Experience

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  Chambers of mr. a. d. n. rao, advocate-on-record, supreme court of india

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2019

  Advocate

  - Practised Civil and Commercial law in the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi, Delhi District Courts and various Tribunals across the Country. - Appeared and assisted the Supreme Court of India extensively in various continuing mandamus matters such as 𝘛.𝘕. 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘞.𝘗. (𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭) 𝘕𝘰. 202 𝘰𝘧 1995; 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘫 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘴. 𝘷. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘴., 𝘞.𝘗. (𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭) 𝘕𝘰. 562 𝘰𝘧 2009; 𝘔. 𝘊. 𝘔𝘦𝘩𝘵𝘢 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘞. 𝘗. (𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭) 𝘕𝘰. 4677 𝘰𝘧 1985 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘞. 𝘗. (𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭) 114 𝘰𝘧 2014.- Regularly appeared and argued before the High Court of Delhi, District Courts across Delhi, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (N.C.D.R.C.), National Green Tribunal (N.G.T.), Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (A.A.I.F.R.), erstwhile Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) and thereafter National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).- Landmark judgements - 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘷. 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘬 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 & 𝘖𝘳𝘴., (2016) 2 𝘚𝘊𝘊 226; 𝘙𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘓𝘵𝘥. 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 & 𝘖𝘳𝘴., 2018 (13) 𝘚𝘊𝘈𝘓𝘌 493; 𝘙𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘷. 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘓𝘵𝘥. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘴., (2020) 6 𝘚𝘊𝘊 1; 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, (2019) 11 𝘚𝘊𝘊 674; 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, (2017) 2 𝘚𝘊𝘊 362; 𝘔. 𝘊. 𝘔𝘦𝘩𝘵𝘢 𝘷. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 2018 (11) 𝘚𝘊𝘈𝘓𝘌 50; 𝘚. 𝘕. 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘫 𝘷. 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 & 𝘖𝘳𝘴., 𝘈𝘐𝘙 2016 𝘚𝘊 800; 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘶 & 𝘖𝘳𝘴. 𝘷. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘪, (2014) 14 𝘚𝘊𝘊 50. Show less

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  Supreme court of india

  Aug 2013 - now

  Advocate
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  Phonon communications pvt ltd

  Aug 2016 - now

  Legal and regulatory counsel

  - General Legal Advisor and Counsel on all legal issues, including but not limited to all commercial transactions, labour laws, Intellectual Property and general legal compliance.- Regularly liaison with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (T.R.A.I.) and the Department of Telecommunications (D.O.T.) as well as industry associations on regulatory issues concerning the company.- Drafting and vetting of various agreements, including but not limited to NDA's, MSA's, consultancy agreements and employment agreements.- External Member of the Internal Committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (POSH). Show less

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  One station million stories

  Apr 2019 - now

  Non executive director
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  Chambers of mr. shyam divan, senior advocate, supreme court of india

  Aug 2019 - now

  Advocate

  - Participation in briefing conferences and prepare Briefing Notes, Line of Arguments and Written Submissions for various Special Leave Petitions, Civil Appeals and Writ Petitions filed before the Supreme Court of India as well as the High Court of Delhi. - Carrying out extensive legal research on a wide gamut of topics as and when required for various cases and also discuss and draft Legal Opinions to be rendered by Mr. Divan.- Assisting Mr. Divan during hearings in Court.- Have appeared and assisted in multiple landmark judgements such as M. Siddiq v. Mahant Suresh Das and Ors., (2020) 1 SCC 1; Shia Central Board of Waqf, Uttar Pradesh v. Sunni Central Wakf, (2020) 1 SCC 793; Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and Ors., (2020) 8 SCC 395; Christian Medical College, Vellore Association v. Union of India and Ors., (2020) 8 SCC 705; Rhea Chakraborty v. State of Bihar and Ors., AIR 2020 SC 3826; Karmanya Singh Sareen and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors., S.L.P. (C) No. 804 of 2017; L G Polymers India Pvt. Ltd. v. Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Ors., Civil Appeal No. 2816 of 2020. Show less

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  Still

  Jul 2022 - now

  Legal head

  Still is a vision to take all the beautiful learnings from ancient Indian yogic teachings, and bring them to you in a structured, approachable, practice that combines breathwork, concentration, posture and meditation. Still was born to help create a generation of people who are happier, humbler, more resilient and more fearless.I am helping build Still from scratch, and am responsible for all legal issues, including but not limited to labour laws, intellectual property and general legal compliance and due diligence, drafting and vetting of various agreements, terms of service, privacy policy, NDA's, MSA's, consultancy agreements and employment agreements. Show less

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  Serosoft: a leading educational software company

  Oct 2023 - now

  Legal counsel