Practice Area
Shareholder and boardroom disputes, oppression and mismanagement, and the contested control of closely held companies.
Control of a company is rarely lost in a single moment. It goes in a sequence of board resolutions, rights issues and register entries, each defensible on its own, which together move a company away from the people who built it. Corporate litigation is the work of unwinding that sequence, or of defending it.
We act in oppression and mismanagement petitions under sections 241 and 242 of the Companies Act 2013, in disputes over share transfers and rectification of the register of members, in derivative actions, and in the enforcement of shareholders' agreements and articles. Most of this runs before the National Company Law Tribunal, with appeals to the NCLAT and, on questions of law, to the Supreme Court.
The early orders usually decide the case. An interim order restraining an allotment or a board meeting preserves the position long enough for the merits to be heard; without it, what remains is a damages claim against a company the client no longer controls. We treat the interlocutory stage as the substantive fight, because it is.
Also at the firm
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.
Domestic and institutional arbitration, interim relief, and the enforcement and setting aside of awards.
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.
