ABC Legal is a disputes practice with offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Gurugram, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Our advocates appear before Indian and international fora in commercial arbitrations, civil and commercial trials, and appellate proceedings.
Offices
Mumbai
New Delhi
Gurugram
Kolkata
Hyderabad
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Practice
Practice areas.
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Arbitration
Commercial arbitrations seated in India and overseas, and the litigation that surrounds them.
Domestic arbitration↗
Ad hoc and institutional matters under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. Section 9, 11, 34 and 36 work.
International commercial arbitration↗
SIAC · ICC · LCIA · DIAC · UNCITRAL-seated proceedings. Indian and foreign counsel teams.
Investment treaty arbitration↗
Disputes arising from bilateral investment treaties and free-trade-agreement chapters.
Enforcement & set-aside↗
Section 34 challenges and Section 36 execution. Enforcement of foreign awards under Part II of the 1996 Act.
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Trial advocacy
Original-side proceedings, examination of witnesses, and the front-line work that decides what the bench actually hears.
Commercial trials↗
Original-side proceedings before the Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Madras High Courts and district courts.
Civil & commercial suits↗
Specific performance, recovery, partnership, shareholder and corporate-control disputes.
Cross-examination↗
Witness preparation, examination-in-chief and cross-examination at trial and in arbitration.
Interim & injunctive relief↗
Ex-parte and ad-interim applications. Emergency-arbitrator and Section 9 applications.
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Litigation & appeals
Writ work and appeals before the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India, including specialised tribunal work.
Constitutional & writ↗
Article 226 and 32 proceedings before the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.
Appellate matters↗
First and second appeals before the High Courts. Special Leave Petitions before the Supreme Court.
Insolvency & restructuring↗
Proceedings before the NCLT and NCLAT under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
Regulatory↗
SEBI · CCI · sectoral regulator proceedings and statutory appeals.
Sectors
Where our matters sit.
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Commercial & contractual
Supply, distribution, agency, JV and shareholder agreements.
Operational and financial creditor representation under the IBC, 2016.
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Construction & infra
EPC / FIDIC arbitrations, real-estate development and contractor disputes.
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Real estate
RERA proceedings, conveyancing disputes, partition and inheritance suits.
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Information technology
Software-licensing, services-agreement and IP-adjacent commercial disputes.
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Energy & resources
Power-purchase, mining and oil-and-gas concession-agreement disputes.
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Tax
Direct- and indirect-tax appellate work and writ jurisdiction.
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Regulatory
SEBI, CCI and sectoral regulator proceedings and statutory appeals.
Approach
How the firm works.
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Senior-led teams.
Files are run by partners. Junior counsel second on the brief; they do not lead the file. The advocate the client briefed is the one who appears.
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Evidence first.
Every matter begins with a forensic audit of the documentary record. The brief is written around what the record can carry — not the other way around.
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Multi-jurisdictional bench.
Offices in five Indian cities. Hearings conducted in English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Marathi. We accept matters anywhere in India and seated in any major international forum.
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Technology-aware practice.
The firm develops in-house tools used on its own files — most notably CrossDesk for live cross-examination support. We invest in the craft, not just the brief.
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Confidential by default.
All communications are treated as privileged once we accept an engagement. Conflict-clearance precedes every engagement letter. Information is held only as long as the matter requires.
Engagement
How a matter runs.
Every engagement passes through these six steps. Timelines and outcomes are not promised — they're a function of the matter — but the process is fixed.
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Initial enquiry
A 30-minute confidential call, without obligation. We do not advise on the merits at this stage; we only learn enough to run a conflict check.
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Conflict check
Every prospective engagement is screened against existing and recent matters across all five offices. We will not proceed without a clear-conflict result.
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Engagement letter
Once cleared, we issue an engagement letter setting out the scope of work, the fee structure (hourly, fixed-fee or capped-fee), and confidentiality terms. Privilege attaches from countersignature.
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Strategy & brief
A partner-led intake takes us through the documentary record and any pleadings, witness statements and prior correspondence. We then draft a written strategy note before the first hearing.
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Hearings & filings
Partners appear at all substantive hearings. Junior counsel attend procedural listings. The client receives a written note after every hearing summarising the bench's observations and next steps.
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Award · order · settlement
We file or defend whichever of set-aside, enforcement or appellate proceedings the outcome calls for, and assist with any negotiated settlement. The matter closes on a written close-out note.
Languages
Five tongues. One bench.
We examine and cross-examine witnesses directly in their own language. No interpreter chain between counsel and witness.
01EN
English
English
All courts and arbitral fora
02HI
हिन्दी
Hindi
Supreme Court · all High Courts
03BN
বাংলা
Bengali
Calcutta High Court and below
04TE
తెలుగు
Telugu
Telangana / Andhra benches
05MR
मराठी
Marathi
Bombay High Court and below
Technology
In-house tools.
CrossDesk
A software product.
CrossDesk is software developed by the firm for use in its own practice. It cross-references witness statements against documentary records in multiple Indian languages and produces session transcripts and review notes. CrossDesk is operated as a separate software product; it does not provide legal advice.
04Kolkata60/1 Hari Pada Dutta Lane Golf Gardens Kolkata · West Bengal 700 033
05HyderabadLexHub Spaces, H.No. 21-1-982/6 Opp. High Court of Telangana Hyderabad · Telangana 500 002
Contact
Get in touch.
Please do not share privileged or case-specific material at this stage. Communications with the firm are subject to a clear-conflict check before any engagement begins.
Offices
Mumbai · New Delhi · Gurugram
Kolkata · Hyderabad
Phone
+91 81003 24202 · WhatsApp
Email
enquiry@abclaw.in
Hours
Mon–Fri · 09:30–19:00 IST
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