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A litigation practice in criminal, commercial & financial disputes.
Fahad Khan Law Chambers represents individuals, companies, financial institutions and other entities in contentious matters before the courts and tribunals of India. The chambers accepts instructions by appointment.
The Chambers
The work of the chambers is confined to contentious matters — advising and appearing in investigations, trials, appeals, arbitrations and enforcement proceedings.
Disputes in the criminal, commercial and financial fields increasingly turn on the same evidence, the same records and, often, parallel proceedings before different forums. The chambers is built to hold that whole picture — reading a matter across the trial court, the tribunal and the writ court at once, and advancing a single, consistent case in each.
Instructions are taken from individuals under investigation, from companies and their officers, from banks and financial institutions, and from parties to commercial and shareholder disputes.
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How the chambers works
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Preparation
Matters are won on the record. Facts, documents and the sequence of events are settled before any position is taken.
II
Discretion
Sensitive matters are handled quietly. Client affairs are not discussed, referenced or publicised.
III
Restraint
Advice is candid about risk. The chambers does not overstate a case or promise outcomes it cannot control.
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Continuity
The advocate who reads the brief is the advocate who argues it — from first notice to final appeal.
Fields of work
Where instructions are accepted
A
Criminal & economic offences
Investigation, trial, bail and appeal — including matters before the ED, CBI, SFIO and Economic Offences Wing.
B
Commercial disputes
Contractual, shareholder and joint-venture disputes; injunctions, recovery and specific performance.
C
Banking, finance & insolvency
Recovery, SARFAESI, securities regulation and proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
About
Fahad Khan Law Chambers
A litigation practice based in New Delhi, representing individuals, companies, financial institutions and other entities in criminal, commercial and financial disputes.
The chambers was founded to do one thing well: conduct contested matters. It does not hold itself out as a full-service firm. Its work is the preparation and argument of cases — before the trial courts, the High Court, the Supreme Court, and the tribunals that now decide so much of India's commercial and financial litigation.
That focus matters most where proceedings run in parallel. A single set of facts may give rise to a criminal complaint, an enforcement action, a recovery petition and a civil suit at the same time. The chambers is organised to see all of them together and to keep the client's case consistent across each forum.
Approach
Every matter begins with the record. Before advice is given, the documents are read, the chronology is fixed, and the exposure is assessed honestly. Clients are told what a case is worth and what it is not.
Advocacy is written first. Pleadings, applications and written submissions are drafted with care, because in most Indian forums the argument is only as strong as the paper it rests on.
Matters are conducted with discretion. The chambers does not disclose the identity of its clients or the substance of its instructions, and nothing on this website refers to any specific engagement.
Who instructs the chambers
Clients
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Individuals
Persons named in investigations or facing prosecution, and parties to commercial and financial disputes.
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Companies & officers
Corporations, their directors and key managerial personnel, in regulatory, criminal and commercial matters.
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Financial institutions
Banks, non-banking financial companies and lenders in recovery, enforcement and insolvency proceedings.
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Other entities
Partnerships, trusts and unincorporated bodies in contentious matters across forums.
Practice areas
Fields of contentious work
The chambers practises across the criminal, commercial and financial fields. The areas below describe the nature of the work; the statutes cited reflect the position under the current codes, with the earlier provisions noted where they remain in common reference.
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White-collar & economic offences
Representation of individuals and companies in investigations and prosecutions concerning fraud, cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery and money laundering — including PMLA attachment, adjudication and bail.
- Enforcement Directorate
- CBI
- SFIO
- Economic Offences Wing
- PMLA · attachment & bail
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Criminal trials, bail & appeals
Anticipatory and regular bail, conduct of sessions trials, quashing of proceedings, criminal revisions and appeals — under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (formerly the IPC and CrPC) and special statutes.
- Anticipatory bail
- Trial defence
- Quashing · S.528 BNSS
- Revisions & appeals
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Commercial & contractual disputes
Suits and applications before the Commercial Courts — breach of contract, shareholder and joint-venture disputes, and oppression and mismanagement — with interim injunctions, specific performance and recovery.
- Commercial Courts Act
- Shareholder disputes
- Injunctions
- Specific performance
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Banking & finance disputes
Recovery proceedings and appeals before the Debts Recovery Tribunal and DRAT, enforcement and challenges under SARFAESI, and disputes over guarantees, facilities and securities — acting for both lenders and borrowers.
- DRT · DRAT
- SARFAESI · S.17
- Guarantee disputes
- Facility enforcement
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Insolvency & bankruptcy
Proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code before the NCLT and NCLAT — Sections 7, 9 and 10 applications, corporate insolvency resolution, liquidation, avoidance actions, and personal guarantor insolvency.
- NCLT · NCLAT
- S.7 · S.9 · S.10
- Resolution & liquidation
- Personal guarantors
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Securities & financial regulation
Matters before SEBI and the Securities Appellate Tribunal — enforcement, adjudication and settlement — and regulatory advisory under the SEBI, RBI and FEMA frameworks.
- SEBI enforcement
- Securities Appellate Tribunal
- FEMA
- Regulatory advisory
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Arbitration
Domestic and institutional arbitration — interim measures under Section 9, conduct of arbitral proceedings, and challenges and enforcement under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.
- Section 9 relief
- Arbitral proceedings
- S.34 challenge
- S.36 enforcement
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Cheque dishonour & debt recovery
Prosecution and defence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, summary suits for recovery, and execution and enforcement of money decrees.
- S.138 NI Act
- Summary suits
- Decree execution
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Writs & constitutional remedies
Petitions under Articles 226 and 227 before the High Court — challenging regulatory action, enforcement measures, look-out circulars and administrative decisions — and supervisory jurisdiction over tribunals.
- Article 226 · 227
- Regulatory challenge
- Look-out circulars
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Asset tracing & fraud recovery
Coordinated civil and criminal remedies in cases of fraud — tracing and attachment of assets, interim protection, and recovery strategy across parallel proceedings.
- Asset tracing
- Attachment
- Parallel remedies
Courts & forums
Where the chambers appears
The chambers conducts matters before the constitutional courts, the trial and district courts of Delhi, and the specialised tribunals that decide much of the country's commercial, financial and regulatory litigation.
I
Constitutional & superior courts
Supreme Court of IndiaAppeals · SLPs · Writs
High Court of DelhiWrit · Criminal · Commercial · Appellate
II
Trial & district courts, Delhi
Rouse Avenue CourtsCBI · ED · PC Act
Patiala House CourtsSessions · Special
Tis Hazari CourtsCivil · Criminal
Saket CourtsSessions · Commercial
Dwarka CourtsSessions · Civil
Karkardooma CourtsSessions · Special
Rohini CourtsSessions · Criminal
Commercial Courts, DelhiCommercial suits
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Tribunals & specialised forums
NCLT & NCLATInsolvency · Company
DRT & DRATDebt recovery · SARFAESI
Securities Appellate TribunalSEBI appeals
Appellate Tribunal, PMLAAttachment appeals
CESTATCustoms · Excise · Service tax
Arbitral TribunalsDomestic · Institutional
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Investigative & regulatory bodies
Enforcement DirectoratePMLA · FEMA
Central Bureau of InvestigationRepresentation
Serious Fraud Investigation OfficeCorporate fraud
Economic Offences WingDelhi Police
SEBISecurities
Reserve Bank of IndiaRegulatory
Team
The chambers
Founder & Principal Advocate
Fahad Khan
Fahad Khan founded the chambers to conduct contested matters in the criminal, commercial and financial fields. He appears before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi and the specialised tribunals, and leads the conduct of every matter the chambers takes on — from first notice to final appeal.
His practice is built around parallel proceedings: reading a single set of facts across the trial court, the enforcement forum and the writ court, and holding one consistent case throughout.
Enrolled · Bar Council of Delhi
Criminal · Commercial · Financial
Supreme Court · Delhi High Court
Senior Associate
[ Senior Associate ]
Leads matters in banking, insolvency and securities litigation before the DRT, NCLT and the Securities Appellate Tribunal, and settles pleadings and written submissions across the chambers' commercial work.
Associate · Litigation
[ Associate ]
Conducts criminal trials, bail applications and quashing petitions, and appears in the district courts of Delhi. Responsible for case preparation, chronology and the trial record.
Of Counsel · Regulatory
[ Of Counsel ]
Advises on enforcement and regulatory matters under the PMLA, SEBI and FEMA frameworks, and assists the chambers on questions arising before the enforcement agencies.
Research & Documentation
[ Research Team ]
Supports the chambers with legal research, case-law analysis, drafting and the management of documents and disclosure across matters running in parallel.
Bracketed roles above are placeholders — replace with the names and credentials of the chambers' members before the site is published.
Legal insights
Notes on developments in the law
Occasional notes on questions arising in the chambers' fields of work. These are general observations on the law and are not legal advice on any matter.
Read →
Section 138: procedural discipline in cheque-dishonour trials
Common defects in complaints and notices that decide cheque-bounce matters long before the evidence is heard.
Personal guarantor insolvency: the evolving contours under the Code
The interaction between corporate resolution and proceedings against personal guarantors, and the questions still open before the NCLT.
SARFAESI and the borrower's window under Section 17
When and how a borrower may approach the DRT against enforcement action, and the limits the tribunals have drawn around it.
The narrow gate: interference with awards under Section 34
Why challenges to arbitral awards so rarely succeed, and where the courts continue to intervene on grounds of patent illegality.
These are illustrative notes for the template. Replace with the chambers' own writing before publishing.
Contact
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Chambers
Fahad Khan Law ChambersB-23, Lower Ground FloorSouth Extension Part I, New Delhi – 110049
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