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Capstone Legal is a Premier Full-Service Law Firm providing legal expertise across Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.From high-stakes Litigation to Strategic Corporate Advisory, we provide elite, results-driven advocacy for a diverse global clientele.
RECOGNITION
what Our clients say
Mr. Rahul Sharma
Chief Executive Officer, Vedanta Resources
At Vedanta, our global operations require legal counsel that is not only technically proficient but also deeply attuned to the complexities of the natural resources and energy sectors. Capstone Legal has consistently proven to be a strategic advisor rather than just a service provider.
Mr. Rajiv Choubey
Senior Executive Director, Group GC, Dalmia Bharat
Ashish, a law graduate from, National Law School, Bangalore and also qualified to practice in England and Wales, is a lawyer on whom clients can rely upon and who will deliver in terms of relief and provide best solution to the issue. His brother, Vagish Singh is equally competent and they together form a great team at Capstone Legal. [From LinkedIn recommendations]
EXPERIENCE SNAPSHOT
Capstone is running in its 14th year with:
1200+ cases
100+ DD assignments
31 clients in Fortune 100.
23 Reportable Cases by Constitutional Courts.
Some of the key cases and assignments are highlighted here.
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ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS
Represented a leading company in Arbitration Proceedings in a dispute related to construction of a Nuclear Power Plant with a leading PSU.
Represented Shriram Group in an Arbitration related to Crop Insurance.
Represented Mayo College in Arbitration proceedings related to setting up new schools.
INTERIM RELIEF (Section 9)
Represented a leading Financial Institution in securing urgent relief against an IT company.
Represented a NHAI concessionaire in securing interim relief against BG encashment.
Represented Major Brands in a dispute related to a long-term real estate project.
APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATOR
Represented Hindustan Copper against appointment of Arbitrator (Reportable Judgment by Rajasthan HC).
Represented a leading contractor for appointment of arbitrator in a dispute related to Thermal Power Plant.
ENFORCEMENT OF AWARD
Represented an Indian company in raising an objection. to Enforcement of an Arbitral Award by GAFTA, London. [New York Convention Award] First case in Rajasthan on this question of law.
Representing a leading Tower Company seeking enforcement. of Arbitral Award for over Rs. 150 cr in Rajasthan.
CIVIL MISC APPEALS & WRITS
Represented HCL Infosystems in seeking enforcement of interim relief in a Rs. 600 cr Arbitration.
Represented a leading Cement Company in a challenge to an Arbitral Award related to Trademark usage.
MSME ACT
Representing group of transport companies against a Cement company seeking payment of unpaid invoices.
Representing a leading Solar Park Development company in Arbitration before MSME Council.
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COMMERCIAL COURT SUITS
Represented a Japanese Company in Suit for damages for over Rs. 180 cr against a former Director of the Company.
Representing Vikran Engineering in a Suit for recovery of Rs. 120 cr from RSDCL.
DEFENDING SUITS
Defending a Suit for damages filed against Mahindra & Mahindra for infringement of trademark.
FIRST APPEAL
Representing a contractor of Ikea in an Appeal before the High Court.
WRIT PETITIONS
Representing Landmark Group, Dubai in Writ Petitions against rejection of Order I Rule 10 applications against CEO, CFO and other senior officers.
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SUITS
Appeared for Fortum in a series of disputes related to Solar Project in Pokhran, Barmer.
Appeared for Royal Families of Kota, Jaisalmer and Rohet in multiple cases before Revenue Courts.
RAA
Appearing before RAA at Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer and Kota in over 100 cases over 15 years.
BOARD OF REVENUE
Appeared for Rohet Royal Family in Revisions arising out of Ceiling Case under the new Ceiling Act.
Appeared for Emaar MGF in challenge to stay granted by SDO in an old ceiling case.
Appeared in a Reference by Collector seeking reversal of land allotment to leading Public Charitable Trust.
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SUPREME COURT
Successfully represented the Ballistic Expert in Jessica Lal muder case for perjury. The case is a landmark on expert witnesses. [Reported by Supreme Court of India].
HIGH COURT
Successfully represented the accused in a case under Section 311 Cr.P.C. on recalling of witnesses. [Reported by Rajasthan High Court in 2014]. This was the first reported case in which lawyers from Capstone appeared.
QUASHING & FAIR INVESTIGATION
Appeared for senior management of a leading IT company in a FIR lodged by State of Rajasthan (JVVNL) for RAPDRP project data.
Appeared for founder of Snapdeal in a FIR filed for fraud and misappropriation of funds.
Appeared for former Directors of Binani Cement in a FIR filed by Creditors for fraud.
Successfully got FIR quashed lodged with respect to a Project by Kolhapur Development Corporation. [Bombay High Court].
Successfully defended owners of Adiva Hospitals in a FIR for fraud arising out of a commercial agreement. [Delhi High Court].
Representing 11 officers of Punjab Police in a FIR with allegations under NDPS Act.
INVESTIGATION
Assisted CEO, CFO, CRO of a leading company in an investigation under Section 420, 406 IPC.
Assisted a leading NRI in navigating a FIR lodged by a distant relative for sale of HUF property in PS Sadar.
Regularly assisting clients in investigation by Police, ED, CBI and State Anti-Corruption Bureau.
TRIAL
Conducted witness cross examination and trial in 12 murder Trials in the last 14 years.
Appeared in over 15 cases with allegations of Rape in the last 14 years - including cross examination.
Appearing and advising in Ekal Patta matter before the Anti-Corruption Special Court for the complainant.
APPEAL
Appearing in over 50 cases involving serious allegations of murder, rape, extortion, attempt to murder etc before the High Court.
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FINANCIAL CREDITOR
Represented OBC (now PNB) in a Rs. 440 cr lending to a leading hotel chain in Jaipur. [Section 7].
Represented Alchemist ARC in a series of cases at Jaipur, Ahmedabad [Section 7].
OPERATIONAL CREDITOR
Represented a leading Iranian company in case related non-payment of invoices.
Represented a cement company against OC claims in disputed cases. Most cases stood settled in out-of-court settlement.
OPPRESSION AND MISMANAGEMENT
Representing India’s leading Hotel Chain (HRH Group) and Royal Family of Udaipur in application for Oppression and Mis-management including transfer of shares.
Representing a Startup based in Jaipur in a case filed by erstwhile Director claiming oppression of minority shareholders.
Representing a minor shareholder (former Director) in a case against Dangayach Group for illegal sale of land without approval of minority shareholders.
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DEMERGER
Advised the Chairman office on Demerger of Vedanta in multiple entities including suggesting key changes to the Scheme submitted to the NCLT.
SEBI
Advised Vedanta Group extensively on the reports by U.S. short-seller Viceroy Research.
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CONCLUDED MANDATES
Sharda Group on raising Rs. 162 cr.
NS Software on raising Rs. 150 cr.
Prestige Properties on raising Rs. 148 cr.
Innovative on raising Rs. 125 cr.
Aisshpra Realty on raising Rs. 120 cr.
JBCN - Sandu School on raising Rs. 95 cr.
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SEZ
Representing Mahindra Lifespaces on land related issues (including Litigation) at SEZ in Jaipur.
SOLAR PROJECT
Conducted Detailed land DD exercise for Fortum for setting up a new project in Barmer.
Conducted Detailed land DD for AU Bank for setting up a new solar project for meeting their RPO obligations.
INDUSTRY EXPANSION
Undertook detailed DD for Hindustan Zinc for expansion of its Debari project.
Undertook detailed DD for 23 locations across India of Ambuja Cements for Land, Mining, Environment and Litigation.
Undertook DD for a German Company seeking to acquire a plant at RIICO area in Bhiwadi.
FOOD PARK
Conducted detailed land DD exercise for a Hyderabad based real estate company for setting up a project in Bundi.
LOGISTICS PARK
Detailed exercise for Scalar, India’s leading warehousing company for setting up a logistics park in Baran District.
HOTEL
Detailed DD for setting up of Mihir Garh.
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SHOWCAUSE & APPEALS
Representing a leading Transformer company in a SCN for non-performance with proposal for blacklisting.
Representing a leading power company in a challenge to cancellation of blacklisting by First Appellate Authority. The Appeal has been filed by the Department.
WRITS
Successfully challenged debarment order passed by Railway Board after CBI filed a chargesheet against Directors of a leading power company.
Successfully challenged SCN issued without disclosing facts leading to applicability of RTPP Act, 2012 on the tender.
Challenged proposed Limestone Block allotment by ACC Limited and Ambuja Limited.
Defended challenge to tender floated by RSSML for fly-ash in which our client was declared as successful bidder.
Represented HCL Infosystems in a case related to RAPDRP tender for setting up new data centre and migration of data.
Represented Philips in a disqualification challenge by Medical Department, Rajasthan. [Reported by Rajasthan High Court].
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DGGI & STATE ENFORCEMENT
Conducting cross examination of witnesses in SCN as a part of investigation process for multiple iron & steel traders.
Data collection from DGGI in pursuance of a search and seizure for a scrap company.
APPEAL
Appearing for multiple companies before Commissioner Appeals and GSTAT (proposed).
Appeared in more than 40 Appeals for Ship Builders, importers of Coal, Iron Traders in fake invoices. and mis-classifcation cases.
WRITS
Challenge to SCN, OIO on the ground that opportunity for cross examination was not granted. Representing more than 10 companies on this question of law.
Representing Rajasthan Steel Chambers in multiple cases involving Central Excise.
Some of our matters attracted quite a lot of attention last year including:
SOME KEY MATTERS
What People have been Saying for over a decade. WE will soon be turning 15
The ‘NLS brothers’, as they are famously known, tore biases and traditions of the bar to shreds when they branched out on their own in the very first year and argued cases themselves, even before the Supreme Court. Today they stand tall with an impressive clientele, deal with a myriad fields of law and have tons of reported judgments to their credit. They are probably the youngest lawyers to have successfully challenged the constitutional vires of a central law.
LIBERTATEM MAGAZINE 2016
“Founded in 2012, Capstone Legal is a leading law firm based out of Jaipur practicing law at Supreme Court of India, Rajasthan High Court, Gujarat High Court and Bombay High Court. The firm has handled over 400 cases in the past two years ranging from Tax disputes amounting to several hundred millions of rupees to pro bono work for India’s leading NGO’s.”
