Work History
- Extensive experience since 1984 in Law, finance, accounts, commercial and corporate laws. He was corporate advisor to top level Management in the corporate sector. He has specialised expertise in the securities, finance, insolvency and bankruptcy laws, capital market and forex trading.
- Practices before the Civil and Criminal jurisdictions in the High Court, District Court and Supreme Court of India. Filed PILs in India and also appeared in the landmark CAG matter. His activities in the legal political and social filed has been widely reported in the media. He has ensured that politically strong child sexual abuse rapists got denied bail and ultimately convicted. The Courts in India granted Witness Protection to witnesses when scores were either killed or made to disapper.The propogation of the POSCO Act that is instrumental in preventing child sexual abuse in India is his passion and holds talks in Universities to educate para legal teams to help fight this scourge in India.
- Appears regularly in the New Zealand Civil, criminal and family law jurisdiction of the District Courts at Papakura, Pukekohe, Manukau, Waitakere, and Auckland. He has completed nearly one thousand criminal, family and civil cases, and also appeared in land mark Judicial Review cases in the Auckland High Court Civil jurisdiction and appeared in the Court of Appeal criminal jurisdiction.
- He is also a categorised Criminal and Family Legal Aid Provider.
- He is married with two children. One has graduated in Law from the Auckland University and presently in New York to pursue her hobbies.
- He has been involved in community organisations including a board of trustee member for Indian Welfare and Business Organisation and is actively involved in Indian, Pacific and many other charitable organisations.
About me
Commitment to social justice and equality; Speaking Truth to Power can make lot of enemies but I am not here to win a popularity contest where Law is a luxury and more injustice than justice prevails. Do the Best in the short term because in the long term we are all dead!
- In a multi-cultural environment as New Zealand, Castlefinn Law is strongly committed to issues of social justice, human rights, child abuse and secular values. I have a good and proven track-record of this. I have done pro bono cases that uphold the Rule of Law and fight for justice even though the vast majority may decide to turn a blind eye to what is happening around them. I have assisted migrants while they integrate into the New Zealand culture and values.
- I am willing to lend my services to take up political and social issues that infringe the personal liberty of an individual and strongly uphold the rights and freedom of the human spirit.
Contact me at:
Cell: 027-304 8476 (keep a text message)
After hours: 09 264 1238 (message service)
Skype: Castlefinnlaw
Email: castelinob@lawyer.com
Read more
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www.legallyindia.com/tag/bennet-castelino
www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20160809/281599534888014
www.ndtv.com/india-news/examining-the-cag-report-is-not-our-domain-says-supreme-court-503496
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/asaram-nightmarish-struggle-bring-justice