Shariq Ahmed, a practicing lawyer in the Supreme Court started his career as Law Clerk to Chief Justice of India (CJI) after completing his Masters in Constitutional Law from NLIU, Bhopal where he was ranked 2nd in the order of merit. Later, he joined the office of an Additional Solicitor General (ASG) as an Associate and continued to work there for another couple of years. For the last 9 years or so he has been working independently in the Supreme Court. While assisting CJI he worked on several landmark Constitutional Cases which are hallmark of Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence. As an Associate to ASG, he appeared for the Government of India before Apex Court.