Private clients
Private clients and NRIs
A private person comes to Indian law through a family, a property, an accusation or an inheritance, and often from another country. This page sets out the criminal, family, child rights, property and succession work for individuals and families in India and outside it, and the Advocates responsible.
Criminal, family and child rights
Criminal defence from the first information report through bail, trial and appeal, including cyber crime, offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and proceedings concerning children under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
In a family, the proceedings are applications under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, complaints of cruelty under sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 498A of the Indian Penal Code), maintenance under section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure), divorce, restitution of conjugal rights and original suits, and the custody and guardianship of children under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. Where one spouse or parent lives outside India, the question of which court decides comes first.
White-collar and cyber defence
Defence and advisory in cybercrime, digital evidence and corporate regulatory offence proceedings before investigating and prosecuting authorities.
Matrimonial and family
Advisory and representation in matrimonial disputes, custody proceedings, asset structuring and domestic violence matters.
Criminal defence
Defence in ordinary criminal proceedings from the first police inquiry to appeal: FIR, notice and arrest, regular and anticipatory bail, quashing, charge, trial, appeal and revision.
Narcotics (NDPS)
Defence in prosecutions under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: quantity grading, the bail bar in section 37, search and seizure safeguards, sampling and the Special Courts.
Juvenile justice and child rights
Proceedings under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015: children in conflict with the law before the Juvenile Justice Board and the Children's Court, and children in need of care and protection before the Child Welfare Committee.
Cyber crime
Cyber crime matters for individuals and businesses, as victims or as accused: Information Technology Act offences, cheating and identity theft, reporting, and the freezing and release of bank accounts.
Guardianship and child custody
Guardianship, custody, interim care and access proceedings for children, including the Family Courts in Bengaluru and custody disputes where one parent lives abroad.
Property, civil and succession disputes
Suits over title, possession and partition, the recovery of money, disputes between heirs over a will or an intestate estate, and complaints by homebuyers against a promoter. A family's holdings in India are usually held across several of these at once, and the order in which they are taken up decides what each costs.
RERA and real estate
Advisory and representation on real estate regulatory compliance, project registration and disputes under the RERA framework.
Civil disputes
Representation in commercial suits, shareholder disputes and civil litigation before trial, commercial and appellate courts.
Money recovery
Recovery of money owed to a business: cheque dishonour complaints under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, summary suits, commercial suits with pre-institution mediation, and execution of decrees.
Foreign exchange (FEMA)
The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 for businesses and non-resident Indians: current and capital account rules, reporting, contraventions, compounding with the Reserve Bank, adjudication and appeal.
From outside India
The law that governs a property, a succession or a family proceeding in India is Indian; the person it governs may live elsewhere. The NRI desk takes those questions one at a time, and each region and country page sets out the time difference and how a document signed there is accepted here.
Advocates
Each Advocate below is responsible for the work named against them and conducts it with associates and paralegals.
Adv. Adithya Karthik K
Property, civil and succession disputes, including those of non-resident Indians.
Adv. Harsha Swaroop P
Criminal, Family and Child Rights group: criminal defence, matrimonial and family proceedings, custody, guardianship and juvenile justice.
Adv. Ravi Kumar
The conduct of proceedings across the courts and tribunals, and claims for employee’s compensation.
