The dispute resolution group at IndusLaw comprises seasoned professionals handling all matters of corporate litigation and arbitration. The firm aims to build strong, stable and competent litigation teams equally across all offices to provide true pan-Indian service. IndusLaw has offices in Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai. The advocacy-focused team handles a diverse range of matters, such as international and domestic arbitrations, commercial disputes, intellectual property, real estate, insolvency, writ petitions, constitutional law, recovery suits, public interest litigations and
pro bono work. At present, the lawyers are handling about 2,000 live cases before different courts and judicial forums. This year the firm went up a notch in the construction, and government and regulatory rankings.
Nine partners lead the litigation and dispute resolution department, including noted lawyers Amit Jajoo, Mayank Mishra, Palecanda Chinnappa and Sushmita Gandhi. There are more than 40 disputes-dedicated associates across the three offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
The team represented PhonePe Private in arbitrations that were commenced by an investor against the client, its founders, shareholders and other investors for various breaches of the shareholders agreement. This matter is significant because it examines the rights of shareholders inter se
and qua an acquirer post-execution of a term sheet by a majority of shareholders, and considers the question of whether certain rights enshrined in the shareholders agreement can be considered waivable by consent of majority shareholders.
In an international arbitration case, the team is acting for Animall Technologies and its co-founders in a shareholders’ dispute before the SIAC.
Telearc Technologies enlisted the firm for a writ petition filed before the High Court of Telegana against an Adjudication Order passed by the Enforcement Directorate alleging foreign exchange violations. The resulting decision will clarify the jurisdiction of the Adjudicating Authority under the FEMA Act. Moreover, the court will also adjudicate upon whether the Adjudication Authority can conduct proceedings that are hit by delay and laches in cases where no period of limitation is prescribed under statute.
On the contentious labour front, the team is representing Laxmi Dental Export in High Court proceedings against counterparties for breach of non-compete, non-solicitation clauses and infringement of confidential and proprietary data.
The construction arbitration team acted for BGR Energy Systems as the EPC contractor in disputes arising out of an EPC contraction for the construction of a coal-fired thermal power plant in Rajasthan.
CTR Manufacturing Industries instructed the litigation team for a commercial IPR suit that it filed against Parulex Fire Protection Systems. The dispute is a patent infringement suit for injunction and damages after the client learnt that a competing entity was penetrating the market with goods manufactured directly in violation of the client’s registered patent. The matter is significant for the development of non-pharma patent law litigation, which is still at a nascent stage in Indian jurisprudence.
Key clients of the disputes group include an enviable range of domestic and international conglomerates and financial institutions, such as Arvind Mills, BGR Energy Systems, Big Basket, DBS, Diageo, Finolex Cables, ICICI Bank, JM Financial, Mahindra & Mahindra, PhonePe, Tata Communications, Unacademy, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation and YES Bank.
Client feedback
“The team brings global expertise.” – Commercial and transactions
“They do well in litigation and handling labour advisory work.” – Labour and employment
Avimukt Dar
“Great experience and articulation skills.”
