Industry & labour

MVKini is one of India's leading industrial & labour law specialists. The Firm is experienced in advising on and drafting human resource policies. The Firm regularly advises clients on labour law compliances and social welfare legislations and helps to defend clients' interests before various authorities, tribunals and courts. The Firm has associates who specialise in service and labour laws. The team helps its clients to maintain good relationships with their employees by guiding them through industrial dispute legislation, welfare legislations and contract labour laws. The Firm represents its clients before Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Sumit Gupta and Tavinder Sidhu jointly head up the industry and labour law team.


Key transactions

Represented leading aviation company in a landmark case where the Supreme Court upheld the aviation company's policy of differential flying ages for male and female cabin crew members.

Represented leading aviation company in the High Court of Bombay when its pilots called a strike due to the SAARS epidemic and the High Court rejected the pilots' claims.

Represented a power distribution company when its transport division employees called a mass strike preventing the company from plying its buses. The strike was declared illegal.

Represented an MNC before the State Advisory Board in proceedings relating to the prohibition of employment under Contract Labour Act.

Vetted a trade association's employee handbook from an Indian Law perspective. Conducted due diligence on the Indian subsidiary of a multinational bank with employees in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia and South Africa which included Labour and HR issues.

Advised on labour-related issues in a merger and acquisition transaction, in association with one of the accounting firm.

Advised a leading software company in retrenchment exercise.

The Firm is currently handling group matters involving service and recruitment regulations for a renowned Indian statutory entity engaged in infrastructure development.

Successfully contested on behalf of leading aviation company during its transfer process of the entire Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul department to a separate legal entity consisting of around 7,000 employees.


Key People
Tavinder Sidhu, Sumit Gupta and Ved Prakash Gaur





SUMIT GUPTA
Partner

Sumit is the lead partner at the Delhi office with over 17 years' experience in major practice areas of MVKini. He has extensive experience in advising clients on general corporate commercial transactions, service and arbitration matters and supervising related litigation. Sumit advises government and private sector organizations on issues relating to service and labour laws apart from other regulatory issues.

Sumit has led several corporate commercial transactions as well as high stake litigation matters involving interpretation of statutes, commercial contracts and tender documents.

He has also advised government bodies in finalisation of model agreements for use in the highway sector.

Over the years, Sumit has advised government and private sector clients in the infrastructure sector. He specialises in the highways, roads, power, railways and aviation sectors. He has been advising clients on issues regarding tenders and contracts. He is also an expert in matters related to concession, EPC and consultancy services agreements. With his experience in the infrastructure sector, he continues to provide advice to the Indian government as well as private entities.

Practice Areas
Infrastructure
Project Management
Litigation
Arbitration
Industry and Labour
Dispute Resolution
Government Affairs


Contact details
Delhi office
sumitgupta@mvkini.com
(91) 11 2437 1038/1039/1040


Tavinder Sidhu
Partner

Tavinder is an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court of India and is qualified to practice as a Solicitor in the Courts of England and Wales. Having active trial experience in mercantile, property and banking matters, he currently represents clients on issues relating to government contracts, tender laws and labour & employment related matters.

He regularly represents clients in the matters before Supreme Court and other Authorities seeking wildlife clearances and approvals to divert forest land in protected areas for non-forest purposes like infrastructure projects of national importance.

Tavinder's expertise extends to arbitration appeals before various courts. He represents clients before arbitral tribunals relating to Civil Engineering Contracts on both item-rate and Build Operate Transfer bases.






Practice Areas
Infrastructure
Environmental Law
Industry & Labour
Land Acquisition
Dispute Resolution
Government Affairs
Litigation
Aviation


Contact details
Delhi office
sidhu@mvkini.com
(91) 11 2437 1038/1039/1040


Ved Prakash Gaur
Senior Advisor

Ved Prakash is an expert in labour laws and issues relating to employment. He is part of MVKini's litigation team.

He has a lot of experience in preparing service rules and standing orders for employment as well as procedures relating to disciplinary actions. He specialises in documentation of agreements between contractors, sub-contractors and principal employers.

He advises clients and represents them at tribunals, commissions and courts.

Ved Prakash has mediated in and represented parties across the spectrum of labour disputes in India. He has also advised companies ensuring seamless completion of retrenchment exercise. Within his practice area of dispute resolution he has represented clients in sectors ranging from construction and engineering, entertainment and sports, hospitality, infrastructure and real estate.

Practice Areas
Industry and Labour


Contact details
Delhi office
gaur@mvkini.com
(91) 11 2437 1038/1039/1040