[3] He has done his BA from the St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and a tripos in PPE (Politics, Philosophy & Economics) at the University of Oxford.

[5] He has handled several critical criminal and civil cases like the trial of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, A. R. Antulay.

[citation needed]Jethmalani represented Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Gujarat Riot Cases in Supreme Court of India.

[6] He also represents former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Param Bir Singh against the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

[6] He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 Indian general elections from the Mumbai North Central (Lok Sabha constituency) as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.