Practice Area
Domestic and institutional arbitration, interim relief, and the enforcement and setting aside of awards.
Arbitration is chosen for speed and kept for enforceability, and it delivers neither on its own. A badly constituted tribunal, a thin section 17 application, or an award that strays beyond the reference can cost more time than the suit it was meant to replace.
We act in domestic and institutional arbitrations under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, in section 11 applications for appointment, in section 9 and section 17 interim relief, and in section 34 challenges and section 36 enforcement. We also act for parties enforcing or resisting foreign awards under Part II.
The scope of a section 34 challenge is narrow by design and the courts have kept it narrow. We advise plainly on whether a challenge is realistic before it is filed, because an unsuccessful one delays enforcement without changing the result.
Also at the firm
Shareholder and boardroom disputes, oppression and mismanagement, and the contested control of closely held companies.
Contractual claims, recovery actions and commercial suits before the designated commercial courts.
Partition and title suits, testamentary and succession matters, and matrimonial proceedings.
Bail and anticipatory bail, quashing petitions, trial defence and economic offence matters.
Proceedings before the NCLT and NCLAT for financial and operational creditors, and for corporate debtors.
Delayed possession, refund and specific performance claims, and proceedings before the RERA authorities.
Constitutional challenges and writ petitions against state action before the High Courts and the Supreme Court.
Deficiency of service and unfair trade practice claims across the District, State and National Commissions.
Representation before sectoral regulators and statutory tribunals, and challenges to regulatory orders.
Trade mark, copyright, design and passing-off actions, including interim injunctions and enforcement.
