Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha; Founder Trustee
K. T. S. Tulsi, also recorded in the Foundation’s earlier records as Kavitej Pal Singh Tulsi, is a distinguished Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India, public intellectual, author, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
Born in 1947 at Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Mr. Tulsi studied Political Science and Law at Panjab University and was enrolled as a member of the Bar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1971. A keen debater and mooting student, he entered the legal profession with a strong commitment to advocacy, spoken argument, public reasoning, and legal writing.
Alongside legal practice, he taught law as a part-time lecturer from 1973 to 1976 and authored important legal reference works, including Tulsi’s Digest of Accident Claims Cases and Goswami and Tulsi’s Landlord & Tenant Cases. He also served as a reporter of the Indian Law Reports (Punjab Series) and has written extensively in law journals and newspapers.
Mr. Tulsi’s legal career has spanned criminal law, constitutional law, public-interest matters, intellectual-property concerns, and significant cases before the Supreme Court of India and High Courts across the country. He was designated Senior Advocate in 1987 and served as Additional Solicitor General of India from 1990, representing the State before several Constitution Benches and in matters of national importance.
He has also held leadership roles in legal and professional bodies, including the Criminal Justice Society of India and the Intellectual Property Attorneys Association. His public career has combined advocacy, legal scholarship, institutional service, parliamentary engagement, and concern for justice and civil society.
Mr. Tulsi was named among the Founder Trustees of The Anad Foundation at the time of its establishment in 2008. His association with the Foundation reflects the value of legal understanding, public responsibility, intellectual seriousness, cultural sensitivity, and ethical stewardship in the governance of heritage institutions.
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