Selected Matters

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The summaries below describe the nature of instructions accepted. They are not a representation as to results.

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Client identities, figures, forum details and dates are withheld as a matter of professional obligation. Nothing below is a representation as to the result that may be obtained in any other matter. Each case turns on its own facts and record.

Insolvency & NCLT

Operational creditor's petition met with a pre-existing dispute

Challenge

An operational creditor sought to initiate corporate insolvency resolution against a corporate debtor that disputed the underlying debt.

Approach

The pre-existing dispute was established from correspondence predating the demand notice under Section 8, and placed before the Tribunal alongside the statutory record.

Outcome

The matter was argued on the question of whether a genuine dispute existed prior to the notice. Result not disclosed.

Land Acquisition

Compensation and the conduct of consolidation proceedings

Challenge

Landholders contested both the adequacy of compensation awarded and the manner in which consolidation proceedings had been conducted.

Approach

Writ proceedings before the High Court examining the acquisition notification, the award, and the record of the consolidation authority for compliance with the governing statute.

Outcome

Argued on notification validity and procedural compliance. Result not disclosed.

Service Matters

Departmental penalty imposed without a compliant inquiry

Challenge

An employee was visited with a departmental penalty following an inquiry said not to have complied with the prescribed procedure.

Approach

Writ petition raising breach of the principles of natural justice, non-supply of the inquiry report, and non-observance of the governing service rules.

Outcome

Argued on natural justice and rule compliance. Result not disclosed.

Criminal Defence

Anticipatory bail in an economic offence

Challenge

An applicant apprehended arrest in a matter involving allegations of economic offence across multiple jurisdictions.

Approach

Application supported by the documentary record, the applicant's cooperation with investigation, and the settled parameters governing pre-arrest bail.

Outcome

Argued on the material placed at the pre-arrest stage. Result not disclosed.

Constitutional

Writ against an administrative order despite an alternative remedy

Challenge

An administrative order was challenged where the respondent contended that a statutory alternative remedy barred the writ jurisdiction.

Approach

Submissions on jurisdictional error and breach of natural justice as recognised exceptions to the alternative-remedy rule under Article 226.

Outcome

Argued on maintainability and merits. Result not disclosed.

Property

Title and partition among co-sharers

Challenge

A dispute among co-sharers concerning title, extent of share, and the mode of partition of jointly held property.

Approach

Examination of the revenue record and chain of title, with submissions on the mode of partition available on the pleadings.

Outcome

Argued on title and mode of partition. Result not disclosed.

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