DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The Firm actively represents its domestic and international clients in all types of litigation including:
- Civil
- Commercial
- Criminal
- Service & Labour
- Family & Matrimonial
- Insolvency & Bankruptcy
- Constitutional
- Torts, and Intellectual property related litigation
Members of the Firm have extensive experience in representing clients before all forums including:
- Supreme Court of India
- High Courts
- District Courts
- Consumer Courts
- Company Courts
- Debt Recovery Tribunals
- Tax Tribunals
- Customs Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal
- Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
- Competition Commission of India & Competition Appellate Tribunal
- Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
- National Green Tribunal
- Various other commissions, boards, tribunals, forums and judicial authorities.
The Firm has also managed complex litigation matters and collaborated with designated senior counsels in identifying litigation risks and in developing dispute resolution strategies in the interest of clients.
The members of the Firm have appeared and argued cases for and against various departments/ministries of Union of India and other local and statutory bodies and possess experience and expertise on subjects like government contracts and tenders, license regimes and requirements in infrastructure sectors like oil and natural gas, mining, construction industry, telecommunication, power projects, electricity laws, customs, excise, import & export and anti-dumping laws.
Some of the matters in which the members of the Firm have represented and/or advised clients are as follows:
Civil
- Advised a Chemicals manufacturer in a vendor dispute in relation to outstanding payments under supply contracts.
- Represented a Bank from Kuwait in a suit for recovery of money before Delhi High Court.
- Assisted a Canadian company in execution of foreign decree from a Canadian Court in India.
- Advised an American education equipment manufacturer in relation to breach of reseller agreement by domestic agents.
- Represented a publishing house in commercial disputes involving recovery of money from clients.
- Represented a multinational bidder in a tender matter involving e-bidding for a government construction project.
- Represented a pharmaceutical manufacturing company before the Allahabad High Court in Writ Petitions relating to drug pricing.
Service & Labour
- Argued a matter involving promotion of reserved category Income Tax Inspectors to the position of ITO against unreserved vacancies.
- Advised and negotiated on behalf of one of the largest FMCG multinational in relation to removal of a senior management employee.
- Represented a multinational offshore drilling company in a criminal proceeding arising out of defalcation of money by the company's employees and before labour courts in relation to labour disputes.
- Represented an American multinational before the Calcutta High Court in relation to disputes for termination of services of managing–director.
- Represented a hydro power GENCO in dispute with the labour authorities in a matter involving interpretation of legal provisions regarding application of labour laws.
Constitutional
- Represented an Electricity Distribution Licensee of Delhi in the matter before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional vires of the Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund Cess Act.
- Represented various schools and education forums before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional vires of the Right to Education Act.
Education
- Advisor to the Manavsthali and Bhatnagar group of schools on various local and national education issues.
- Advisor to Forum for Promotion of Quality Education for All, an organization representing collective action on behalf of top educational institutions in Delhi/NCR.
- Represented SRSD Senior Secondary School in writ against directorate of education from taking over the school.
Criminal
We at Imperia Law our have extensive experience in dealing with disputes arising out of corporate/commercial relations and white collar crimes. We believe in approaching the matters after formulating effective strategies envisaging the interests of our clients. A few of the significant matters that our criminal team has experience are as follows:
- Represented a multinational offshore drilling company in a criminal proceeding arising out of defalcation of money by the company's employees
- Represented and advised European building systems manufacturer in various criminal matters involving dishonor of cheques by clients defaulting in payments.
- Represented and advised a major IT classified service provider in various criminal matters involving issues of fraud, cheating and offences under the IT Act
Family and Matrimonial
The Firm has extensive experience in advising clients on matrimonial disputes and family law cases. We advise NRI and domestic clients on all aspects of matrimonial and family laws applicable in India. We represent clients before various courts and forums including Family Courts, Mediation, Human Rights Commissions, Women's cell/organizations, District courts, High court and the Supreme Court.
We assist in devising bespoke strategies for our clients. We also have on board qualified mediators who can help mediate and resolve disputes in cases as desired by the client. Due to confidentiality, we shall refrain from mentioning the names of some of our clients however, we would like to enlist some of our services which include:
- Registration of marriages
- Divorce
- Dowry demand and complaint cases
- Domestic Violence
- Police Protection
- Maintenance
- Restitution of Conjugal Rights
- Adoption, Guardianship and personal laws
- Inheritance and Successions
- Partition
- Probate and Wills
