anand has been practising in the supreme court of india, delhi high court and other high courts since 1967. he is the only lawyer who has defended three successive sitting prime ministers of india. in june 1980 when sanjay gandhi died, his widow menka gandhi filed a petition for the granting of probate, which was contested. then-prime minister indira gandhi engaged anand in this case. anand fought successfully before both the district judge of delhi and the single bench/division bench of the delhi high court.