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Banking, Employment and Regulatory

Banking and recovery, employment and workplace law, goods and services tax, and the licensing and regulatory matters of education institutions, restaurants and pubs.

Advocates

Advocates in this group: Adv. Adithya Karthik K, Adv. Harsha Swaroop P, Adv. Ravi Kumar. They work with associates and paralegals.

Scope

Banking recovery and enforcement before the Debts Recovery Tribunal and the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, and regulatory banking questions, conducted with the Commercial Disputes and Insolvency group where the matter turns into insolvency.

Employment and workplace law under the labour codes: standing orders, disciplinary process, retrenchment and settlements, inquiries under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, and claims for employee’s compensation, now under the Code on Social Security, 2020 (formerly the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923).

Assessments and appeals under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the State Act, matters of schools and other education institutions before their regulators and the courts, and the licences under which a restaurant or a pub operates.

Practice areas

  • Banking, SARFAESI and DRT

    Representation in debt recovery, SARFAESI enforcement and regulatory banking matters before tribunals and financial regulators.

  • Employment

    Advisory and representation on employment disputes, disciplinary process, industrial relations and labour code compliance.

  • Taxation and fiscal

    Advisory and litigation on goods and services tax, direct tax and indirect tax disputes before departmental and appellate forums.

  • Prevention of sexual harassment (POSH)

    The Internal Committee and Local Committee machinery of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013: an employer's compliance duties, the stages of a complaint and inquiry, and the challenges to a committee's finding.

  • Employee's Compensation

    Compensation for injury, occupational disease or death at work under the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923, its continuation in the Code on Social Security, 2020, claims before the competent authority, appeals and the Employees' State Insurance interface.

  • GST disputes

    The route of a goods and services tax dispute: show cause notices and adjudication under sections 73, 74 and 74A, appeals with pre-deposit, the Appellate Tribunal, writ petitions, and refund and input tax credit disputes.

  • Education matters

    Legal work for schools, colleges and universities, and for students and parents, on admissions, fees, recognition, examinations, staff service and writ proceedings before the Karnataka High Court.

  • Restaurants, bars and pubs

    Licensing, compliance and enforcement for restaurants, bars, pubs and other hospitality operators in Bengaluru, including suspension, cancellation, appeals and prosecutions.