Law firm with a pan-India footprint
Celebrating 50 years
Sri Rajesh Khaitan, Our Founder
Sri Rajesh Khaitan was born in 1945 to Sri Radhakrishna Prasad Khaitan and Bhagirathi Devi Khaitan. The Khaitan family was an illustrious business family, with eighteen sugar and cotton mills in and around Maharashtra and U.P.
When Sri Rajesh Khaitan was a young boy, the sugar industry was nationalized in 1965, which forced the family to move to West Bengal. Sri Rajesh Khaitan completed his B.Com. from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta and pursued Law from Calcutta University. He apprenticed with LP Agarwalla & Co, Solicitors and was thereafter appointed by Sri Ram Nath Goenka of Indian Express as his solicitor and advocate. Sri Rajesh Khaitan set up his own law firm in August 1972 under the name and style of Rajesh Khaitan & Co., Solicitors & Advocates.
It was in 1977, during the Emergency, that Sri Rajesh Khaitan was approached by the then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, to advise her and she persuaded him to join politics. He was thereafter appointed treasurer of WBPCC (West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee) in 1980 and in 1981 he contested and won the Burrabazar Vidhan Sabha constituency election. Sri Rajesh Khaitan was Member of Legislative Assembly for 22 years from 1981 to 2002. He was also Director in UBI (United Bank of India) from 1981 to 1984 and on the panel of Coal India, Canara Bank, amongst others. During his stint as lawyer, Sri Rajesh Khaitan has handled high-profile cases both in the High Court as well as the Supreme Court of India. He, along with his colleagues and associates, worked hard and created a name for the firm to such an extent that it was among the top five Law firms in Bengal.
He breathed his last on 15th December, 2019.
Shakti Khaitan
After Sri Rajesh Khaitan's demise the baton of the Firm has been handed over to his son Shakti Khaitan. Shakti has pursued his schooling & college from St Xavier's, Calcutta and studied law from South Calcutta Law College, Calcutta University. He started gaining practical training post class X which is since 1988 though he passed law in 1997. Through these years he has experienced high profile matters in respect of all fields, so to say.
Shakti, currently, is making a young team which can deliver in both Civil & Criminal matters. Today the Firm of 50 years is having its presence in Delhi....Mumbai....Chennai....Bangalore.....Hyderabad.....Ahmedabad... amongst others.
Real Estate
The firm has been successful in assisting clients to close transactions with regard to various properties in the country and is still doing....
Litigation
It is a strong Legal Office in pursuing various forms of Litigation. In fact it is one of the few in handling Crisis Management.
Mediation
The firm strongly believes as its belief that Mediation, today, is the best and fastest method of any form of dispute coming to an end otherwise there is no end for disputes.