Awards and Settlements = Court Decree

Mr. Nakul Ahuja

Nakul Ahuja, a trained & certified Mediator, has 13 years of experience and an L.L.M. degree in International Commercial Law from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

His vivid experience folio includes working as a consultant to the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, India and with the United Nations Development Programme on matters related to judicial and legal policy reforms such as ease of doing business enforcing contract parameter, promoting Mediation as a pre-litigation Dispute Redressal Mechanism in India, amendments to the commercial courts act and Monitoring project work/Implementation of schemes for legislative reforms of national importance and administering Dispute Resolution Centres as the Additional Director of the Department of Law Justice & Legislative Affairs, Government of Delhi. Nakul has successfully Conciliated and Mediated a broad range of commercial and contractual disputes by facilitating negotiation and settlement between disputants.

He is also the Partner of Triad Law Chambers and Co-Founder of Pryatna Advisory, a Legal Awareness & ADR advancement initiative.

Hon. Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2008.

He also served as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. He was also appointed as an judge of the Patna High Court and Calcutta High Court.

Hon. Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2009.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Madras High Court & Allahabad High Court.

He was appointed as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court. He was also appointed as a permanent Judge of the Gujarat High Court.

Hon. Justice P. P. Naolekar (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2004.

At Present, he is the Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. He was also appointed as an judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and Rajasthan High Court.

Hon. Justice Arijit Pasayat (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2001.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court & Delhi High Court.

He was appointed as Additional Judge of the Orissa High Court.

Hon. Justice Swatanter Kumar(Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2009.

He is also Former Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. He was also appointed as an judge of the Delhi High Court and Punjab & Haryana High Court.

Hon. Justice Sam Nariman Variava (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2000.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.

He was appointed as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court thereafter became permanent Judge on 12 June 1987.

Hon. Justice Vikramajit Sen (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2012.

At present, he is the Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. He was also appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court and on 30 October 2000, he was appointed as a permanent judge.

Hon. Justice Bisheshwar Prasad Singh (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2001.

He has also been the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.

He is the grandson of Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 6th Chief Justice of India and his father Rameshwar Prasad Singh was a judge of the Patna High Court.

Hon. Justice Gyan Sudha Misra (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Supreme court of India, 2010.

She Was also actively associated with the activities of the lawyers & the legal profession & hence was elected as a Treasurer, Joint Secretary, & Member Executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Several times, which is the premier Association of lawyers in the country.

Hon. Justice Kshitij R. Vyas (Ret.)

Appointed Former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, 2006.

He also worked as law representative of Uchha Nyayalaya Patrika, A law general of Central Government, A reporter of Gujarat Law Times & also was elected as Vice President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates Association for two terms.

Thereafter he was elevated to the bench of Gujarat High Court as additional Judge & later as President Judge.

Hon. Justice B.A. Khan (Ret.)

Appointed Former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court, 2007.

He has Served in various High Courts including being the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He has also worked as the president of SAARC Law India & as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.

Furthermore, he has been the Chairman of the J & K State Accountability Commission.

He was also selected as the Chairman of the J & K State Accountability Commission (SAC)- an anti-graft body akin to the Lokpal in the year 2015.

Hon. Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta (Ret.)

Appointed Former First Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, 2000.

He has served as Advocate General of Jammu & Kashmir, Senior Central Government standing Counsel of Jammu & Kashmir High Court. Thereafter he joined as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High court in 2003. Before the retirement he also held the post of the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High court 2008.

Hon. Justice K K Lahoti (Ret.)

Appointed Former Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh, 2013.

He was also elected as the Additional Advocate General of Madhya Pradesh, at High Court Bench, Gwalior before being appointed ashs the Judge of High Court Of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the Executive Chairman, M.P. State Legal Services Authority and also Practiced Law on Constitutional, Civil & Taxation side from & Practiced on Civil & Criminal side at District Court Guna from. He also Conducted Mega Lok Adalat in Madhya Pradesh, in which a record number of matters were decided.

Hon. Justice Rakesh Tiwari (Ret.)

Appointed Senior Advocate , Supreme Court Of India, 2017-2021 & also conducting Arbitrations for some of the largest PSU’s of the country.

Appointed Acting Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court, 2002-2017.

He was also empaneled as a counsel of Central Government Undertaking Corporations, Banks, Local Bodies & Premier Companies before he got elevated as a Judge in 2002 & was in office till March, 2016. He retired as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in September 2017.

Hon. Justice Ranjit Singh(Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, 2006-2013.

He was commissioned for 12 years into the Judge Advocate General Department of Indian Army. Subsequently joined practice as Advocate and was elevated to Judge of the High Court in March 2006.

He was a member of various committees of the High Court that included Member of the Board of Governance Judicial Academy.

After retirement, he was appointed as Chairman of Debt Recovery Tribunal from 2013 to 2016.

Hon.Justice J M Malik (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge High Court of Delhi, 2007.

Joined Judicial Services worked on different posts in Dekhi viz Sub-Judge, Metropolitan Magistrate, Rent Controller, Additional Chief Metropolitan, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, including Prosecution of income tax cases, additional district and Session Judge, including Land Acquisition Cases and various very sensitive Criminal Cases, in-charge Customs, Sole Tribunal in the Sales Tax Tribunal, incharge, Karkardooma Courts. He was then elevated as the Judge, High courts before being appointed as chairperson - Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal & Member, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

Hon. Justice Arun Kumar Dutta (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Calcutta high court, 1992-1997.

Had joined the State Judicial Service through Competitive Examination held by the Public Service Commission in the year 1959.

Held various judicial posts since thereafter, including posts of Chief Judicial Magistrate, District and Sessions Judge, Judge, City Civil & Sessions Courts, Chief Judge, City Civil & Sessions Courts, Calcutta, and eventually elevated to the High Court Bench at Calcutta as a Permanent Judge.

After retirement as a Judge of the Calcutta High Court in February, 1997, had served as Chairman, Board of Arbitration, Government of India dealing exclusively with Arbitration matters, acquiring wide and varied experience in the field of Arbitration.

Hon. Roshan Dalvi (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of Bombay High Court, 2005-2015.

She practiced law in Mumbai and also taught corporate law, as a visiting faculty member at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.

In 1989, Dalvi was appointed as a judge in the City Civil and Sessions Court in Mumbai. In 2004, she was the principal judge of the Family Court in Mumbai. She was appointed to the Bombay High Court in June 2005.

Hon. Justice Reva Khetrapal (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of the Delhi high court, 2006-2014.

She is the current Lokayukta (ombudsman) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, and a former judge of the Delhi High Court.

She enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1975, and practiced law until 1991. In addition to private clients, she represented the Delhi Government as a counsel. She was appointed to the judiciary in 1991, becoming an Additional District and Sessions Judge in Delhi. In 1994, she was appointed as a Special Judge dealing with cases prosecuted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. In 1994, she served as secretary to the Press Council of India.

Hon. Justice R. C. Chopra (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of Delhi High Court, 2000.

Justice R.C. Chopra new Copyright Board chairman

New Delhi: Justice R.C. Chopra has been appointed as the chairman of the newly reconstituted Copyright Board.

"He will remain as the Chairman of the Copyright Board for a period of five years or till further orders, whichever is earlier from July 15, 2011," a HRD Ministry statement said.

Hon. Justice Ghanshyam Dass (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of Allahabad High Court, 2002.

Passed LL.B. in the year 1966 and M.A. in the year 1968 from Agra University.

Appointed in P.C.S.(J) in the year 1970 and promoted in Higher Judicial Service in the year 1979. Promoted in the year 1994 as District & Sessions Judge.

Served as Chief Legal Adviser in Development Authority, Lucknow from Apr, 1991 to Aug, 1994 and Chairman in Trade Tax Tribunal, Lucknow from Apr, 1998 to Aug, 2002.

Elevated as Additional Judge at Allahabad High Court on Dec 21, 2002.

Hon. Justice Raghuvir Chaudhary (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of Gujarat High Court, 1981-2010.

He is the owner of the Arbitration Center and a retired judge who has got a wide experience in legal field. The founder has 28 years experience as a Judge and decided cases in Civil and Criminal and matrimonial field.

The founder has decided so many cases under Contract Act and Arbitration and Conciliation Act; and also conducted conciliation proceedings.

Hon. Justice E Padmanabhan (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of Madras High Court, 1996.

Associated with the Green Bench of the High Court for three years and also exercised suo motu powers of judicial review in hundreds of writ petitions, in environmental matters, presided over Division Benches.

In addition to the regular work as Judge of the High Court, functioned as

i) The President of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Union Territory of Pondicherry.

ii) Executive Chairman, Legal Services Authority, Union Territory of Pondicherry. Took keen interest in rendering free legal aid to poor.

Hon. Justice Mohan Lal Mehta (Ret.)

He guides and facilitates the team at MLO. He is a veteran in the field of law who has served the bench and otherwise for over four decades and is continuing to do so. He is one of nation’s preeminent arbitrators and mediators for complex civil, commercial, family disputes, multi-party and high stake cases.

During his long career in judiciary both as a High Court judge and also as a judge at district courts in Delhi he has delivered thousands of judgments and many of which have been landmark pronouncements.

Hon. Justice Raj Rahul Garg (Ret.)

Former Judge Punjab & Haryana High Court.

Her Specialisation in Real Estate, State Contracts, Engineering/Technical, Corporate Law, Taxation etc. Dealth with several cases.

Hon. Justice Dr. B. Siva Sankara Rao (Ret.)

Currently working as Judge – Judicial Preview Process (JPP) for the State of Andhra Pradesh, India Appointed under the State Infrastructure (Transparency through Judicial Preview) Act 2019. I am the sole statutory authority empowered to scrutinise (as part of the JPP) tenders of all State Government Infrastructure and Development Projects (incl. PPP Projects) over USD 13.2 million (i.e. INR 100 crores and above).

Also working as Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Mediator.

Hon. Justice Rajiv Narain Raina (Ret.)

Experience: Practiced Law for about 2 Years in the Allahabad High Court devilling in the chambers of Late Sh. Satyendra Nath Varma, Senior Advocate, Allahabad High Court and thereafter 27 years in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The first two years of which as junior to Mr. N K Sodhi, Senior Advocate, later Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court and then Chief Justice of Kerala and Karnataka High Courts. Gained experience as Junior then in Company, Labour and Transport law etc.

Appointed Reporter, Indian Law Reports (Punjab and Haryana) Series in 1987.

Hon. Justice Surendra Kumar Gangele(Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court, 2004.

Practicing Senior Advocate in Supreme Court of India. Providing Legal Assistance in company Matters related to NCLT & NCLAT. Appeared in more than 200 Civil, Criminal & Constitutional Matters. Enrolled as an arbitrator in Delhi high court - Competent to work as an Arbitrator.

Hon. Justice SN Jha (Ret.)

Appointed Former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, 2005.

He joined bar in 15.07.1969 and was elevated as a judge of the Patna High Court in 1990. He was elevated as the 23rd Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High court in 2004 and then appointed the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court in 2005, from where he retired on 15.06.2007.

Upon his retirement, Justice Jha was appointed as the President of Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal. He resigned from the post in service of humanity and joined as the founder chairperson of the Bihar State Human Rights Commission from where he has retired in 2014.

He has been practicing in the Supreme Court of India since. He has been appointed as an arbitrator/ Court Commissioner in many cases.

Hon. Justice Poonam Srivastava (Ret.)

Appointed Former Judge of Allahabad & Jharkhand High Court, 2004.

She enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1972 and practiced in Civil, Criminal and Writ matters at Allahabad High Court.

She was elevated on 07/01/2004 and has the rich experience in serving Allahabad and Jharkhand High Court.

Hon. Justice Kamal M Mehta (Ret.)

Sir, has been in the legal field for more than 50 years & continues to learn & teach. His expertise lies in various areas such as Taxation Laws, Family Law, Arbitration Matters. An Advocate par excellence, sir has had the opportunity to serve as the Judge of Gujarat High Court & currently serves as a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India.In Addition to his accolades, Sir has also served as the President of Gujarat Value Added Tax Tribunal. He had also been appointed by the State Government as the chairman of Hooch Tragedy Commission.

Through his extensive knowledge of the law, Sir has had the opportunity to work with prominent members of the Legal Fraternity.

Dr. B.C. Gupta (IAS)

Appointed (IAS) Indian Administrative Service, 1975 batch, Punjab Cadre, Worked in different Departments/Ministries of the Central/State Government both in Regulatory & Development Fields.

Dr. Gupta is a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, M.Sc. in Development Administration from the University of York, UK and Bachelor of Laws.

18 Year’s Experience in handling Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Methods and Lok Adalats for Speedy and inexpensive Dispute Resolution, holding member of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)- New Delhi, an Apex Quasi-Judicial Tribunal for 5 years from 2013-2018.

Prof. (Dr.) Romesh Gautam (Mishra) - Padma Shri

Appointed Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Of India, 1984-2021.

Positions Held In Social Bodies-

• Global Chairman Legal, International Human Rights Organization.
• World Chairman Legal, All India Council Of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice.
• Chief National Legal Advisor, Dev Manav Trust.
• Chief National Legal Advisor, Mahila Jagriti Manch.

29.05.2015: Padma Shri Award by All Journalists Association, New Delhi.

10.04.2013: Entered in 'Limca Book Of Records' for exemplary & unique Contribution in the field of Alternate Dispute Resolution by Conducting & by Constituted Dispute Review Boards Cases for the first time in India & the third time in the world.

Hon. Justice S.L. Bhayana (Ret.)

Appointed Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Of India, 2011-2021.

Appointed Permanent Judge, Delhi High Court, 2006-2011.

Appointed Member Of the “Central Advisory Board” Constituted under the conservation of foreign Exchange & prevention of smuggling activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA) & prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 in the year 2010 by Government Of India.