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We are a litigation law firm with advocates practicing before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, the Distt Courts, the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, Labour Courts and Tribunal and the National Consumer Forum inter alia other consumer forums. We also offer strong non-litigation corporate advisory practice providing multidisciplinary services. After successfully venturing into Trademark and Copyright services, we have recently ventured into Patent Law Services and are now providing IPR solutions.

We at Sankhla & Associates are maintaining a full-fledged office with both advocates and Alternate Dispute Resolution experts.

We are empanelled counsel for Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation (DSIDC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and also for Chandigarh Wakf Board in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. Our advocates are also the amicus curiae for the National Consumer Forum.

SANKHLA & ASSOCIATES comprises of energetic and dynamic lawyers, advocates, solicitors, counsels, IPR facilitators, management professionals and legal strategizers with keen business sense who believe in giving personalized attention and imminent returns.

The firm deals in Litigation and Non Litigation matters. We handle Corporate Advisory, Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) through Arbitration and Conciliation Labour Management and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Management. SANKHLA & ASSOCIATES provide Trademark registration and protection, Copyright Management and Patent Law services.

SANKHLA & ASSOCIATES for the last one year have been providing Patent Law services in the nature of Prior Art Search using DELPHION for Patent search, IEEE for Whitepaper and Research Paper Search and ACM for general search. GOOGLE SCHOLAR, USPTO and UPD (European Patent Database) are also used as per client’s requirements. We have dedicated Draftsmen providing drafting services. To provide better services and reports, we have upgraded from MICROSOFT WORD to MICROSOFT VISO.

We endeavor at achieving optimum results for our clients. Our objective is to provide latest and the most appropriate strategies using analytical tools and management science, encompassing legal minds practicing and specializing in various fields of law.

SANKHLA & ASSOCIATES have strategic alliance with various law firms in India as well as abroad.

WE believe that in order to attain excellence as attorneys, we need to gain an in depth understanding of our client’s business and be their partners in progress.

The core values of our firm are Excellence, Enterprise and Ethics. We persevere to set the highest standards for ourselves and imbibe these core values among all our associates

Our Practice Areas

• Labour Management and Litigation
• Industrial Dispute
• Arbitration, Mediation, Conciliation
• Recoveries
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Finance and Banking
• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Support
• General Corporate Advisory
• Infrastructure and Project finance
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property Rights
• International Trade law
• Legal Process Outsourcing
• Real Estate and Conveyancing
  

Professional Experience

“SANKHLA & ASSOCIATES” with its qualified, dedicated and efficient team practices arbitration, non-contentious and contentious matters and specializes including in the following areas:

1. Labour Disputes
   • Handled various disputes relating to minimum wages, bonus, retrenchment compensation, lay off etc. at all levels from labour commissioners and labour courts upto
   • High Court on behalf of management as well as labour.
   
   
2. ARBITRATION, CONCILIATION AND MEDIATION
   • Members of Indian Council for Arbitration as well as handling Arbitration Disputes on behalf of DDA.
   
   
3. FINANCE & BANKING
   • Have extensive experience in litigation on behalf of Banks and Other Financial Institutions including Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank etc.
   • Dealt in Debt Recovery Suits and drafted various Petitions, Recovery Suits etc.
   • Handled various cases relating to disputes between the Bank and its customers, especially regarding property mortgaged by the customer.
   • Working for various Companies in their Legal Advisory Panel.
   
   
4. Company Law
   • Handled matters pertaining to Mergers and Acquisition of Companies
   • Drafted and contested numerous cases of rendition of account, dissolution of partnership and winding up petition in the High Court.
   • Drafted various contracts with individual performers as well as various companies; prepared indemnity bonds and service agreements etc.
   
   
5. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT and RECOVERY MATTERS
   • Drafted and successfully contested numerous cases pertaining to cheque bouncing punishable under Sec. 138 of NI Act, handled civil recoveries and criminal prosecution
   
   
6. Consumer Forum
   • Appeared before State and National Consumer Commissions
   • Amicus Curiae for the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
   
   
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
   • Providing prior art searches to international clients
   • Providing draftsmen services
   • Handled matters pertaining to Trademark and Copyright infringement
   • Patent registration and management
   
   
8. OTHERS
   • Opinions and settling of drafts
   • Law Management for companies and businesses
   

SANKHLA AND ASSOCIATES are proud to be empanelled lawyers for the following amongst others:

• DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (DDA), for Hon’ble High Court of Delhi
• DELHI STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (DSIDC), for Hon’ble High Court of Delhi
• DELHI JAL BOARD (DJB), for Hon’ble High Court of Delhi
• WAKF BOARD OF CHANDIGARH, for Hon’ble Supreme Court of India
• AMICUS CURAE, NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION (NCDRC)
  

Mr. Kapil Sankhla, Mrs. Meghna Sankhla, Mr. SS Wadhwa, Mrs. Pallavi Chaudhary and Mr. Vishal Kumar have gained immense experience working for various Government and other Organizations as associate lawyers empanelled for:

• INDIAN RAILWAYS
• BANK OF BARODA
• ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL
• KENDRIYA VIDHYALAYA
• RANBAXY CHEMICALS LIMITED
• LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA
• INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS INDIA
• FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

Professional Memberships

• Member, Delhi Bar Association
• Member, Indian Council of Arbitration
• Member, Supreme Court Bar Association
• Member, Indian Council for Arbitration
• ....amongst others