Profile of Judges for Preliminary Rounds
Mr. Sravan Unnam
Mr. Sravan Unnam is a qualified lawyer, enrolled with the Bar Council for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad. At present, he is a partner at Unnam Law Firm (ULF & Associates) and specializes in Commercial Arbitration and Mediation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate and Corporate Advisory. He completed his B.Com. from Aurora’s Degree College, Osmania University and his LL.B. from ILS Law College, Pune. Thereafter, Mr. Sravan obtained his LL.M. in Corporate Finance from the Institute for Law and Finance, Germany and further obtained Diplomas in International Commercial Arbitration, as well as International Commercial Mediation and International Commercial Negation, and Diploma in Cyber Laws from renowned institutes. Mr. Sravan is also the Head and Founder Trustee of the Hyderabad Arbitration Centre.
Mr. Arijeet Banerjee
Mr. Arijeet Banerjee is the founding partner of Hecto Hendeca Law Firm and a practicing Advocate. A law graduate from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India and enrolled as an Advocate in the year 2009, he has represented many cases Pan –India and has been acknowledged for his work. He has represented clients in many matters involving civil disputes, commercial disputes and criminal offences and has been acknowledged by the clients for having secured favorable orders. Apart from litigation, Mr. Arijeet Banerjee is also on the advisory to corporate clients involving in their day-to-day legal matters. As an advisory, he advises on complicated negotiations, future set-ups, acquisitions, financial due-diligence and compliances. Before starting up with Hecto Hendeca Law Chambers, he has worked with reputed lawyers and law firms and has been acknowledged for his work. He has also been acknowledged by designated Senior Advocates for his drafting and briefing in the matters. Having a humble nature, he is a strong believer to constant persuasion and smart working and is open to new challenges as and when offered.
Ms. Radhika Gupta
Ms. Radhika Gupta is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice group in the Mumbai office. Prior to joining Khaitan & Co, Radhika was an Associate at Wadia Ghandy & Co. (Mumbai). In her areas of practice, Radhika has represented and advised the following clients : (1)Advised a Malaysian subsidiary of one of the largest power companies in South East Asia in respect of emergency injunctive reliefs successfully obtained from a SIAC appointed emergency arbitrator against the arbitration proceedings initiated in India by the counterparty and also advised and represented the client in the arbitration proceedings initiated in India (2)Advised a leading infrastructure company in respect of its disputes with various government corporations, national agencies and state governments in connection with multiple public infrastructure projects across the country (3)Advised a global offshore drilling company in respect of an oil drilling contract with one of the largest oil and gas exploration companies in India
Mr. Parshuram Ajjampur Lakshman
Mr. Lakshman graduated from ILS Law College Pune. Thereafter, he completed Judicial Clerkship with Chief Justice T S Thakur and worked as a junior with Dr. Aditya Sondhi, Senior Advocate. At present, he is an Independent Practitioner at the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru.
Ms. Saranya Chandrasekaran
Ms. Saranya Chandrasekaran is currently an Outreach Head at Parantapa Sciences. She has a combined experience of about 5 years in practice of dispute resolution, social entrepreneurship and political campaign management. At present, she works at the cusp of community mobilization and policy reforms in the field of women and child welfare. By education Ms. Saranya Chandrasekaran is a lawyer and has graduated from National University of Singapore with a Masters in Dispute Resolution and International Law. Thereafter, she practiced in the field of alternate dispute resolution in Bangalore, Karnataka. She has also fervently participated in matters directed towards social betterment and has worked as a political consultant in the Karnataka Assembly elections, National General Elections as well as the Municipal elections.
Mr. Aman Dutta
Mr. Aman Datta pursued Law from ILS Law College, Pune and immediately joined the Litigation team at the Pune office of prominent Mumbai based real estate law firm M/s Hariani & Co., Advocates & Solicitors. He subsequently moved to the Mumbai office of M/s Hariani & Co. Mr. Aman then joined AZB & Partners (Pune) in 2018 and worked extensively on Arbitration Proceedings and, matters before the District Courts at Pune. Mr. Aman commenced his independent practice towards the end of 2018, founding his Chambers with a definite focus on Trial Court work, Arbitration and Commercial Litigation. And since then, he has already appeared before various Arbitral authorities, in matters concerning Arbitration proceedings. Aman appears as arguing counsel regularly before the National Company Law Tribunal at Mumbai and a myriad of other Courts and Fora. He has also appeared in criminal matters. His core areas of interest include Arbitration & Conciliation, Civil Procedure & Evidence, Insolvency Law, Company Law, Contract Law, Testamentary Law and, the laws governing transfer & development of land and real property.
Ms. Tanya Singh
Ms. Tanya is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution Team at the Mumbai office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. She has experience in commercial litigation and arbitration (both domestic and international) and is currently assisting her team handle disputes both of general commercial nature as well as public and regulatory disputes across sectors, including administrative, white collar, sports, media and entertainment, food and beverage, planning and environment and public sector projects.
Mr. Rishabh Malaviya
Mr. Rishabh Malaviya is an associate in the disputes practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai. He completed his LL.B. from ILS Law College, Pune in 2017 and obtained his LL.M. in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from the National University of Singapore in 2018. Thereafter, Mr. Rishabh worked as a paralegal at Global Legal Solutions Group following which, he worked as an advocate at Arista Chambers.
Mr. Saran Muppiri
Mr. Saran Muppiri is a graduate of ILS Law College, Pune from where he has completed B.S.L., LL.B. course in First Class in the year 2017. Having developed his interest in the areas of Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution, after his graduation he got enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh and practiced before Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Subsequently, Mr. Saran joined as an Associate (Litigation) with Fox Mandal & Associates, Hyderabad and worked with the Firm for a period of 3 years during which he handled a myriad of matters before various Courts and Forums in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Currently, he is practicing independently in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Mr. Jerin Asher Sojan
Mr. Jerin studied law at the Tamil Nadu National Law University, Trichy and in 2018 he graduated in law. He started his career as an Advocate associated with Senior Counsel, Mr. P H Arvindh Pandian, handling cases before the NCLT, NCLAT Southern bench, and Commercial Litigation before the Madras High Court.
Ms. Reshmi Hossain
Ms. Reshmi Hossain is an Advocate, practicing before the Hon’ble High Court of Calcutta. She has completed her B.A.LL.B (Hons.) from the University of Calcutta and has obtained her LLM with Distinction in International Commercial Law from City, University of London. Ms. Reshmi Hossain is also the holder of the City Law School Prize in International IP Law & Policy and the author of "Plain Packaging Tobacco: A Multi-Jurisdictional Commentary Relating to The Effect on Intellectual Property Rights and What the Tobacco Industry Plans Ahead of the Alleged Curtailment on its Branding", which has recently been listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: IRPN: Innovation & Other Intellectual Property Law & Policy.
Mr. Aatif Salaar
Mr. Salaar is a practicing advocate and a Senior Associate at GP Legal with experience spanning across different areas of law, including civil, commercial and constitutional matters. Since his law school days, Mr. Salaar has developed a strong passion for constitutional law and the various facets of jurisprudence. As an active member of the biggest democracy, he firmly believes in the power of citizen and social advocacy.
Mr. Rahul Thomas
Mr. Rahul Thomas is a practicing advocate in the Telangana High court. He is a law graduate from Christ University, Bengaluru. He has been an avid debater and mooter and received several accolades in the same during his college days. He has participated in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup and Leiden Sarin International moot court competition.
Mr. Anand
Mr. Anand is an India-qualified lawyer presently retained as Senior Associate with the Dispute Resolution team at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Mumbai. His practice focuses on international and domestic arbitration, commercial litigation, intellectual property law and public international law. Anand graduated with an LLB from ILS Law College (Pune) in 2016, and holds a BSc in Natural Sciences from Fergusson College, Pune. He was a Drafter of the FDI Moot Problem 2017 and a proud Coach to ILS Pune's Willem C. Vis Moot (East) Team for the year 2021.
Mr. Vaibhav Vora
Mr. Vaibhav Vora hails from a city named Solapur in the south-central part of Maharashtra. He currently works as Executive Manager Legal & Compliance at Reliance Industries. He finished his BSL LLB from ILS Pune and further pursued an LLM from IIT Chicago Kent College of Law. He had the opportunity to work with top-tier law firms like K & L Gates and companies like Diageo in the United States. He also is an avid traveler and a state level lawn tennis player.
Mr. Mahir Chablani
Mr. Mahir Chablani is a Senior Associate with a top mumbai based law firm. Prior to joining the firm he is currently at he has worked at the Chambers of Counsel Rohan Shah and Ernst and Young India LLP. Mahir has been involved in various Indirect Tax advisory, litigation and structuring assignments.
Mr. PUSHKAR N.PATIL
Mr. PUSHKAR Interned with S.E Avhad Sir pending completion of my education. Practicing since 2014 November in Mumbai, Pune, Solapur, Nashik, Satara, etc. having area of practice in Family Matter and Criminal Matter specializing in cases of POCSO and IPC. Have represented clients - Frankfinn India, Heungkuk India, Rathod Jewelers, and other corporates and businesses and have appeared in over 300 criminal cases so far, covered in media for about 75 times. At present tied up with Reddy and Reddy Law firm, Patil Mantri Associates and Patil Mahbubani Law firm.
Mr. Ishaan George
Mr. Ishaan George is an Advocate on Record at the Supreme Court of India. He completed his graduation from National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi and started his career as an In-House Legal Counsel with the mining conglomerate Vedanta Resources Plc. He then joined the chambers of Senior Advocate Mr. P.S. Narasimha, the former Addnl. Solicitor General of India where he represented the Govt. of India. He was also part of the International legal team defending India before the International Tribunal for the Law of Seas at Hamburg, Germany in the Italian Marines-Indian Fishermen Shooting Case (Enrica Lexie Incident: Republic of Italy v. Republic of India). He also assisted in the National Judicial Accountability Bill challenge in the Supreme Court amongst other major matters. He is also a Panel Counsel to the Ministry of External Affairs in which role he provides legal assistance to Indian Diplomats in various countries. He also trains Ministry officers on legal issues, particularly on issues relating to the Right to Information Act. He now has an independent litigation chamber based out of Delhi.
Ms. MARY JOSSY
Ms. Mary Jossy pursued Law from ILS Law College, Pune thereafter joined the Litigation team at Kerala based Tax law firm M/s Anil D. Nair., Advocates . She subsequently moved to Chennai,joined the chambers of Adv.Joseph Prabakarin 2018 and worked extensively on Indirect Tax before CESTAT and Hon'ble Madras High Court.
Ms. Deepa Rai
Ms. Deepa Rai is a transactional lawyer practicing since 2015, with major focus of service in areas of transactional, regulatory, and general corporate advice to domestic as well as foreign clients.
She also advises on private Equity funds, their portfolio companies, MNC’s and many other global and regional investment managers on their investments and M&A transactions, minority investments, joint ventures, divestitures and restructuring.
She also regularly advises on private equity and venture capital deals acting on both buying and selling, in sectors ranging from E-Commerce, healthcare, renewal energy, telecom to BFSI.
Ms. Shrusti Mahajan
Ms. Shrusti Mahajan is a Senior Associate at King Stubb and Kasiva. She is based in New Delhi. She is an enthusiastic and creative professional with excellent organizational and communication skills. She is involved in diversified litigation practice and her expertise encompasses from criminal to civil and corporate practice under the Indian Legal Framework. Armed with knowledge and experience, she has represented several Banking & Financial Institutions, Hospitality & Travel Industry, Infrastructure, Insurance Industry, Media & Entertainment Companies, Real Estate Companies, Retail & Consumer Goods, and Automobile Companies, etc.
Raghenth Basant
Advocate Raghenth Basant graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore
in the year 2001. He kicked off his career at Zia Mody (now AZB & Partners), and worked there
from 2001 to 2003. After this, he started practising at the trials courts in Kozhikode, Kerala for a
year. He soon shifted gears and moved his practise to New Delhi, where he joined the
chambers of Senior Advocate, and formed Solicitor General of India: Gopal Subramanium.
He set up his independent practice in the year 2009. He was the standing Counsel for Calicut
University in the Supreme Court of India. He appeared as the Counsel for State of Kerala before
the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. He was also in the panel of lawyers of Union of India in
the Supreme Court. He appears regularly before the Supreme Court of India, National Company
Law Appellate Tribunal, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and various other
forums in New Delhi.
Liz Mathew
Advocate Liz Mathew is an Advocate on Record practicing in Supreme Court of India. After
having graduated from National Law School of India, Bangalore, she worked under the now
Attorney General: KK Venugoapl; and also under the Former Supreme Court judge: Justice Indu
Malhotra, as a chamber junior. Shortly after, she set up her own practice.
She was also the standing counsel of State of Kerala in the Supreme Court for 5 years and is
currently on the Central Government panel. She has experience in a wide variety of appellate
work, with an especial niche in arbitration matters, matters arising out of IBC and other civil and
criminal matters.
Sajith Valapilakandi
Adv. Sajith Valapilakandi is a practising advocate in the High Court of Telanaga and NCLT
Telangana.
Formerly he worked as a legal advisor in Bharti Airtel Pvt. Ltd. and Reliance Communications.
He has also worked in Tata Teleservices Ltd and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance
Cholamandalam investment and finance company ltd.
He studied law at Symbiosis International University
Suchindran Baskar Narayan
Advocate Suchindran Baskar Narayan graduated from ILS Law College, Pune in the year 2007. He started his career at Chambers of Senior Advocate, Arvind Datar. He, in the year 2018 joined Chambers of KK Venugopal, Attorney General. He is currently practicing as an independent advocate at the High Court of Madras.