Lawyers top the Rajya Sabha MPs rich list with pecuniary interest Singhvi ahead of Jaitley and Jethmalani

The country’s prominent lawyers top the Rajya Sabha MPs rich list. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi tops the list. Other lawyers in the list includes BJP leader Arun Jaitley, BJP MP Ram Jethmalani and BSP leader Satish Chandra Misra..The country’s prominent lawyers top the Rajya Sabha MPs rich list. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singvi (pictured) tops the list. Other lawyers in the list includes BJP leader Arun Jaitley, BJP MP Ram Jethmalani and BSP leader Satish Chandra Misra..The above information has been released pursuant to the RTI application filed by Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). Interestingly, the Rajya Sabha secretariat has taken two and a half years to release the information..According to ADR, the ‘Register of Interest of Rajya Sabha MPs’ that has been made available for the first time provides detailed information on the financial and business interests of Rajya Sabha MPs..There are total 232 members of Rajya Sabha out of which 140 MPs claim that they have no pecuniary interests as directors of companies, controlling shares, regular salaries, paid consultancies and professional engagements despite owning assets worth crores. The top three MPs with no pecuniary interests are the Congress’s Subbarami Reddy (Rs. 258.25 crore), followed by Congress’s Karan Singh (Rs. 57.89 crore) and the Shiv Sena’s Rajkumar Dhoot (Rs. 29.53 crore)..As per the information provided, Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi earns Rs. 50 crore in his professional engagement as a senior advocate. Next is opposition party leader, Arun Jaitley, who as senior advocate earns Rs. 10 crore followed by another senior lawyer BJP MP Ram Jethmalani whose earnings are Rs. 8.41 crore. BSP MP from Uttar Pradesh Satish Chandra Mishra is a partner in law firm Misra and Misra Associates and earns Rs. 3.44 crore..Last year, India today had come out with a list of Senior Counsels and famous litigating lawyers and their average fee per appearance and per day. The list included both Abhsihek Manu Singhvi and Ram Jethmalani. Singhvi’s fee per appearance in 2010 was Rs. 2.5 lakh ($5,500) to Rs. 3 lakh ($6,600) and for a full day, his fee was Rs. 25 lakh ($55,000) while Jethmalani’s fee per appearance was Rs. 5 lakh ($11,110)..Below is the list of some of the MPs who are lawyers along with their annual fees/remunertion