Dhruv Chawla Law Offices
Dhruv Chawla
Law Offices
Empty grand courtroom interior with golden light
Est. New Delhi

Strategic Litigation.
Trusted Counsel.
Results That Matter.

Representing clients across constitutional, commercial, civil, criminal and regulatory matters with precision, strategy and relentless advocacy.

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The Firm

A boutique chamber
built on conviction.

Founded by Dhruv Chawla, the firm represents a modern approach to advocacy — combining the discipline of traditional practice with sharp commercial instinct. We act for individuals, institutions, founders and corporations on matters where the stakes are real and the stakes are personal.

Court-tested strategy
Discreet, responsive counsel
Pan-India representation
Senior bar collaboration
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Practice

Areas of expertise

A full-spectrum litigation and advisory practice, structured around our clients' most consequential matters.

Constitutional Litigation

Writ petitions, PILs and challenges before the Supreme Court and High Courts.

Commercial Disputes

Complex commercial litigation, shareholder and contractual disputes.

Criminal Litigation

Bail, quashing, white-collar and economic offences with rigour and care.

Arbitration

Domestic and institutional arbitration, enforcement and challenge proceedings.

Environment Law

Litigation and consultation on environmental, groundwater, NGT and regulatory clearance matters.

Corporate Advisory

Regulatory advice, contracts and structuring for businesses and founders.

Consumer Protection

Representation before consumer fora, including NCDRC, on landmark issues.

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Voices

What clients say

"Calm, prepared, and ferociously well-briefed. The chambers turned an impossible matter into a precedent."

General Counsel, Listed Conglomerate

"Dhruv's strategic clarity in the Supreme Court was the difference between a long battle and a clean win."

Promoter, Real Estate Group

"Honest counsel that respects your time and your case. Rare and refreshing in the profession today."

Founder, Technology Startup
Bar & Bench

Reported judgements

Decisions argued by the chamber that have been reported in leading legal journals and reporters, with a brief on the law settled in each.

Delhi High Court2022 SCC OnLine Del 3357

Diamond Entertainment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Religare Finvest Limited

On a petition under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, N.B. Krishna, J. appointed a sole arbitrator and held that the SARFAESI Act, 2002 and the Arbitration Act operate in independent and complementary fields. Initiation of measures under Section 13 of the SARFAESI Act does not oust the arbitrability of contractual disputes flowing from the underlying loan agreement, and a prior arbitral award does not bar a subsequent reference where fresh disputes have arisen on a restructured facility.

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Delhi High Court2022 SCC OnLine Del 3447

Surjeet Kaur v. Sardar Raja Singh Oberoi

N.B. Krishna, J. dismissed an application under Order I Rule 10 CPC seeking impleadment of the secured creditor in a partition suit, holding that SARFAESI proceedings are independent and exclusive — the secured creditor is neither a necessary nor a proper party to a partition action. Following United Bank of India v. Satyawati Tandon, (2010) 8 SCC 110, the Court reiterated that civil courts must be 'extremely careful and circumspect' before granting any relief that stalls recovery action by financial institutions.

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Delhi High Court2022 SCC OnLine Del 5028

Baljit Singh Bhatia v. Union of India

Sanjeev Narula, J. dismissed a writ under Article 226 attempting to ride on the back of the subvention scheme batch matters. The Court held that where a homebuyer has issued a specific written disbursal request to the lender, he cannot subsequently allege contravention of RBI circulars on construction-linked disbursal, and the doctrine of approbate and reprobate bars him from seeking a stay against EMIs while simultaneously pursuing claims against the builder before the NCLT. An important boundary-setting decision on the limits of homebuyer writs against NBFCs.

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Supreme Court of India(2023) 17 SCC 446 : 2022 SCC OnLine SC 697

Saudan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh

A Bench of S.K. Kaul and M.M. Sundresh, JJ. laid down a binding institutional protocol on the Allahabad High Court for considering bail in long-pending criminal appeals. The Court held that where a convict has completed 14 years of actual custody, the case must be placed before the Board under the U.P. Prisoners Release on Probation Rules, 1938, irrespective of counsel's absence; and where 10 years of custody have been served, bail should ordinarily be granted at one go unless extenuating circumstances exist. A significant ruling on the intersection of personal liberty under Article 21 and chronic appellate delay.

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Delhi High Court2023 SCC OnLine Del 95

Diamond Entertainment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Religare Finvest Limited (Review)

On a review petition, the Court (N.B. Krishna, J.) held that mere reliance on the subsequently overruled HDFC Bank Ltd. v. Satpal Singh Bakshi did not, by itself, constitute an error apparent on the face of the record, and accordingly dismissed the review. Considering the position post Vidya Drolia v. Durga Trading Corporation, (2021) 2 SCC 1, the Court reaffirmed the fourfold non-arbitrability test and clarified that a Court exercising jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act has no power of review — a nuanced reading practitioners now routinely cite on the Section 11 / SARFAESI interface.

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Delhi High Court(2023) 6 HCC (Del) 624 : 2023 SCC OnLine Del 1589

Supertech Urban Home Buyers Association (SUHA) Foundation v. Union of India

Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J. dismissed a batch of over 300 writ petitions filed by homebuyers under subvention schemes seeking directions against banks not to charge EMIs pending delivery of possession. The Court drew the critical distinction between 'maintainability' and 'entertainability' of a writ under Article 226, holding that no writ lies to enforce pure breach of a private contract where alternative statutory remedies exist under RERA, the Consumer Protection Act, the IBC and the SARFAESI Act. A leading authority on the limits of writ jurisdiction in commercial homebuyer disputes.

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