Satish Maneshinde – sometimes called a “terror expert,” is a senior Indian criminal lawyer. He is known in the country for taking on the criminal cases of Indian celebrities such as Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, Sanjay Dutt, and Rhea Chakraborty, and successfully defending them.
Wiki/Biography
Satish Maneshinde was born in 1965 (age 56 years; in 2021) in Dharwad, Karnataka. He attended Karnataka University College of Law from 1980 to 1983, and he holds two degrees – B.Com and LLB.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye Color: Black
Family
Satish belongs to a middle class family of Dharwad in Karnataka.
Parents & Siblings
His father was a Karnataka-based businessman who died in 1985, and his mother was a homemaker.
Wife & Children
Satish is married.
religion
Satish follows Hinduism.
Address
Satish can be contacted at 304, 3rd Floor, Ceejay House, Dr Annie Besant Road, Opposite Atria Mall, Worli, Mumbai, 400018
Career
Beginning Year
Satish Maneshinde came to Mumbai from his hometown in Karnataka after graduating in law to become a lawyer. In 1983, he started working as a junior lawyer under the renowned lawyer and one of the leading criminal lawyers of the country late Ram Jethmalani. While working under Jethmalani, Mr. Maneshinde handled many high-profile criminal and civil cases for nearly a decade. Satish recalls his early experience working as a lawyer in Mumbai and says,
I had heard and read about Ram Jethmalani when I was a school student. In 1983, I accidentally met him at the Bombay High Court and mustered up the courage to ask him to take me on as his protégé. I was called to his office the same evening and he agreed. I had the opportunity to work with him 18 hours a day in the early stages of my career.”
Satish Maneshinde with Ram Jethmalani
High Profile Case
After a decade working under Jethmalani, Satish got his first high-profile criminal case in 1993, when he and his legal team defended Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in the Mumbai blasts case. The criminal lawyer managed to get bail for the actor after which Maneshinde came into limelight. Further, he also represented Dutt in the Arms Act 2007 case. Gradually, his association with celebrities made Satish Maneshinde one of the leading criminal lawyers in the country.
Satish Maneshinde with actor Sanjay Dutt
In 1998, Satish was approached by Bollywood actor Salman Khan to represent him in a Blackbuck poaching case, and again in a hit-and-run case in 2002. In both cases, the lawyer managed to get Khan out of the mess. In 2010, he represented model-actress Rakhi Sawant in an aiding and abetting suicide case. Maneshinde was also actress Rhea Chakraborty’s first choice in 2020 to represent her in the controversial conspiracy to commit suicide case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. In the same year, he also donned the hat of Special Public Prosecutor in the Palghar death penalty case. In October 2021, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was listed on Maneshinde’s celebrity client list after he was arrested by the NCB in a Mumbai drug case. Apart from this, Maneshinde is also known for his other popular crime cases like Chhota Rajan’s wife Sujata Nikalje’s crime case, Mumbai Police Inspector Daya Nayak’s famous disproportionate assets case, bookie Shoban Mehta’s match fixing case and many more.
Salary
Satish charges Rs. 10 lakh per day in 2010.
Net worth
Maneshinde’s net is approximately Rs. 350 crore by 2020.
Facts/Trivia
- Satish Maneshinde is one of the most expensive criminal lawyers in India.
- According to Maneshinde, he was a student leader in his college, and he led many protests and agitations. He also won the best student award in the moot court competition in his college. Satish revealed in an interview,
My principal in college was very concerned about me and warned me that if I wasn’t disciplined and serious about my studies, he would throw me out. Having said that, the principal gave me a separate room in the college where I studied at least 12-14 hours a day. After that, I graduated from college with good grades.”
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