Litigation

In today’s complex and highly regulated business environment, litigation is no longer a reactive measure but a critical component of enterprise risk management and strategic decision-making. As disputes become increasingly multifaceted – often intersecting with insolvency proceedings, financial defaults, and regulatory enforcement – clients need legal advisors who bring both courtroom expertise and commercial acuity. At KNM & Partners, our Litigation Practice is designed to offer comprehensive, sector-specific, and results-driven representation across the entire dispute lifecycle.

The Firm has deep experience in handling complex litigation across commercial, civil, regulatory, financial, and insolvency-linked disputes. The Firm regularly represents corporates, financial institutions, insolvency professionals, resolution applicants, creditors, and promoter groups before a wide range of judicial and quasi-judicial forums across India. The Firm’s lawyers combine rigorous legal analysis, sectoral knowledge, and tactical foresight to devise litigation strategies that not only safeguard clients’ rights but also align with their business priorities and financial objectives.

The Firm is particularly adept at managing contentious matters arising from banking and finance transactions, insolvency and restructuring mandates, debt recovery actions, shareholder conflicts, and commercial contract enforcement. The Firm’s litigation team is equally equipped to handle disputes involving regulatory challenges, moratorium breaches under IBC, and enforcement of resolution plans – delivering strategic advocacy at every stage, from pre-litigation advisory to trial and appellate proceedings.

With extensive experience before the Supreme Court, High Courts, Commercial Courts, NCLT, NCLAT, DRT, and DRAT, the Firm’s approach is rooted in legal precision, courtroom discipline, and a relentless focus on achieving commercially viable outcomes for its clients.

Competencies

  • Representation in breach of contract suits, specific performance actions, declaratory relief petitions, and commercial recoveries.

  • Handling shareholder and joint venture disputes, including oppression and mismanagement proceedings under the Companies Act, 2013.

  • Managing litigation arising from corporate fraud, misrepresentation, and contractual defaults.

  • Representation in arbitration-related court proceedings, including interim relief, enforcement of arbitral awards, and Section 34 challenges.
  • Representation in proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), including creditor and debtor applications under Sections 7, 9, and 10.

  • Advising and representing resolution professionals, CoC, and resolution applicants before NCLT and NCLAT, including disputes involving resolution plans, moratorium breaches, and avoidance transactions.

  • Handling litigation involving secured creditor rights, debt recovery, and enforcement of security interests under the SARFAESI Act, 2002.
  • Representation of lenders and NBFCs in proceedings before DRT, DRAT, High Courts, and in negotiable instruments (cheque bounce) complaints.

  • Advisory and representation in lender-borrower disputes involving interim relief, injunctions, and attachment orders.

  • Enforcement of personal and corporate guarantees, debt restructuring disputes, and recovery through courts and tribunals.
  • Handling cross-border financial disputes, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, and jurisdictional strategy in multi-jurisdictional litigation.

  • Advising on interplay between IBC, banking litigation, and regulatory proceedings such as SEBI, ED, and tax authorities.

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