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Jai Anant Dehadrai Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 4, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth1988

Age35 Years

BirthplaceDelhi, India

ProfessionLawyer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyFather - Anant Dehadrai; one elder sister

Jai Anant Dehadrai Biography

Jai Anant Dehadrai is an Indian lawyer and litigator based in New Delhi. Trained in India and the United States, he has worked at law firms, as a judicial’

Early life and background

Jai Anant Dehadrai was born in 1988 and raised in Delhi. His family originally hails from Dehad, Nagpur, and relocated to Delhi in the 1980s. He completed his schooling at Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, and went on to pursue legal studies and higher education in India and the United States.

Career

Dehadrai trained professionally in law with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), with a specialization in taxation, from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He supplemented that foundation with a postgraduate diploma in international commercial arbitration and alternative dispute resolution from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), Pune. Later, he undertook studies at the Wharton School and completed an LL.M. at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on US corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, appellate advocacy, and competition law.

His early practical experience included internships at the office of the Chief Justice of India in the Supreme Court and at Tata Motors in Pune. After finishing his LL.B., he worked as an associate attorney at Karanjawala & Company before spending time as a foreign associate at Kline & Specter, P.C. in Philadelphia.

On returning to India, Dehadrai served as a judicial law clerk to Justice S.A. Bobde at the Supreme Court of India. He later worked as a legal consultant at Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (the Times Group) and served as visiting faculty for International Criminal Law at Bennett University.

Dehadrai established his own practice in New Delhi. He is the founder of the Law Chambers of Jai Anant Dehadrai and has acted as a litigator across trial courts, the Delhi High Court, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), and the Supreme Court of India. His practice has encompassed criminal and commercial litigation, and he has held appointments as counsel in government-related roles, including a position with the Office of the Additional Solicitor General of India and as counsel for the Central Government.

Publications and other professional work

In addition to courtroom practice, Dehadrai is an author. In 2014 he published Aequabilis, a legal study examining the judgements of former Chief Justice R.S. Pathak. That work reflects his interest in judicial reasoning and legal scholarship alongside his litigation work.

Public profile

Dehadrai has featured in public controversies reported in 2023. He was named in correspondence cited by a member of parliament alleging improper conduct by another parliamentarian, and the matter prompted a legal notice from the MP involved. The legal notice included a range of personal allegations related to disputes between Dehadrai and the MP, and both the legal exchange and related police complaints were reported in news coverage.

The reports also record that Dehadrai has made separate allegations concerning alleged unlawful tracking, which he brought to the attention of national law enforcement authorities in December 2023.

Personal life

Dehadrai is unmarried. His father, Anant Dehadrai, is also a lawyer, and he has one elder sister. Outside work he enjoys football, swimming, and travelling. He is an avid dog lover and has a pet dog named Henry. He is known to share images of his travels and his pet on social media.

Latest updates

In 2023 Dehadrai’s name appeared in public legal disputes that attracted media attention, including correspondence and legal notices exchanged with political figures and filings reported to police and central agencies. These matters were the subject of contemporaneous news reports.
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Recent Work

Aequabilis

Author — a legal study of the judgements of former Chief Justice R.S. Pathak

2014
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Career Highlights

  1. Founder of the Law Chambers of Jai Anant Dehadrai, New Delhi
  2. Litigator at Trial Courts, Delhi High Court, NCLAT, and the Supreme Court of India
  3. Judicial law clerk to Justice S.A. Bobde at the Supreme Court of India
  4. Counsel at the Office of the Additional Solicitor General of India and for the Central Government
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Jai Anant Dehadrai born?

1988

What is Jai Anant Dehadrai known for?

Lawyer

What is Jai Anant Dehadrai’s marital status?

Unmarried