Attorney List, New Delhi Consular Disctrict

The U.S. Embassy New Delhi, India assumes no responsibility or liability for the professional ability or reputation of, or the quality of services provided by, the following persons or firms. Inclusion on this list is in no way an endorsement by the Department of State or the U.S. Embassy. Names are listed alphabetically, and the order in which they appear has no other significance. The information on professional credentials, areas of expertise and language ability are provided directly by the lawyers. You may receive additional information about the individuals by contacting local licensing authorities.

The New Delhi Consular District includes the states of Delhi, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Separate attorney lists for other areas in India are maintained by the U.S. Consulates in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai. 

Note: When calling from the U.S., first dial 011 (for an international call), then 91 (the country code for India). The appropriate city and state codes are provided in front of each phone number.

New Delhi

N. K. Aggarwal
Legal Experts, Retainers and Consultants
86, Lawyers Chamber, Supreme Court
Bhagwan Dass Rd.
Tilak Marg, New Delhi  110001
Tel: 2338-5878
Home: 2572-6581
Mobile: 98115-10538
Fax: 2338-5878

Specializes in company, aviation and civil law, public international and municipal law.

Shirish Aggarwal
Office: 537, Lane W-8/2, Western Avenue, Sainik Farms,
New Delhi- 110062
Chamber: 464, Lawyers Chambers,
Delhi High Court, New Delhi-110003
Phone: +91-9899839999, 91-11-28743284, 23385818
Fax: 91-11-28743285, 23385855
E-Mail: shirishaggarwal@gmail.com, shirish@chandrapartners.com

Areas of Practice: Corporate and Commercial, Foreign Investment and Exchange Control, Regulatory Affairs, Technology and Software, Infrastructure Development, Finance, Taxation, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolutions, Labor and Employment Law, Broadcasting, Family Law, Crime and Real Estate. Also provides services of a certified translator, court reporter and notary.  Accepts cases pertaining to any part of India.

V. K. Agarwal
Universal Advisory Services
Surya Kiran Building Room 812
19  Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi  110001
Tel: 2332-0670
Home: 2272-3083
Fax: 2332-0592
E-mail: vinod46@hotmail.com

Specializes in agreements, especially external commercial borrowing agreements, satellite and launch service agreements and petroleum production sharing contracts.  Arbitration and litigation in the High Court and Supreme Court.  Handles adoptions, child custody cases, estates, civil damages, government relations, taxes, banking and financial collections, foreign claims insurance, auto accidents, narcotics, immigration cases, marriages/divorces, aeronautical/maritime contracts, corporations, foreign investments, marketing agreements and patent/trademarks/ copyrights cases.  Provides notarial services and takes cases from outside the city.

Satish Aggarwala
Chandra & Partners
DS-423/424 New Rajinder Nagar
New Delhi 110060
Tel: 2338-5818; 987-125-4441
Home: 2874-1799
Fax:  2338-5855
Email: satish@chandrapartners.com, shirishaggarwal@gmail.com 

Specializes in criminal cases, customs, foreign exchange and passport laws.  Also deals in tax matters, banking and financial collections, auto accidents, narcotics, theft/fraud/embezzlement.  Provides services of a certified translator, court reporter and notary.  Accepts cases from outside the city.

S. C. Chawla
Chawla & Chugh Advocates
Chamber # 118, Patiala House, New Delhi Courts
New Delhi  110001
Tel: 2338-9749
Home:  2643-9147, 2622-8740
Fax:  91-11-2307-0921
E-mail: satishcchowla@yahoo.com

Specializes in criminal law and civil damages and trademarks.  Also handles adoption cases, foreign claim insurance, labor relations, narcotics, theft, child custody, estates, marriage, aeronautical and maritime contracts, corporations, immigration, copyrights and foreign investments.

Dua Associates
Tolstoy House 15 Tolstoy Marg
New Delhi 110 001
Tel:  (11) 2371 4408
Fax:  (11) 2331-7746, 2335-7097
Email:  duadel@duaassociates.com

Areas of practice:  corporate & commercial law (including corporate planning and structuring, mergers & acquisitions), finance and banking (encompassing capital markets, private equity and venture capitalism, financial restructuring, securitization and structured finance), infrastructure law (power, roads, ports, telecom, mining and oil & gas), intellectual property rights, international trade and competition, customs, labor/employment laws, dispute resolution/arbitration & litigation, privatization and disinvestment, real estate and construction, taxes, regulatory affairs and compliance.

Sanjeev Kumar Dubey and Associates
Office:  L-1 South Extension Part II
New Delhi  110049
Chamber: 703 Lawyer’s Chamber Block III
Delhi High Court, New Delhi
Office: 011-41644560, 41640770
Home: 011-2602-1627
Fax: 011-41644560
Email: sanjeev123_dubey@hotmail.com

Provides services in family law, adoptions, child custody, parental child abduction, child protection, marriage/divorce, insurance, banking/financial services, commercial/business law, foreign investments, marketing agreements, patents/trademarks/copyrights, civil law, criminal law, damages, collections, transportation law, corporations, foreign claims, government relations, taxes, aeronautical/maritime law.

Gaurang Kanth
Kanth and Associates
Attorneys & International Legal Consultants
(First location)
A-9 Nizamuddin East
New Delhi  110013
Tel. 2435-9593, 2435-9594, 2435-9597
Home:  91-981081005
Fax:  4182-5223
(Second location)
G-60 Nizamuddin West,
New Delhi  110013
E-mail: info@kanthandassociates.com; gaurang@kanthandassociates.com 

Specializes in U.S. immigration matters such as work visas, student visas and tourist visas, family immigration law matters and other business.   Assists with filing immigration applications, forms and petitions, and answers queries related to immigration law.  Deals in civil and corporate litigation, corporate counseling and other issues related to domestic and international corporate law. 

Sumita Kapil
H-18, Green Park Extension
New Delhi 10016
431 Lawyers Chambers, Delhi High Court
New Delhi 110001
Tel: 2618-2011, 46045988
Mobile: 9810365553
Email: sanctus_law@yahoo.com

Specializes in matters relating to property, corporate law, contracts, collections, education laws, matrimonial and custody cases, medical/legal issues, criminal law, economic offences, arbitrations, consumer laws, trademarks, customs and excise laws.

R. D. Mehra & Rahul Mehra
Mehra & Co. Global Juris Services
216 Delhi High Court Chambers, Sher Shah Rd
New Delhi 110003
Liaison Office: 4060 Glencoe Ave. Suite 219, Marina Del Ray, CA  90292
Tel: 2338-3505 or 2338-7987
Home:  2651-3561
Mobile: 98100-83100
Fax:  91-11-41641030
E-mail: mehraandco@gmail.com 

Predominantly handles criminal, adoption, auto accident, narcotics, theft/fraud/embezzlement, child custody, marriage/divorce, patents/trademarks/copyright and immigration cases.

Raj and Vijay Panjwani
M/S Ram Panjwani & Co.
339 Delhi High Court Chambers
New Delhi  110003
Home: 2275-1206
Office: 2338-3835
Mobile: 9818475018
Fax: 2338-3835
E-mail: panjwanivijay@rediffmail.com

Handles criminal cases in the High Court and Supreme Court and bail matters in district court. Specializes in environment law, civil damages, motor accidents and arbitrary government orders injuring individual legal rights.

Karnika Seth & Amit Seth
Seth Associates
C-1/16 Daryaganj
New Delhi  110002
Tel. 6535-2272, 9212549137
e-mail:  karnika@sethassociates.com
Noida Office:  B-10, Sector 40
Noida, Uttar Pradesh  201301
Tel. (0120) 435-2846, 0120-2500052, 9810155766
Fax (0120) 433-1304

Specializes in corporate law, intellectual property rights, cyber law and litigation.  Also handles adoptions, child custody cases, estates, government relations, taxes, criminal law and civil damages.

Santosh K. Sethi
Santosh K. Sethi & Associates
A-4  National Institute of Immunology
Aruna Asaf Ali Road
New Delhi  110067.
Tel: 2338-4150
Home: 2674-2188, 2670-3573, 2674-1336
Email:  santoshsethi@hotmail.com
Fax:  2674-2188

Specializes in divorce, custody and international law.  Also handles adoptions, government and labor relations, taxes, banking/foreign claims insurances, child custody, estates, marketing agreements/patents/copyrights/trademarks, corporations and foreign investments. Provides notarial services and takes cases from outside the city.

Bihar

Ramchandra Sinha   
Suraj Bhawan, Justice B.N. Roy Road,
Kadam Kuan, Patna, Bihar 800 003, India
Telephone: 91-612-2670952 / 2673860

Areas of Practice: Constitutional, Civil, Revenue, Criminal.
 
Willing to handle cases: Family Law, Adoptions, Child Custody, Commercial/Business Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Damages, Narcotics, Contracts, Government relations, Labor Relations & Auto/Accidents.  Provide the services of a certified translator, court reporter/stenographer or notary.

Languages Spoken: English & Hindi

Ray Shivaji Nath
‘Laxmi Nivas’ Jagat Narain Lal Road
Kadam-Kuan, Patna, Bihar 800 003

Telephone:  91-612-2671528 / 6588021
Fax:  91-612-2671528
Ranchi Office: 91-651-2203938
Mobile:  91-98350-62063
Email: rayshivajinath@yahoo.com

Areas of Practice:  General practice

Willing to handle cases: Family Law, Adoptions, Child Custody, Parental Child Abduction, Child Protection, Marriage/Divorce, Commercial/Business Law, Marketing/ Agreements, Patents/Trademarks/Copyrights, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Damages, Commercial Law, Contracts, Estates, Government relations, Labor Relations & Auto/ Accidents.  Provide the services of a certified translator, court reporter/stenographer or notary and willing to take cases outside the city.

Languages Spoken: English & Hindi

Chandigarh

Dua Associates
1091 Sector 8-C
Chandigarh  160008
Tel: 91 172 2784394
Fax:  91 172 2784398
Email: duacgarh@duaassociates.com
Areas of practice:  corporate & commercial law (including corporate planning and structuring, mergers & acquisitions), finance and banking (encompassing capital markets, private equity and venture capitalism, financial restructuring, securitization and structured finance), infrastructure law (power, roads, ports, telecom, mining and oil & gas), intellectual property rights, international trade and competition, customs, labor/employment laws, dispute resolution/arbitration & litigation, privatization and disinvestment, real estate and construction, taxes, regulatory affairs and compliance.

Mr Shantanu Mohan Puri (Advocate)
Shantanu Mohan & Associates
Legal Practitioners
686 Sector 11-B
Chandigarh 160 011
Tel: 91 172 274 5547, 4654053  
Home:  91 (172) 273-6934, 273-5969
Fax:  91 172 274 6809
Mobile: 09814428053
E-mail: shantanu@smalp.com, shantanumohanpuri@gmail.com 

The firm specializes in joint ventures/foreign collaborations, foreign investment, formation of companies, mergers & acquisitions, advise on investment in financial markets, commercial & international law, cross border and conflict of law issues, litigation, arbitration & conciliation, foreign exchange regulations, intellectual property rights, Indian civil & criminal law, serving of summons and conducting investigations, giving evidence on Indian law in foreign courts, inheritance law, formation of trusts and charities, advice on tax laws and legal aspects of financial investments.

Rajasthan

G.K. Bhartiya
M/S Bhartiya & Associates
Bhartiyam 558A
Udai Path, Vivek Vihar
Shyam Nagar
Jaipur  302019
Tel: (0141) 236-6318
Home:  (0141) 229-0809 or 229-0317
Fax: (0141) 236-6318
E-mail: bhartiya_gk@rediffmail.com

Handles auto accident cases, adoption and child custody cases, civil damages, taxes, banking/financial collections, foreign claim insurance, labor relations, marriage/divorce cases, corporations, theft and fraud cases. Provides notary services and can also take cases outside the city.

Uttar Pradesh

Arun Khurana Advocate & Associates
65 –A Taj Road (opposite Hotel Clarks Shiraz)
Agra  282001
Tel:  (0562) 222-5329
Mobile:  98370-18190 or 98370-28028
Email:  khurana.advocates@gmail.com, arunkhurana2@gmail.com
Fax:  0562-2226103

Handles a variety of civil and criminal cases.

Sunil Kumar Singh
Supreme Court Bar Association
MD-1/418 L/250, LDA Colony
Kanpur Road
Lucknow  226012.
Tel: (0522) 243-7096, 9350811803, 9453020465
Mobile: 99359-63988
Email: sunil_singh2003@hotmail.com, bigbull4444@gmail.com
Fax:  0522-2438517

Specializes in adoptions, civil damages, govt. relations, banking/ financial collections, foreign claims insurance, auto accidents, immigration law, narcotics, child custody cases, theft/fraud/embezzlements, estates, marriages aeronautical law, corporations, foreign investments, patent/trade mark/copyright laws, consumer protection and labor, commercial, civil and corporate law. Services of a certified translator, court reporter or notary can be arranged and cases outside the city are accepted.

Uttarakhand

Kanwaljit Singh
15, Mohini Road
Dehradun   248001
Tel: (0135) 267-8688
Mobile: 98370-43969
Home: 0135-3296603
Fax: 0135-2678688
Email: kjsinghdoon@yahoo.com  or kjsdoon@sify.com 

Handles adoptions, child custody cases, estates, civil damages, government relations, banking and financial collections, foreign claim insurance, auto accidents, immigration, marriage/divorce cases, corporations, foreign investments, marketing agreements/patents/ trademarks/copyrights.


Information for U.S. Firms

U.S. firms seeking information on the bona fides of prospective Indian business partners can often obtain credit reports through banks or through commercial reporting agencies. Citibank of New York and Bank of America have branches in Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras) and New Delhi. American Express has branches in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai as well as representatives in all the major cities in India.

Referrals for Lawyers Located in the U.S.

The American Bar Association (ABA) website has information and referrals.

Questions?

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