HIGH COURT, DISTRICT COURT AND OTHER TRIBUNAL CASES

Our practice before the High Courts and district courts across North India is comprehensive, spanning every category of civil, criminal, family, constitutional, commercial, and financial litigation. We regularly appear before the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir, and we are equally active before the district courts, sessions courts, magistrate courts, civil judge courts, family courts, rent controllers, and a wide range of specialized tribunals that function at the district level. In the High Courts, our work includes filing writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for enforcement of fundamental rights and for challenging administrative or statutory orders, as well as handling public interest litigations, contempt petitions, and election petitions. We also regularly file criminal miscellaneous petitions under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) for quashing of FIRs, staying criminal proceedings, or seeking transfer of investigations, and we appear in criminal revisions under Section 442 BNSS against orders of conviction, acquittal, or interlocutory orders passed by subordinate courts. Anticipatory bail applications under Section 482 BNSS and regular bail applications under Section 483 BNSS are routinely argued before the High Courts, often in cases involving serious offenses such as those under the NDPS Act, POCSO Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, and we have extensive experience in obtaining stay orders of arrest from the High Court to protect our clients from undue harassment by the police, CBI, Enforcement Directorate, or Economic Offences Wing. In civil jurisdiction, we file first appeals and second appeals under the Code of Civil Procedure, as well as civil revisions, writ petitions in service and land matters, and transfer petitions under Section 22 of the CPC or under Section 533 BNSS, as the case may be. Arbitration-related work before the High Court constitutes a significant part of our practice, including applications for appointment of arbitrators under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, petitions for interim measures under Section 9, and applications for setting aside arbitral awards under Section 34. We also handle appeals against orders passed by the National Company Law Tribunal, the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal, the Central Administrative Tribunal, the Cyber Appellate Tribunal, and other statutory forums, which lie before the High Courts. In addition, we regularly appear in contempt proceedings, election appeals under the Representation of the People Act, and matters pertaining to intellectual property rights, including suits for infringement of trademarks and rendition of accounts, which are filed before the High Court in exercise of its original or appellate jurisdiction depending on the pecuniary value, given that in Delhi the High Court has original civil jurisdiction for suits valued above two crore rupees.

Our district court practice is equally expansive, covering all civil and criminal matters that fall within the jurisdiction of the subordinate judiciary. On the civil side, we handle suits for recovery of money, recovery of possession, specific performance of contracts, partition of immovable property, permanent and temporary injunctions, mandatory injunctions, declarations, rendition of accounts, damages, and suits for mesne profits. We also represent clients in proceedings under the Rent Control Act, including eviction petitions filed by landlords, applications for fixation of rent, and defenses against illegal eviction, all of which are conducted before the civil judge or the rent controller. Matters relating to succession and family property form another important pillar: we file applications for probate, letters of administration, and succession certificates before the district court, as well as suits for partition of joint property, administration of estates, and declaration of rights under the Hindu Succession Act and the Indian Succession Act. Guardianship and custody matters are handled under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, and we regularly represent clients in proceedings for appointment of guardians of minors, custody of children, and visitation rights. In the realm of matrimonial law, our district court practice includes filing and defending divorce petitions under the Hindu Marriage Act, including contested divorces on grounds of cruelty, desertion, adultery, and unsoundness of mind, as well as mutual consent divorces; applications for restitution of conjugal rights, judicial separation, and declaration of void marriage; and proceedings for interim maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act or under Section 125 of the BNSS. We also handle complaints under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, including applications for protection orders, residence orders, and interim compensation, which are filed before magistrates. In criminal matters at the district level, our services cover every stage: filing of first information reports under Section 173 of the BNSS, filing of criminal complaints before magistrates under Sections 223, 227, and 234 of the BNSS, and representing clients as defence counsel in trials before magistrates and sessions courts for offenses under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the NDPS Act, POCSO Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, Negotiable Instruments Act (Section 138 matters), Companies Act, and various special statutes. We handle regular bail applications under Section 478 BNSS before magistrates and sessions courts, anticipatory bail applications under Section 482 BNSS before sessions courts, and criminal revisions and appeals before the sessions court. We also appear in proceedings under the Maintenance of Public Order and in cases involving economic offences, chit fund disputes, and offences under the Information Technology Act.

Beyond traditional courts, we maintain a robust presence before tribunals and commissions that operate alongside the district and High Court system. We appear before the Debt Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals for matters under the SARFAESI Act and the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, representing both borrowers and financial institutions in recovery proceedings, interim applications, and appeals. Before the National Company Law Tribunal and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, we handle a wide range of petitions under the Companies Act, 2013, including those relating to oppression and mismanagement, class action suits, rectification of register of members, conversion of companies, compounding of offences, and all other applications listed under the Act, and we also conduct corporate insolvency resolution process matters under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, from the stage of sending demand notices under Section 8 to filing applications under Sections 7 and 9 before the NCLT, representing financial creditors, operational creditors, and corporate debtors. Our practice extends to the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, where we file and defend claims for compensation arising from road accidents, and to the Central Administrative Tribunal for service matters involving government employees, public sector undertakings, and other public authorities. We also appear before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Fora at the district, state, and national levels in matters involving deficiency in service, unfair trade practices, and product liability, and we represent clients before the Cyber Appellate Tribunal and the Adjudicating Officer under the Information Technology Act for matters relating to electronic contracts, digital signatures, and cyber crimes. In addition, we handle cases before the Competition Commission of India and its appellate tribunal, as well as before the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Foreign Exchange Management Act authorities, particularly in matters relating to economic offences and white-collar crimes, which often involve parallel proceedings before criminal courts, tribunals, and appellate bodies.

Throughout this entire spectrum of litigation, we provide end-to-end legal services that include pre-litigation counselling, drafting of pleadings—whether plaints, written statements, counter-affidavits, rejoinders, petitions, applications, or appeals—and representation at every stage, from the first hearing to final arguments, execution of decrees, and contempt proceedings. We also assist clients in drafting and registration of a wide array of legal documents such as indemnity bonds, general and special powers of attorney, board resolutions, deeds of mortgage and hypothecation, partnership deeds, trust deeds, gift deeds, sale deeds, agreements to sell, wills, memoranda of understanding, commercial agreements, joint venture agreements, arbitration agreements, and settlement deeds. Our approach is holistic: we strive to resolve disputes through pre-litigation mediation whenever possible, and we engage senior advocates for complex arguments before High Courts and the Supreme Court as per client instructions, ensuring that every case receives the appropriate level of expertise. With a presence spanning the Supreme Court, High Courts, district courts, and all key tribunals in North India, we offer a truly comprehensive litigation service that leaves no aspect of the judicial process unaddressed.