Sanjay Hegde
Sanjay R Hegde (Born 19 July 1965) is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He is a leading voice for civil rights He was one of the 2 amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court of India to assist the court in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder. He was appointed as an interlocutor by the Supreme Court of India to talk to the protestors at Shaheen Bagh protest. Background. Sanjay R Hegde was born in Manipal. His father was a lawyer practicing at the Bombay High Court. After completing his class I in  Manipal he moved to Mumbai where he studied till class X. After class X, he spent 5 years in Manipal and completed his B.Com, before shifting to Mumbai to study law at KC Law College. He got selected in the UPSC examination for allied IAS services .He had been a debater and a quizzer during his college days. Legal career. He started his career as a lawyer in 1989, working at M/s Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe Solicitors. He moved to Delhi to work in the chamber of Senior Advocate G. Ramaswamy, a former Attorney-General for India He  has represented several people who were declared foreigners in the NRC case. He writes frequently in major Indian newspapers and magazines and appears as a legal expert on news channels.