Suits & Appeals
Civil Litigation
Suits for recovery, injunction, declaration, specific performance and partition, taken through trial, appeal and execution before the civil courts.
Areas of Practice
Matters of consequence, for families and businesses alike.
Our practice covers civil and criminal litigation, intellectual property, commercial and land disputes, matrimonial and family matters, income tax and GST, and proceedings under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002.
nine areas
The areas of practice.
Every area is approached with the same discipline: know the facts, know the law, and know the forum.
Bail & Trial
Criminal Defence
Bail and anticipatory bail, trial defence, quashing petitions, appeals and revisions, cheque-dishonour cases and economic offences under the BNS, BNSS and BSA.
Real Property
Land & Property Disputes
Title and possession, partition, mutation and revenue proceedings, sale deeds and registration, tenancy, RERA complaints and land acquisition compensation in Western U.P. and Delhi.
Family Law
Matrimonial & Family
Divorce, maintenance, custody, protection from domestic violence and succession within families, handled discreetly and with settlement pursued wherever it is realistic.
Business Disputes
Commercial Disputes
Contract and recovery suits, pre-institution mediation, cheque dishonour, partnership and shareholder disputes, and insolvency-related proceedings, for proprietors, firms and companies.
Tax Disputes
Income Tax & GST
Assessments, reassessment, search matters, GST show-cause notices and appeals, from the first reply to the Tribunals and the High Court, under both income-tax statutes and the GST laws.
PMLA & ED
Money Laundering & White-Collar Defence
PMLA proceedings: ED summons, arrest and bail, provisional attachment before the Adjudicating Authority and Appellate Tribunal, linked predicate cases and compliance advice.
Brands & Ideas
Intellectual Property Rights
Trade mark filing, opposition and enforcement, passing off, copyright, designs, patent support, and the agreements that license or assign intellectual property.
Arbitration & Mediation
Dispute Resolution
Arbitration, mediation, pre-litigation negotiation and Lok Adalat settlements, with the court work around them: interim relief, appointments, and challenges to and enforcement of awards.
The Forums
Where the work is heard.
The courts, tribunals and authorities before which matters in these areas are typically heard, gathered from each area of practice.
40Forums across nine areas
Supreme Court & High Courts03
- Supreme Court of India
- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
- High Court of Delhi
Courts of trial & appeal10
- Commercial Courts
- Courts of Judicial Magistrate and Chief Judicial Magistrate
- Courts of Session
- Special Courts under particular statutes, including the PMLA
- Civil courts
- Revenue courts in Uttar Pradesh
- Family Courts
- District Courts
- Courts exercising jurisdiction under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
- Lok Adalats and Permanent Lok Adalats
Tribunals, authorities & other forums27
- Police and investigating agencies
- Sub-Registrars and stamp authorities
- Rent Authorities and Rent Tribunals under the 2021 tenancy law
- Rent Controllers and the Rent Control Tribunal, Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority
- Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions
- Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority
- Court-annexed mediation centres
- National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
- Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils
- Legal Services Authorities
- Assessing Officers and faceless assessment units of the Income Tax Department
- Joint Commissioner (Appeals) and Commissioner (Appeals)
- Dispute Resolution Panel
- Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
- Central and State GST adjudicating authorities
- GST Appellate Authority
- GST Appellate Tribunal
- Directorate of Enforcement
- Adjudicating Authority under the PMLA
- Appellate Tribunal under the PMLA
- Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND)
- Trade Marks Registry and Patent Office
- Copyright Office
- Customs authorities
- Domain name dispute panels under the .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and the UDRP
- Arbitral tribunals, ad hoc and institutional
Begin with a conversation.
A first consultation is a sensible place to start. Tell us briefly about the matter, and we will arrange a time to speak.