Pune Crime | Who Is Adv Vipul Dushing? Lawyer In Row Over ‘4 Slaps Not Harassment’ Remark In Vaishnavi Hagawane Case And Defense Counsel In Porsche Accident Case
Amidst the uproar over the recent Vaishnavi Hagawane suicide case in Pune, the lawyer of the Hagawane family, Adv Vipul Dushing, is at the center of a new row after people slammed him for his statements.
Several people, along with activist Anjali Damania, took to social media to criticise him. She appealed to the Pune Bar Association to cancel his license, while a fellow lawyer also defended him. Amid the backlash over Advocate Vipul Dushing’s remarks in the Vaishnavi Hagawane suicide case, senior lawyer Bhushan Raut took to social media platform X to defend him, calling Dushing a "very intelligent and respected lawyer from Pune."
In his post, Raut wrote, "He has successfully represented thousands of accused and brought them justice. He has helped hundreds of needy people without charging any fee."
Raut said, "Vipul Dushing is a very intelligent and respected lawyer from Pune. He has successfully represented thousands of accused individuals and has helped bring them justice. He has also supported hundreds of needy people without charging any fees. The first duty of a lawyer is to defend the accused, just as a doctor cannot refuse to treat a patient. Similarly, a lawyer cannot refuse to represent an accused person without a valid reason. According to the Indian Constitution, a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law—this is the foundation of judicial systems across the world. If the Hagawane family is guilty, the court will punish them appropriately. However, it is absolutely unfair to target an intelligent and committed lawyer like Vipul Dushing simply because he is representing the accused. Lawyers are an essential pillar of the judiciary, and saying ‘slap a lawyer’ just because he is doing his duty is not only wrong but goes against the very spirit of Gandhian democracy."
Who is Adv Vipul Dushing?
Dushing's LinkedIn bio says, "Experienced Advocate with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. Skilled in Legal Advice, Legal Assistance, Criminal Law, Arbitration, and Legal Research. Strong legal professional graduated from ILS Law College."
He is from the ILS Law College batch and has been practicing for the past 17 years.
Not just the Hagawane case, he is an influential lawyer who also represented people in the Porsche case. Dushing is representing Dr. Ajay Taware in court.
Taware is currently lodged at the Yerwada Central Jail following his arrest last year for allegedly tampering with the blood samples of a 17-year-old boy accused of crashing a Porsche car into a motorbike in Pune's Kalyani Nagar and killing two persons.
The city crime branch has now taken him into custody in connection with the 2022 kidney transplant racket at Ruby Hall Clinic, a leading private hospital in Pune.
In 2022, he was booked by Vadgaon Maval police in an assault case.
Additional Public Prosecutor Premkumar Agarwal had filed a complaint in connection with the alleged assault incident.
He has previously also represented notorious gangster Gajanan Marne.
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