counsel|senior advocate]] at the [[Supreme Court of India]]. In July 2012, Sidharth Luthra was appointed as the [[Solicitor General of India|Additional Solicitor General]] of India at the Supreme Court and represented the union and various state governments in matters relating to fundamental rights, electoral reforms, criminal law and policy issues.<ref name=LI1>{{cite news|title=Breaking: Senior counsel Sidharth Luthra accepts ASG appointment|url=http://www.legallyindia.com/201207062938/Bar-Bench-Litigation/breaking-senior-counsel-sidharth-luthra-accepts-asg-appointment|accessdate=21 May 2013|newspaper=Legally India|date=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=LI2>{{cite news|title=The Debrief: ASG Sidharth Luthra on creativity, criminals, success and tea with kindly judges|url=http://www.legallyindia.com/201208012989/Interviews/the-debrief-asg-sidharth-luthra-on-creativity-criminals-success-and-tea-with-kindly-judges|accessdate=21 May 2013|newspaper=Legally India|date=1 August 2012}}</ref> He resigned from this position in May 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title = Law officers line up to resign| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Law-officers-line-up-to-resign/articleshow/35404407.cms|accessdate=30 November 2016|newspaper = The Times of India|date = 21 May 2014}}</ref> He is the son of K.K. Luthra who was also a senior advocate and brother of senior advocate [[Geeta Luthra]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nangia |first1=Tarun |title=Siddharth Luthra and his mother |url=https://www.newsx.com/national/siddharth-and-his-mother.html |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=NewsX |date=January 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Singh 2018">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Nandita |title=The LSR graduate who’s a lawyer representing both MJ Akbar and Tarun Tejpal |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/the-lsr-graduate-whos-a-lawyer-representing-both-mj-akbar-and-tarun-tejpal/137633/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=The Print |date=October 20, 2018}}</ref>

Luthra specialises in criminal law, [[white-collar crime]]s and cyber frauds.<ref name ="HT 2015">{{cite news|title = Criminal law is a great career option for students: Sidharth Luthra|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/criminal-law-is-a-great-career-option-for-students-sidharth-luthra/story-eqFBTgywjK1uH3d4owhqjI.html|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = Hindustan Times|date = 29 May 2015}}</ref> He studied law at the [[University of Delhi]] where he completed his LLB in 1990 and then did an MPhil in [[Criminology]] from the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1991.<ref name ="HT 2015"/> He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law by [[Amity University, Noida]], India, in 2015.

Luthra represented former [[Minister of Finance (India)|Union Minister of Finance]], Late Shri [[Arun Jaitley]] in the criminal defamation lawsuit filed by him against the [[Chief Minister of Delhi]], Mr [[Arvind Kejriwal]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Arun Jaitley files defamation case against Kejriwal, next hearing on January 5|url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/live-arun-jaitley-files-defamation-case-against-kejriwal-aap-leaders/1/552351.html|accessdate = 1 December 2016|magazine = India Today|date = 21 December 2015}}</ref>

Luthra is also a member of the Delhi State [[Legal Services Authority]] and the Vice-President of the Indian Criminal Justice Society. He also sits on the advisory board of two Indian legal journals, the Delhi Law Times and the Delhi Reported Judgements. Luthra dedicates nearly 30 to 40 percent of his cases to pro bono.<ref name = "Linemint 2015 1"/>

Apart from litigation, Luthra also teaches law in India and abroad. He is a visiting professor at Northumbria University at Newcastle, United Kingdom<ref name = "Northumbria">{{cite news|title = Single Mothers, Absent Fathers and the Best Interests of the Child – Drawing a Fine Balance in the ABC Case: Sidharth Luthra and Viraj Gandhi|url = http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/single-mothers-absent-fathers-and-the-best-interests-of-the-child-drawing-a-fine-balance-in-the-abc-case/|newspaper = Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog|date = 16 July 2015}}</ref> and an Honorary Professor at the Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

==Early life and education==
Luthra studied sciences at Delhi Public School, RK Puram, followed by a BA in mathematics from [[Hindu College, University of Delhi|Hindu College]], Delhi in 1987.<ref name=LI2 /> He graduated with a law degree in 1990 from the prestigious [[Campus Law Centre]] of the [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]]. He then went to the [[University of Cambridge]] to pursue an MPhil in Criminology.<ref name=LI1 /><ref name=LI2 /> He is a fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust.

==Career==
One of the top criminal lawyers in the country, Luthra has been practising law for over two decades.<ref name = "HT 2015"/><ref name = "Linemint 2015 1">{{cite news|title = How much do Delhi's top advocates charge?
|url = http://www.livemint.com/Politics/BvOZE6z7Oyl6LiHZxWVlzL/How-much-do-Delhis-top-advocates-charge.html|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = Livemint|date = 16 September 2015}}</ref> He joined the bar in 1991 and started working at Bhasin & Co where he practised civil law.<ref name=LI2/> In 1993, he started working at his father's chamber but continued practising civil law. He also taught law at the Delhi University in 1996–97.<ref name = "Livemint 2015 2">{{cite news|title = Get a Glimpse – Courting an exciting career|url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rWtOJ0f1E4u1N5wdwwFxAL/Get-a-Glimpse--Courting-an-exciting-career.html|access-date = 30 November 2016|newspaper = Livemint|date = 4 January 2015}}</ref>

After his father passed away in 1997, Luthra reinvented himself as a criminal lawyer under the mentorship of late Senior Advocate P R Vakil and took over his father's practice.<ref name=LI2/>

===Tehelka Case===
In 2002, Luthra represented [[Tehelka]] Magazine before the Justice Venkataswami Commission which was constituted in the aftermath of the [[Operation West End]] sting operation. During the proceedings of the commission he cross-examined the then Union Defence Minister [[George Fernandes]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Tehelka trials|url = http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1914/19141200.htm|access-date = 30 November 2016|magazine = Frontline|date = 6 July 2002}}</ref>

===Senior Advocate===
Luthra represented the [[Government of India]] in the [[High Court of Delhi]] from 2004 to 2007 as a Senior Panel Counsel. He was designated as a Senior Advocate, a position that is conferred on merit to exceptional lawyers by the judges of the high court, in 2007. He moved his practice from the Delhi High Court to the Supreme Court of India in 2010.<ref name = "Livemint 2015 2"/>

===Justice Soumitra Sen Case===
Luthra was appointed by the Government of India in 2009 as a counsel to assist the Judges Inquiry Committee in the [[Soumitra Sen|Justice Soumitra Sen]] Case. The committee found Justice Sen guilty of misbehaviour under Article 124(4) (read with proviso (b) to Article 217(1)) of the Constitution of India.<ref>{{cite news|title = SC panel finds Sen guilty of misbehaviour|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/SC-panel-finds-Sen-guilty-of-misbehaviour/articleshow/6904478.cms|access-date = 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Times of India|date = 11 November 2010}}</ref>

===Facebook Case===
In December 2011, Luthra was hired by Facebook for a criminal trial initiated by journalist Vinay Rai against 21 social networking sites in India including Facebook, Google and Yahoo.<ref>{{cite news|title = Govt sanctions prosecution of Google, Facebook|url = http://www.news18.com/news/india/social-websites-alerts-436959.html|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = News18|date = 13 January 2012}}</ref>

===Tenure as Additional Solicitor General===
In 2012, the [[Manmohan Singh]] government appointed Luthra to the post of the Additional Solicitor General (ASG). One of the biggest cases in his tenure as ASG was the proposed release of the seven convicts in the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv Gandhi assassination case]]. The Tamil Nadu government had proposed to remit the sentence of life for the seven convicted for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi release them after their death penalty was commuted to sentence of life by the Supreme Court in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title = Rajiv Gandhi's killers will be freed if Centre doesn't respond in 3 days: Jayalalithaa|url = http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajiv-gandhis-killers-will-be-freed-if-centre-doesnt-respond-in-3-days-jayalalithaa-551329|accessdate = 30 November 2016|publisher = NDTV|date = 20 February 2014}}</ref> The then [[Attorney General of India]], late senior advocate [[Goolam Essaji Vahanvati]], the then [[Solicitor General]] senior advocate [[Mohan Parasaran]] and Luthra swiftly moved a writ petition to the Supreme Court on behalf of the Union Government challenging the power of the Tamil Nadu government to remit the sentences of the convicted Sriharan alias Murugan and six others.<ref>{{cite news|title = Kin of Rajiv Gandhi case convicts swing between hope and despair|url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajiv-gandhi-killers-supreme-court-jayalalithaa-arputham-ammal-perarivalan-somani-murugan-santhan/1/346218.html|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = India Today|date = 28 February 2014}}</ref> The remittance was put on hold by the Supreme Court which in a later sentence in December 2015, held that a state government has no [[suo motu]] power to remit sentences of persons who were convicted under a central Law and cases investigated by the CBI.<ref>{{cite news|title = Centre, not state, has 'primacy' in release: SC|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-verdict-on-remission-of-rajiv-killers-sentences/article7940260.ece|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2 December 2015}}</ref>

Luthra also represented Central Bureau of Investigation, India, in the [[Subramanian Swamy|Dr. Subramanian Swamy]] vs Director, CBI, case in 2013–14 in which the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation#Smriti Brajesh##Special Police Establishment (SPE)|Delhi Special Police Establishment Act]], 1946 ('the DSPE Act') was at issue.<ref name = "The Hindu, CBI">{{cite news|title = No sanction needed for CBI to probe bureaucrats: SC|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-sanction-needed-for-cbi-to-probe-bureaucrats-sc/article5982722.ece|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Hindi|date = 7 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = Sanction provision perpetuates corruption, says Supreme Court|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sanction-provision-perpetuates-corruption-says-supreme-court/article5662829.ece|accessdate= 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 7 February 2014}}</ref> A Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice [[Rajendra Mal Lodha|R.M. Lodha]] and Justices [[Ananga Kumar Patnaik|A.K. Patnaik]], [[S. J. Mukhopadhaya|S J Mukhopadhaya]], [[Dipak Misra]] and [[Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla|F M Ibrahim Kalifulla]] held that Section 6A of the DSPE Act that granted protection to joint secretary and above officers from facing even a preliminary inquiry by the CBI in corruption cases, was violative of Article 14 of the constitution and thus constitutionally invalid, a decision that was welcomed by the CBI.<ref name = "The Hindu, CBI"/>

===Recent Cases===
Luthra represented WhatsApp in a public interest litigation case filed against it in September 2016 in the Delhi High Court by two students regarding its new privacy policy.<ref>{{cite news|title = WhatsApp defends privacy policy in Delhi High Court|url = http://www.livemint.com/Industry/vYL1nDySzwHt0mSLFFi0IK/Facebook-defends-sharing-of-data-with-WhatsApp-in-Delhi-High.html|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = Livemint|date = 14 September 2016}}</ref>

Luthra is currently representing the Union Minister of Finance [[Arun Jaitley]] in the criminal defamation lawsuit filed by him against the Chief Minister of Delhi, [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. Arun Jaitley has also filed a civil defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal.<ref>{{cite news|title = Arun Jaitley defamation suit: Delhi HC reserves judgment on Kejriwal plea for stay|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/arun-jaitley-defamation-suit-delhi-hc-reserves-judgment-on-kejriwal-plea-for-stay-2935625/|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Indian Express|date = 26 July 2016}}</ref> The Supreme Court in November 2016 declined Kejriwal's appeal to stay the criminal defamation proceedings.<ref>{{cite news|title = SC declines to put on hold Jaitley's defamation case against Kejriwal|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-declines-to-put-on-hold-jaitley-s-defamation-case-against-kejriwal/story-oELdgK2g2lRZh6s0AhL2LN.html|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = Hindustan Times|date = 22 November 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, Luthra represented the [[Chief Minister]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], Mr. [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] in the [[2015 Cash For Vote Scam]] case.<ref>{{cite news|title = HC breather for Naidu in cash-for-vote case|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/HC-breather-for-Naidu-in-cash-for-vote-case/article14621630.ece|accessdate = 9 December 2016|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 3 September 2016}}</ref> On 9 December 2016, the [[Hyderabad High Court]] set aside the order passed by the Special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court that directed the Telangana [[Anti-Corruption Bureau]] to conduct a probe into Mr Naidu's role in the cash for vote scam case.<ref>{{cite news|title = Relief to AP CM Chandrababu Naidu in cash-for-vote case|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2016/dec/09/relief-to-ap-cm-chandrababu-naidu-in-cash-for-vote-case-1547250.html|accessdate = 9 December 2016|newspaper = The New Indian Express| date = 9 December 2016}}</ref>

Luthra also served as the special public prosecutor in the [[2012 Delhi gang rape|Nirbhaya gang rape case]]. The final verdict on the case was delivered by the Supreme Court on 5 May 2017, where it upheld the death sentence for all the four convicts that were sentenced to death by the trial court in September 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title = 2012 Delhi gang rape verdict Highlights: SC confirms death to all 4 convicts, says this will set an example|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/dec-16-delhi-gang-rape-verdict-live-will-supreme-court-uphold-death-penalty/story-0YzN3eki36Yfmx1221sCwO.html|accessdate = 5 May 2017|newspaper = Hindustan Times| date = 5 May 2017}}</ref>

===As Amicus Curiae===
In addition to his litigation work, Luthra is assisting the [[Supreme Court of India]] as [[amicus curiae]] in the matter of criminalisation of politics which is due to be heard by the constitution bench of the Supreme Court.<ref name = "TOI 2016 amicus curiae">{{cite news|title = How to stop criminalisation of politics? SC constitution bench to decide|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/How-to-stop-criminalisation-of-politics-SC-constitution-bench-to-decide/articleshow/51347568.cms|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Times of India|date = 10 March 2016}}</ref> The said matter was referred to a constitution bench of the Supreme Court by a bench comprising Justices [[Arjan Kumar Sikri|A K Sikri]] and [[Rajesh Kumar Agrawal|R K Agrawal]] examining an appeal filed by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] government challenging [[Allahabad High Court]] order for constituting a committee of eminent persons to suggest ways and means to check criminalisation of politics. Luthra told the bench that the police and the Central Bureau of Investigation should be made immune to political influence so that the criminal trials against politicians can be expedited.<ref name = "TOI 2016 amicus curiae"/>

==Publications==
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||2020 || 2 lockdown violations that reveal the weak spot of Indian State<ref>{{cite news|title = 2 lockdown violations that reveal the weak spot of Indian State|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/2-lockdown-violations-that-reveal-the-weak-spot-of-indian-state-opinion/story-KGWR65jbvgU8q7t8a6KKAI.html|accessdate = 8 April 2020|website = Hindustan Times|date = 8 April 2020}}</ref> || Hindustan Times || Published on 8 April 2020, co-authored with Ketaki Goswami
|-
||2020 || Disaster management: Gaps in our responses to battle Covid-19<ref>{{cite news|title = Disaster management: Gaps in our responses to battle Covid-19|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/disaster-management-gaps-in-our-responses-to-battle-covid-19/|accessdate = 8 April 2020|website = The Times of India Blog|date = 3 April 2020}}</ref> || The Times of India Blog || Published on 3 April 2020, co-authored with Ketaki Goswami
|-
||2020 || Next 24 hours are crucial for the migrant workers. States must act now<ref>{{cite news|title = Next 24 hours are crucial for the migrant workers. States must act now|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/next-24-hours-are-crucial-for-the-migrant-workers-states-must-act-now-opinion/story-oSMFYeP8gtq6qEtAinzxDN.html|accessdate = 8 April 2020|website = Hindustan Times|date = 30 March 2020}}</ref> || Hindustan Times || Published on 30 March 2020, co-authored with Ketaki Goswami
|-
||2020 || Relevance of century-old legislations in India’s fight against Covid-19<ref>{{cite news|title = Relevance of century-old legislations in India's fight against Covid-19|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/relevance-of-century-old-legislations-in-indias-fight-against-covid-19/|accessdate = 8 April 2020|website = The Times of India Blog|date = 28 March 2020}}</ref> || The Times of India Blog || Published on 28 March 2020
|-
||2020 || As communal riots exploded in Delhi, elected representatives were missing on the ground when residents needed them most<ref>{{cite news|title = As communal riots exploded in Delhi, elected representatives were missing on the ground when residents needed them most|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/as-communal-riots-exploded-in-delhi-elected-representatives-were-missing-on-the-ground-when-residents-needed-them-most/|accessdate = 9 April 2020|website = The Times of India Blog|date = 14 March 2020}}</ref> || The Times of India Blog || Published on 14 March 2020
|-
||2018 || Delhi Government Versus LG: The Bicycle Ride That Is Delhi<ref>{{cite news|title = Delhi Government Versus LG: The Bicycle Ride That Is Delhi|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/2018/07/05/the-bicycle-ride-that-is-delhi|accessdate = 8 July 2018|website = Bloomberg Quint|date = 8 July 2018}}</ref> || Bloomberg Quint || Published on 8 July 2018
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||2017 || Sidharth Luthra: On the early struggle of being a lawyer<ref>{{cite news|title = Sidharth Luthra: On the early struggle of being a lawyer|url=http://desaimanushi.blogspot.in/2017/10/siddarth-luthra-on-early-struggle-of.html|accessdate = 24 October 2017|website = Too Fool for School|date = 22 October 2017}}</ref> || Too Fool for School || Published on 22 October 2017
|-
||2017 || Ask Partition victims what it means to be a refugee<ref>{{cite news|title = Ask Partition victims what it means to be a refugee|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/ask-partition-victims-what-it-means-to-be-a-refugee/story-UAA7V38ngja8QVkOT2TIRK.html|accessdate = 24 October 2017|newspaper = Hindustan Times|date = 18 October 2017}}</ref> || Hindustan Times || Published on 18 October 2017
|-
||2017 || Put the victim at the centre of the justice system<ref>{{cite news|title = Put the victim at the centre of the justice system|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/put-the-victim-at-the-centre-of-the-justice-system/story-8cyb95DRQmij00jQQnShvI.html|accessdate = 7 September 2017|newspaper = Hindustan Times|date = 4 September 2017}}</ref> || Hindustan Times || Published on 4 September 2017
|-
||2017 || Crime and Sentencing<ref>{{citation|title = Crime & Sentencing|url=http://ijcal.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Crime___Sentencing.pdf|accessdate = 16 August 2017|publisher = Indian Journal of Constitution and Administrative Law|year = 2017}}</ref> || Indian Journal of Constitution and Administrative Law || Published in 2017, co-authored with Supriya Juneja
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||2016 || Rape: Violation of the Chastity or Dignity of Woman? A Feminist Critique of Indian Law<ref>{{citation|title = Rape: Violation of the Chastity or Dignity of Woman? A Feminist Critique of Indian Law|url=http://www.legal-tools.org/en/doc/6347d2/|accessdate = 1 December 2016|publisher = Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher|date = 27 June 2016}}</ref> || Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher || Published on 27 June 2016
|-
||2016 || Epilogue for Climate Change – Law, Policy and Governance<ref>{{citation|title=Epilogue for Climate Change – Law, Policy and Governance|url=http://www.ebcwebstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=100368/|accessdate = 30 November 2016|publisher = Eastern Book Company|year = 2016}}</ref> || Eastern Book Company || Published in 2016
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|| 2015 || Single Mothers, Absent Fathers and the Best Interests of the Child: Drawing a Fine Balance in the ABC Case<ref name ="Northumbria"/> || Oxford Human Rights Hub || Published on 16 July 2015
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|| 2015 || A Balancing Act – Protection Privacy and Permitting Surveillance || SSC online and Student Law Journal || Published in 2015
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|| 2014 || The Speed of Justice<ref>{{cite news|title =The Speed of Justice|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-speed-of-justice/|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Indian Express|date = 7 April 2014}}</ref> || The Indian Express || Published on 7 April 2014
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|| 2014 || Right to Silence<ref>{{cite news|title =Right to Silence|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/Law-Commission/articleshow/29782532.cms|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = The Times of India|date = 3 February 2014}}</ref> || Times of India || Published on 3 February 2014
|-
||2013||The Power of a Short Message<ref>{{cite news|title = The Power of a Short Message|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-power-of-a-short-message/1131752/|accessdate = 30 November 2016| newspaper = The Indian Express|date = 2 June 2013}}</ref> || The Indian Express || Published on 21 June 2013
|-
|2006 || Is it Time to Revisit K.M. Mathew Case?<ref>{{citation|title =Is it Time to Revisit K.M. Mathew Case|url =http://www.ebc-india.com/lawyer/articles/2006_2_cri_5.htm/|accessdate = 1 December 2016|publisher =Eastern Book Company|year = 2016}}</ref>|| Eastern Book Company || Published in 2006
|}

==Contributions==
Luthra contributed to the [[Law Commission of India#Twentieth Law Commission|Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public International Organisations—A Study and Proposed Amendments]]<ref>{{citation|title = Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public International Organisations—A Study and Proposed Amendments|url=http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/reports/Report258.pdf|accessdate = 15 August 2017|publisher = Law Commission of India|date = August 2015}}</ref> report and the [[Law Commission of India#Twenty-First Law Commission|Amendments to Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Provisions Relating to Bail]]<ref>{{citation|title = Amendments to Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Provisions Relating to Bail|url=http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/reports/Report268.pdf|accessdate = 15 August 2017|publisher = Law Commission of India|date = May 2017}}</ref> report released by the [[Law Commission of India]] in August 2015 and May 2017 respectively.

==Honours==
Luthra was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law by [[Amity University, Noida]], India, in 2015.

==K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court==
Luthra and the Delhi University [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi#Campus Law Center|Campus Law Centre]] organise the [[K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court]], an international [[moot court]] competition every year in memory of Luthra's late father Mr. K.K. Luthra.<ref>{{cite news|title=Breaking: Senior counsel Sidharth Luthra accepts ASG appointment|url = http://www.legallyindia.com/201207062938/Bar-Bench-Litigation/breaking-senior-counsel-sidharth-luthra-accepts-asg-appointment|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = Legally India|date = 6 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = In Conversation with winners of 12th K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition|url = http://www.livelaw.in/conversation-winners-12th-k-k-luthra-memorial-moot-court-competition/|accessdate = 30 November 2016|newspaper = Live Law|date = 11 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Moot court at DU Law Centre from January 13|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Moot-court-at-DU-Law-Centre-from-January-13/article17020618.ece|accessdate= 14 January 2017|newspaper = The Hindu|date=11 January 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==Links to Articles==
1. [https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/2018/07/05/the-bicycle-ride-that-is-delhi Delhi Government Versus LG: The Bicycle Ride That Is Delhi]

2. [http://desaimanushi.blogspot.in/2017/10/siddarth-luthra-on-early-struggle-of.html Sidharth Luthra: On the early struggle of being a lawyer]

3. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/ask-partition-victims-what-it-means-to-be-a-refugee/story-UAA7V38ngja8QVkOT2TIRK.html Ask Partition victims what it means to be a refugee]

4. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/put-the-victim-at-the-centre-of-the-justice-system/ Put the victim at the centre of the justice system]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

5. [http://ijcal.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Crime___Sentencing.pdf/ Crime and Sentencing]

6. [http://www.fichl.org/fileadmin/user_upload/160615_PBS_No._51__2016___Tandon__Luthra_.pdf Rape: Violation of the Chastity or Dignity of Woman? A Feminist Critique of Indian Law]

7. [http://www.ebcwebstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=100368/ Epiloguge for Climate Change – Law, Policy and Governance, Usha Tandon (Editor)]

8. [http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/single-mothers-absent-fathers-and-the-best-interests-of-the-child-drawing-a-fine-balance-in-the-abc-case/ Single Mothers, Absent Fathers and the Best Interests of the Child: Drawing a Fine Balance in the ABC Case]

9. [http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-speed-of-justice/ The Speed of Justice]

10. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/Law-Commission/articleshow/29782532.cms Right to Silence]

11. [http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-power-of-a-short-message/1131752/ The Power of a Short Message]

12. [http://www.ebc-india.com/lawyer/articles/2006_2_cri_5.htm/ Is it Time to Revisit K.M. Mathew Case?]

== External links ==
* [http://kkluthramoot.org/moot/ K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court]
* [http://dslsa.org/ Delhi State Legal Services Authority]
* [http://dpsrkp.net/notices/?p=11253/ Delhi Public School Alumini ex ASG Sidharth Luthra]

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Sidharth Luthra - Revision history

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