Mahesh Jethmalani

Mahesh Jethmalani

Former Member of Parliament and Senior Advocate

Mahesh Jethmalani is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is an advocate of the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court. He was nominated as Member of Parliament to the Rajya Sabha in 2021, where he sat on the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice and on the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs. Jethmalani is a member of the Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, which reviews the decisions of the executive and academic councils. Jethmalani holds an undergraduate degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from from Oxford University. He qualified as a barrister in London at the Inns of Court (Gray’s Inn).

Recent projects

Joint Statement from the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Washington Courtesy: U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India
19 June 2025 Gateway House

Reappraising QUAD post Pahalgam

The July 2 meeting of the QUAD foreign ministers in Washington, D.C., restated all the commitments of the grouping, including a condemnation of the April 22 terrorist attacks on Pahalgam. Yet, none of the QUAD countries actually came to the aid of India, despite China being a present player in the fight, in full support of its partner Pakistan.