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Dhavan is a senior advocate of the
Supreme Court of India, as he was designated in 1994. He runs the Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre, which tries to make youth aware of constitutional and legal subjects. Dhavan was elected to the International Commission of Jurists in 1998 and was a
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over the title to the land on which the mosque stood before being destroyed by a mob in 1992. When the
Allahabad High Court ruled that the site should be divided between Hindus and Muslims, Dhavan said, "This is Panchayati justice which takes away the legal rights of Muslims and converts the moral
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sentimental entitlements of Hindus into legal rights". Dhavan also alleged the judges during the hearing of having an aggressive tone but later apologized by stating that he had been emotionally carried away during the hearing.
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Jeremy Cooper (1986). Jeremy Cooper; Rajeev Dhavan (eds.).
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Dhavan led the attorney team for the Muslims in the famous
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