Personal bio
Professional Profile A skilled and well qualified Solicitor and Advocate, with over 20 years’ experience in England and India, regulated by SRA, and called to the bar at Inner Temple, accumulating a knowledge of diverse legal fields, practised in the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi and tribunals till 2017 Memberships • Barrister member of Honourable Society of Inner Temple • Bar Council of Delhi • Law Society (Member of the Civil Litigation group) • Supreme Court Bar Association • Delhi High Court Bar Association • Society of Construction Law • Honorary Advisor of Centre for Studies in Disability and Law of National Law University, Delhi Career Represented the State of Madhya Pradesh in criminal and civil appeals, in Supreme Court of India, over 5 years, working with high-profile lawyers in India as a panel counsel • Represented National Highways Authority of India, drafting pleadings and arguing arbitration defence, the highest claim being 1.99 billion INR, mitigating issues in delay and disruption claims, variations and valuation, changes to the scope of work in FIDIC model contracts and defending validity of termination of Private Public Partnership model contract as partner of SNS Associates • Handled diverse tax cases, as reported in respected Law Journals, securing strong resolutions and conclusions, including A&G Projects Vs. The State of Karnataka: (2009) 2 SCC 326 – determining if a sale, being an inter provincial sale, was subject to Central Sales Tax to be collected by the province of Karnataka as was being asserted by the provincial tax authorities; Supreme Court held that the province could not collect the tax, interpreting sections 3, 6 and 9 of the Indian Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 • Represented parties in public procurement cases, including allocation of coal mines and procurement of railway coaches by Indian Railways • Represented cement company in High Court of Himachal Pradesh, challenging the withdrawal of sales tax exemption