New Delhi-based Trust Legal has a robust dispute resolution and arbitration practice. It currently is handling more than 1,600 active cases for clients across various courts, tribunals and forums in India. The team focuses on commercial and corporate disputes, and has TMT sector speciality. It has an excellent track record in representing its clients for broadcasting regulatory concerns before specialised legal forums such as the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) and is well versed on working with the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority, and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It also has experience in litigation related to regulatory challenges against
the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and various other petitions including broadcasting petitions filed by or against various sector participants. The firm’s clients in this space include leading production houses, television channels, multi-system operators and direct-to-home operators.
Partners Sudhir Mishra, Ritwika Nanda and Petal Chandhok lead the commercial disputes practice. Mishra and Chandhok are also specialists in contentious IP matters.
The team defended Oil India against a civil appeal filed before the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the complex enviro-litigation arising out of the blowout in a gas well in the state of Assam in 2020. It also acted for Kakade Infrastructure Private against the State of Maharashtra in a contentious dispute over the wrongful withholding of the tender amount of the client upon cancellation of the tender. Zee Entertainment Enterprises relied on the firm in a contentious dispute against Indiabulls Housing Finance revolving around four loan transactions. The same client additionally instructed the team for its defence against a copyright infringement suit filed by a leading Indian novelist.
Recent disputes clients include Essel Lucknow Raebareli Toll Roads, Exploring Infinities, Forty-Five Positive Tech, SITI Networks, Tetra Pak India, Yuccabe Italia and Zapped Technologies.
