Profile of Judges for Semi-Final Rounds
Mr. Deepak Bhattacharjeee
Mr. Deepak Bhattacharjee did his LL.B. from University College of Law, Osmania University in the year 1981 and thereafter pursued his LL.M. in constitutional law from University PG College of Law, Osmania University in the year 1984. He enrolled as lawyer in the year 1981. He joined the office of Late Upendra Lal Waghray and thereafter, started his independent practice in the year 1983 and became panel advocate of Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank and SBI in the same year. Later he was also empanelled by several renowned banks. He was appointed as Standing counsel of numerous esteemed universities and institutes. Mr. Bhattacharjeee was also designated as Senior Advocate by High Court of Andhra Pradesh in the year 2016. More than 400 + judgements in which he appeared as counsel are reported in law journals. He is now regularly engaged as Senior Advocate in High Court of Telangana, High Court of A.P, Supreme court of India, NCLT, NCLAT, DRT, DRAT by various Law Firms and body corporates.
Mr. L Ravichander
Mr. L Ravichander is a rank holding economics graduate from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He also possesses a law degree from Chennai. He has been practicing law for over three decades now. He is also a part-time journalist. apart from law, he has a passion for debating, movies, classical music and quizzing.
Mr. Thomas George
Mr. Thomas George is the Founder and Managing Partner of Thomas George & Associates. His educational qualifications include B.A., LL.B. & Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing & Sales Management. Thomas George & Associates was founded by him in the year 1998 and the firm has ever since dealt in all kinds of litigation as well as non litigation works. Since, the establishment of the firm Mr. Thomas George has represented the firm in a plethora of cases before a myriad of Courts, Tribunals and Fora in a number of matters. He ensures justice is ensured even to the weakest section of the society by undertaking certain pro-bono cases. Prior to the establishment of Thomas George & Associates, he held Managerial Positions for over 20 years at PL Worldways and Alitalia Airlines which has equipped him is gaining experience in immigration laws.
Mr. Tariq Khan
Mr. Tariq Khan is a Principal Associate at Advani & Co., holding to his name several noteworthy titles such as ‘Forbes Top Individual Lawyers (India)’ as well as Business World’s ‘Youngest Top 40 under 40 Lawyer’. Mr. Tariq completed his LL.B. (Hons.) from Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia in 2014 and thereafter, joined Advani & Co. as an associate. He has also been listed in the Forbes Legal Powerlist, 2020-2021 as one of the top individual lawyers and has been recognized as an arbitration Expert by SCCOnline. He is skilled in international and Domestic Arbitrations, MSME disputes, Writs, Commercial, Insolvency and Bankruptcy laws. In addition, Mr. Tariq has been teaching arbitration as a guest faculty for the past six years in some of the prominent law schools of India.