Professional Summary:
Sukrit specializes in dispute resolution with an emphasis on civil, corporate, and commercial disputes including advising and representing in white collar defence disputes arising out of complex transactions. His key focus areas comprise Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Construction and Infrastructure, Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defence. Prior to being called to the bar, his experience ranged from working in India and abroad with international organizations including the United Nations. His work has also been recognized by BW Legal World for the 40 under 40 Awards in 2023, and “Forbes in 2022, as “One of the top 100 Individual Lawyers” and by India Legal Power List in 2022 as “Future Legal Leader” and by India Business Law Journal in 2021as “One of India’s Top Disputes Lawyers.
His practice sees him advising clients on strategizing and appearing before various courts with a significant focus on Supreme Court of India, numerous High Courts, NCLTs, NCLAT, NCDRC, CGITs, and various ad-hoc and institutional arbitral tribunals, amongst others. He has been assisting leading corporates on various complex and complicated matters pertaining to commercial disputes, and regularly advises on litigation prevention and litigation closure strategies.
Representative Clients :
Zydus Wellness Product Limited, Delhivery Limited, Licious, Zomato Limited, Uber, BlinkIt, Thales DIS India Pvt. Ltd., Dr. Lal PathLabs Limited, Reynolds Pens India Pvt. Ltd., Temenos Group, Balancehero India Private Limited, Cognizant Technology Solution, Manikaran Power Limited, Utracon Structural Private Limited, Check point, Teleperformance, Check Point Software Technologies, IFCI Infrastructure Development Limited, Nokia, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services India Private Limited, Nissan Renault Financial Services India Private Limited, Times Group, etc.
Practice Focus
Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Insolvency & Bankruptcy
White-Collar Crime & Investigations
Labour & Employment
Real Estate & Consumer Law
Forums & Jurisdictions
Representative Matters & Reported Cases
Transactions
Key Work Highlights
International Law Background
Prior to active bar practice, Sukrit built a foundation in international law, having worked with multilateral institutions including the United Nations. He holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Essex.
Cross-Border Arbitration Recoveries
Recent arbitral outcomes include USD 10 million recovered in an LCIA Dubai-seated arbitration, an interim award securing EUR 4 million in assets in an ORGALIME plant and machinery supply dispute, and a final award in the Clean Ganga Mission data reading machines dispute before an ICC tribunal.
Asset Repossession, Electric Mobility
Acted for the bank in Sumitomo Group (SMAS India) v. BluSmart and Gensol before the Delhi High Court and NCLAT, securing repossession of hundreds of electric vehicles.
Media & Entertainment Disputes
Acted for the producers of Pushpa 2 in a PIL defence and of Raja Saab in defending Section 9 proceedings, and secured an injunction in the Pawan Kalyan personality rights matter, all before the Delhi High Court in 2026.
Regulatory Penalty Set Aside
Secured the setting aside of an INR 24 crore penalty against a food manufacturing client before the Delhi High Court.
Indicative Experience
- Successfully achieved transit bails for directors and anticipatory bails for the same directors in proceedings initiated by Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai and Economic Offences Wing, Delhi.
- Successfully advised and defended the Board of Directors of an Israeli cybersecurity firm’s Indian subsidiary in representation before Crime Investigations Department of Delhi Police by bringing closure to the police inquiry sought by a vendor for a commercial dispute.
- Successfully achieved release of perishable pharmaceutical consignment from New York Port by achieving mandatory interim injunctions.
- Successfully advised Nokia on labour union issues in the state of Kerala.
- Successfully represented founders of an e-commerce unicorn in textiles space by securing anticipatory bails and advised on proceedings initiated by Economic Offences Wing, Delhi and Mumbai in respect of lending transaction defaults on a managed textile marketplace.
- Successfully strategised securing stay on trial proceedings before a criminal trial court based in Uttar Pradesh by getting interim reliefs in quashing petitions on behalf of employees and members of a Finnish EPC entity.
- Advised a US headquartered communications and advertising entity’s Indian KMPs on representation before Serious Fraud Investigation Office and achieved a closure.
- Successfully availing reliefs against arrest of promoters of an online media works venture before the Hon’ble High Court of Allahabad, at Lucknow.
- Successful achievement of reliefs seeking freezing of bank accounts to seize proceeds of fraudulent transactions emanating from a promoter dispute from Commercial Court under pre-arbitration jurisdiction.
- Successfully advising on the ethics and integrity checks against a managing director of Newell Brands.
- Successful achievement of interim orders vide preference of Writ Petition before the High Court of Kerala in relation to mandamus against the state’s real estate regulatory authorities seeking reliefs against project registration directions.
- Successful issuance of non-bailable warrants against operational debt defaulters of Savills Properties India Pvt. Ltd.
- Successful achievement of interim directions against taking coercive measures against KMP of Adani Group from Punjab & Haryana High Court in criminal proceedings.
