Jaiveer Shergill is a practicing lawyer in the Supreme Court of India and a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. Graduating in 2006 from West Bengal University of Jurisdical Sciences, Jaiveer went to the UC Berkeley School of Law, University of California,USA, and took a master’s degree in Law. In 2006, after graduating from law school, Jaiveer enrolled in the Delhi Bar and began his career as a law associate with “Economic Laws Practice,” a reputed law firm specializing in tax and commercial cases. In 2008, Jaiveer was accepted into the Chambers ofAbhishek Singhvi, who is Senior Advocate, a Rajya Sabha MP, and a spokesman of the Indian National Congress party. As a practicing advocate at the Supreme Court of India, Jaiveer has been involved in various high profile cases.
Currently serving as the National Media Panelist for the Indian National Congress Party, Spokesperson of the Punjab Pradesh Congress and Co-Chairman of the Legal Cell, Congress (Punjab). As a unique initiative, Jaiveer launched a 24×7 legal toll-free helpline number to provide legal assistance to congress workers who are victims of political vendetta and facing false cases slapped by the Akali-BJP Government. Jaiveer has been instrumental in voicing various economic and social issues in the media including but not limited to foreign direct investment, depleted conditions of schools in Punjab, alarming drug use, women safety etc.
He is the youngest National Media Panelist of the Indian National Congress. He is also one of the youngest spokespersons of the Congress Party for Punjab (Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee) and also the youngest person to be appointed as the Co-Chairman of the Congress Legal Cell for Punjab. He has also served as the Young India Representative for the International Bar Association (the most prestigious Lawyers Organization of the world) for a period of two years (2008–09).
Jaiveer also regularly writes on issues of terrorism, parliamentary functioning, government policies relating to digital infrastructure, financial planning, employment generation, impacts of rampant drug use, governance etc
