Frequently Asked Questions

Commercial litigation and writ proceedings, arbitration and dispute resolution, corporate and contract advisory, banking, finance and insolvency, employment and labour, and intellectual property and brand protection. The practice is built around commercial and institutional work.

The Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi and other High Courts, the National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal, the Debt Recovery Tribunals and Appellate Tribunal, the Central Administrative Tribunal, the National and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions, and arbitral tribunals across India.

The principal place of practice is New Delhi. The office also acts in matters before other High Courts and before arbitral tribunals elsewhere in India, subject to the requirements of the forum concerned.

Fees are agreed in writing before work begins. Depending on the matter this may be a fixed fee for a defined scope, a retainer for ongoing advisory work, or a per-appearance and drafting basis for litigation. The basis is set out in the engagement note rather than quoted on this website, because it depends on the scope of the specific matter.

The office asks what has happened, reviews the documents available, and gives a view on whether there is a matter and what running it would involve. Terms of engagement, including fees, are discussed and recorded before any work is undertaken.

The contract or documents governing the relationship, the correspondence in which the difficulty arose, any notices exchanged, and a short chronology if one exists. A chronology is usually the most useful document in a file.

This varies considerably by forum, by the nature of the matter and by the conduct of the parties, and no general answer is reliable. A commercial suit before a High Court commonly runs for several years, while arbitration is ordinarily faster. A realistic view for a specific matter is given at the assessment stage.

The notice fixes the disputes referred, starts limitation running for some purposes, and is read closely by the tribunal later. A notice drafted without care can narrow what may afterwards be claimed.

A civil or commercial suit before the appropriate court is the ordinary route, subject to the pre-institution mediation requirement under the Commercial Courts Act where it applies. Parties may also agree to arbitrate after a dispute has arisen.

Yes. A review of an executed contract identifies where exposure sits, what termination and exit options exist, and what evidence should be preserved. This is ordinarily more useful before a dispute than after one.

Communications with an advocate in the course of professional engagement are protected. The privilege is set out in Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, which replaced Section 126 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 with effect from 1 July 2024. The office also treats the fact of an engagement as confidential.

No. Accessing this website, or sending a message through it, does not create an advocate-client relationship. A relationship arises only when the office has completed a conflict check and terms of engagement have been agreed. Please do not send confidential or privileged material before that point.

It provides general information about the office, its areas of practice and its professional background, in the form permitted to advocates in India. It is not an advertisement or a solicitation, and nothing on it should be relied on as legal advice for a particular matter.