1. Brief Profile Of Mr. Shankar Kr. Jha, Advocate
Mr. Shankar Kumar Jha is a Law Graduate from Campus Law Centre, University of
Delhi(1992-1995). He is a practicing Advocate. His Bar Council enrolment number is
D/1701/1995.
He is the founder of The Luminaries, Advocates & Legal Consultants, a young small
law firm, providing various types of legal services.
His main areas of practices are litigations, arbitrations, property laws, constitutional
laws, corporate laws, labour and industrial laws, banking laws, consumer laws,
intellectual property rights, criminal complaints and trials, etc.
He regularly appears and argues before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court
and various other High Courts of States in India, in National, State and District
Consumer Commission/Forum, Debt Recovery Tribunals, Debt Recovery Appellate
Tribunals, BIFR, AIAFR, among other Courts and Tribunals.
He handles cases relating to the areas of commercial disputes; inter corporate disputes,
intellectual property, land laws, urban development laws, labour and employment
laws, criminal cases, from the trial stage through all levels of proceedings. He has also
worked for many Indian corporations in various Courts, Tribunals and Commissions
in matters pertaining to employment laws, banking laws, industrial laws, intellectual
properties, product liabilities, banking transactions, etc.
He has also diversified experience of pre-litigation and post-litigation settlement
processes.
He also provides for consultancy services on transactions modalities, legal structuring
and support for various projects, vetting of contract documents, agreements for
appointment of Agents/representatives in India, Franchisee etc. drafting and execution
of Production Sharing Contracts, Joint Operating Agreements, Joint Production
Agreements, Joint Bidding Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, Confidentiality
Agreements, and various other deeds and documents. He is also working for
companies and corporations on retainership basis and providing them general legal
opinion and consultancy on issues relating to day to day administration and
management of the companies affairs, various statutory compliances, internal
administration, legal strategies, legal due-diligences, etc.
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2. He has also wide experience in advising on infrastructure development in the light of
governmental regulations. He has been providing consultancy services on transactions
modalities, legal structuring, vetting of contract documents, legal due diligence, etc.
He has also worked for NGOs, and advised them on the various issues including Street
Vendors, Legal Awareness, Laws relating to Women, etc.
Core Areas Of Professional Practices(Litigation & Arbitration)
Representation before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts of various States(both
Original and Appellate side), MRTP Commission, National Consumer Disputes
Redressal Commission, Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission/Forums of various
States and Districts respectively.
Supreme Court of India:
Special Leave Petitions, Appeals and Writ Petitions (Constitutional matters only)
cases relating to commercial disputes, arbitration, labour and employment laws,
product liability, laws relating to intellectual property rights etc.
High Courts:
Civil & Criminal Writ Petitions, Original Suits, Arbitration Petitions, Appeals,
Revisions and References, Commercial disputes, Intellectual property rights
violations, etc.
District Courts/Tribunals/Commissions/Boards/Forums/DRT/DRAT/RO:
Recovery Suit (both summary and regular), Section 138 Complaints, Claim Petitions,
Revenue matters, Industrial laws, Product liability, Criminal trials, Bails, Search
Warrants, Execution Cases, Objections, Consumer Cases, etc.
Arbitration:
Conducting arbitration matters under the provisions of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996.
Professional Experience In Corporate Laws, Investigation & Due Diligence
(a). Corporate:
* Negotiation/support and drafting of join venture/shareholders’ agreements,
technology transfer agreements, name and license agreements, registered user
agreements and other commercial contracts.
* Advise on Corporate Law Issues;
* Negotiation Assistance, Marking Up of the Contract documents,
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3. * Assistance in drafting resolutions, minutes of meetings, notice and other
statutory documents.
(b). Investigation & Due Diligence:
* Investigation and due diligence of assets, properties, liabilities of the Companies
for cross broader transactions, local laws implications, etc.
* Screening, due diligence of assets, properties, liabilities of the
Companies/Industries, legal formalities for proposed transactions
* Review of documents/statutory records, guarantees, employees related
agreements, legal proceedings, statutory compliances, providing opinions
* Legal Audit of proposed commercial transactions model, marking-up of
transactional documents, etc.
Personal Information
Father’s Name – Shri Deo Chandra Jha
Date of Birth - 16th
November, 1970
Bar Council Enrolment no. D/1701/1995
Other Information
Mr. Jha has special interests for the social services and he has also been students’
leaders. He is involved with various Social Organizations as an active member.
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