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Kirit Somaiya

Date Of Birth: 12/02/1954

Birth Place:Mumbai, Maharashtra

Party Name:Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Email ID:ksofficemail@gmail.com

Mobile No:022-5644151

Offices Held

Year	Party	Position
2014 - 2019	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
1999-2004	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
1995-1999	Bharatiya Janata Party	Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Education

SSC, MM Pupils Highschool, Mumbai, 1970

B.Com, MMK College, Mumbai, 1975

CA, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi, 1979

Ph.D, Mumbai University, 2005

Early & Personal Life

Kirit Somaiya was born ito a middle-class family. He is married to Medha Somaiya, they have a son, Neil who joined the BJP and is the Municipal Coumcillor of Ward 108 Mulund.

Kirit Somaiya graduated as a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1979 and secured a rank in the All India Merit List. He was conferred with a "Ph.D. in Finance – Capital Market – Small Investors Protection" from Mumbai University in 2005 and is credited for submitted the longest thesis to the University.

Career

Kirit Somaiya an activist, he took part in the Jayaprakash Narayan movement in 1975. Later on, he joined the BJP and represented the Mulund Constituency of Maharashtra Assembly and the Mumbai North-East Lok Sabha Constituency. In 1995, Somaiya contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections and got elected from the Mulund assembly where he won by a margin of 43,527 votes.

As a M.L.A., Kirit Somaiya got 2 major Acts passed in the Maharashtra Assembly - Small Investors’ Protection Act of Maharashtra, Repealing Coroners Court (Post Mortem) Act and introduced the Housing Society Conveyance Bill. In the 1999 Lok Sabha election, Somaiya defeated Gurudas Kamat of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 7,276 votes.

As a parliamentarian, Kirit Somaiya submitted the maximum number of petitions to the parliament, i.e. 11 (out of 27 total petitions presented in 13th Lok Sabha) during his tenure in the Lok Sabha which was the highest number of petitions submitted by any MP in the history of Indian Parliament.

Kirit Somaiya took on sevel governement officals including politicians for charges of corruption and also filed Public Interest Litigations (PIL), the corruptions include :

NSEL Scam, Coal mining scam, Maharashtra Sadan Scam, Adarsh Scam, Wheat Scam ,Demat Scam, Maharashtra Irrigation Scam.

Kirit Somaiya also held several posititons in his tenure that include:

Member of Parliament
National Secretary - Bharatiya Janata Party
Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra
Vice President - Maharashtra BJP
President - Mumbai BJP
All India Convenor - BJP Investors Cell
President - Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha

Criminal Record

Details of Criminal Cases

Cases where Charges Framed

Serial No.	IPC Sections Applicable	Other Details / Other Acts / Sections Applicable
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Cases where Cognizance Taken

Serial No.	IPC Sections Applicable	Other Details / Other Acts / Sections Applicable
1	143, 147, 149, 323, 353, 341	Case No.276/1992, Cuffe Parade,Demonstation in Cuffe Parade Police Station Jurisdiction
2	143, 144, 145, 147, 149, 332, 427, 452, 454	CC No.446/P/1993, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate,37th Court,Esplanade,Mumbai, Date of Cog.-7/04/1993,Morcha on mantralaya on 3/11/1992
3	143, 117	37(i), 22-51 Bombay Police Act 1951, CC.No.132/P/1996, Metropolitan Magistrate, 23rd Cout, Esplanade, Mumbai, Date of Cog.-2/08/1996,Hunger strike on 7/10/1994
4	143, 149, 341	174(a), 37(3), 135 of Bombay Police Act 1951, CC No.333/1997, Metropolitan Magistrate, 31st Court, Vikhroli, Mumbai, Date of Cog.-08/08/1997,Rail Roko andolan on 08/08/1997
5		37(1)(d),3,135 of Bombay Police Act 1951, CC No.607/P/2002, Metropolitan Magistrate, 27th Court, Mulund, Mumbai, Date of Cog.30/12/2002, Corner meeting to protest against terrorist attack on Akshardham(Swami Narayan Mandir) on 25/9/2002
6		37(3) with 33(w),102,135 of Bombay Police Act 1951, CC No.106/PS/2002, Metorpolitan Magistrate,49th Court, Vikhroli, Mumbai, Date of Cog.-25/09/2002,Corner meeting for Akshardham(Swami Narayan Mandir) attack on 25/9/2012 at Ghatkopar
7		37(1)(d) sub sec 3, 135 of Bombay Police Act 1951, CC No.1509/02,Demonstration at Mulund Railway Station
8	500	(Private Complaint) CC No.25/S/2003, Addiational Chief Metropolitan, Magistrate, 37th Court, Espalande, Mumbai, Date of Cog.-26/06/2003,Investor Grivances forum matter (Injustice to small Investors)
9		37(3),135 r.w. 33(r)(e),131(b)(1) of Mumbai Police Act 1951, CC No.483/04 Metropolitan Magistrate, 53rd Court at Mulund, Mumbai(Bhandup Casese), Date of Cog.-29/06/2004,Demonstration at Railway Station on 29/06/2004
10		O.S.No.296 of 2012, Honourable Sub-Court of Ernakulum, Date of Cog.-19/12/2012,Private Complain with reference to ambulance scan exposed by the candidate

Cases where Convicted

Serial No.	IPC Sections Applicable	Other Details / Other Acts / Sections Applicable
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Brief Details of IPCs

1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty (IPC Section-332)

1 charges related to House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint (IPC Section-452)

1 charges related to Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment (IPC Section-454)

4 charges related to Being member of an unlawful assembly (IPC Section-143)

3 charges related to Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149)

2 charges related to Punishment for Rioting (IPC Section-147)

2 charges related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341)

1 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)

1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)

1 charges related to Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon (IPC Section-144)

1 charges related to Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse (IPC Section-145)

1 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees (IPC Section-427)

1 charges related to Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons (IPC Section-117)

1 charges related to Punishment for Defamation (IPC Section-500)

Networth (Assets & Liabilities)

As of 2014:

Assets: Rs 7,21,56,258

Liabilities: Rs 65,92,826

Controversy

Kirit Somaiya was criticised for participating in Dandiya celebrations the same day 23 people lost their lives in the stampede at Elphinstone Road railway station.

Kirit Somaiya was criticised for saying he will expose "mafia" in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and also take on their "godfather" which is directed to Shiv Sena cheif Uddhav Thackeray. He also said that the Shiv Sainiks tried to kill him and he registered a complaint to the Mumbai Police Commissioner.