Founded in 2015, and with offices in Delhi and Mumbai, Gravitas Legal has robust contentious insolvency, commercial litigation and white-collar crime practices. The firm has climbed up a notch in the commercial and transactions, and insolvency rankings. Its team is experienced with civil writ petitions, public interest litigation, special leave petitions, family matters, recovery suits, insolvency proceedings, corporate litigation, consumer matters and medico legal cases, writs pertaining to criminal complaints, bail applications, interim applications and revision petitions.
Partners Rajeev Aggarwal, Tanuj Sud, Rahul Gaikwad and Varij Sharma are the main contacts of the disputes practice.
The team acted for the promoters of Asian Ispat FZC and Asian Colour Coated Group in a writ petition resulting in Lookout Circulars (LOCs) issued at the behest of banks and investigating agencies being quashed and right to free travel being upheld. This case raised the question of law in relation to the jurisdiction of foreign entities to have LOCs issued in India based on defaults committed by borrower companies in payment of debt of the banks. The lawyers challenged the vires of actions of the banks and investigating agencies.
The team defended two women against claims of fraud through an online loan application. The magistrate granted bail to the clients. Similarly, after the Gravitas team submitted the criminal bail application for its client, the valuer of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank, he was granted bail. The client was arrested in 2019 in connection with an alleged scam. On the labour front, the firm is acting for 89 Mathadi workers challenging the Mathadi Board and Khandala Taluka Mathadi and General Kamgar Union over their low pay scale.
Other recent dispute clients include Balaji Telefilms, the Bank Depositors Protection and Welfare Society, More Retail and Restaurant Brands India.