The chambers is engaged at every stage of a matter. It advises before proceedings begin — on the merits, on notices and on replies. It conducts civil and criminal trials before the District Court, from pleadings and evidence through to final arguments, carries appeals and revisions to the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India, and moves writ petitions before them.
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Bail and anticipatory bail, trials, appeals, revisions, quashing petitions and special leave petitions before the trial courts, the High Court and the Supreme Court of India. Matters run from offences under the IPC (now the BNS) to those under the special criminal laws — POCSO, UAPA, NDPS, PMLA, PCPNDT, the SC/ST Act and the PC Act — to complaints for the dishonour of cheques under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, and to other economic and white-collar offences.
02
Writ petitions under Article 226 before the High Court and under Article 32 before the Supreme Court of India, and the appeals arising from them. Matters run to challenges to administrative action and to the orders of statutory authorities, service and disciplinary matters, and the enforcement of fundamental rights.
03
Suits, interim applications, appeals, revisions and execution proceedings before the District Court and the High Court; eviction petitions before the Rent Controller; compensation claims before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal; labour and industrial disputes before the Labour Court and the Industrial Tribunal; and municipal matters — property tax, building sanction and demolition notices — before the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and its Appellate Tribunal. Matters run to contractual and partnership disputes, property and partition matters, land acquisition and the recovery of money.
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Commercial suits before the Commercial Courts and the Commercial Division of the High Court. Matters run to construction and infrastructure contracts, franchise, distribution and licensing agreements, joint venture and shareholders' agreements, the carriage and sale of goods, insurance, and intellectual property including trade marks and copyright.
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Divorce, maintenance and custody proceedings before the family courts, applications under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act before the Magistrate, and probate, letters of administration and succession certificate proceedings before the District Court. Matters arise under Hindu and Muslim personal law and the Special Marriage Act.
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Arbitral proceedings before ad hoc and institutional tribunals, domestic and international, under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, and applications for interim measures, for the appointment of an arbitrator, to set aside an award and for its enforcement, before the High Court and the Commercial Courts. Matters run to commercial and contractual disputes referred to arbitration under an agreed clause, and to mediation and conciliation.
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Complaints, applications, petitions and appeals before the consumer forums; the National Company Law Tribunal and its Appellate Tribunal; the Debts Recovery Tribunal and its Appellate Tribunal; the Real Estate Regulatory Authority and its Appellate Tribunal; the Central Administrative Tribunal and the National Green Tribunal; and the Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the Competent Authority under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, with appeals from both to the Appellate Tribunal. Matters run to consumer complaints, company law and insolvency, debt recovery and proceedings under the SARFAESI Act, real estate and homebuyers' claims, and environmental matters.