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amicus curiae

21 September 2015

Indian Law Partners (ILP) advised Toshiba Corporation which bought Rs 400 crore ($60.7m) worth of shares in Noida based water services company UEM India from India Value Fund (IVF) and UEM’s promoter Krishnan Kshetry. IVF was advised by DSK Legal and Kshetry was advised by Amicus Services.

ILP partner Gopika Pant, senior associate Vineet Gupta and associate Sehar Aijaz acted for Toshiba.

Amicus partner Shivi Agarwal acted for Kshetry and DSK partner Narendra Digankar and manager Rishabh Mastaram acted for IVF

The Rs 400 crore sale now leaves IVF’s stake in UEM at 20 per cent, reported the Economic Times adding that Toshiba had already bought 26 per cent in UEM in March 2014.

25 September 2014

The Chhattisgarh advocate who was admitted to hospital after having poisoned herself with naphthalene balls before appearing in the chief’s court, would be discharged from hospital within two or three days, according to a report submitted to the Supreme Court by amicus curiae Vandana Sehgal.

The Delhi Legal Services Authority was directed by the Supreme Court to provide the ill advocate, dubbed Ms M, with the necessary assistance while in Delhi, listing the matter for hearing on 10 October [second order PDF].

M had alleged before the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday that police had ignored her complaints of having been gang raped by her husband’s family and others, and was then found to have consumed the poison [Background in first order PDF].

06 September 2014

Senior counsel Gopal Subramanium will again be amicus curiae in the Padmanabha Swamy temple case, reported The Hindu, with the Times of India reporting that he would be visiting the temple in Kerala this weekend.

The former solicitor general had withdrawn from the case in August despite the Supreme Court practically begging for him to stay on following his scuppered nomination to the Supreme Court bench.

29 April 2014

Gas WarsKhaitan & Co and Mulla & Mulla have served defamation notices on behalf of members of the Reliance family on authors of the book Gas Wars, who are defended by Amicus Juris.

13 February 2014

Amicus The Supreme Court has opened up its panel of lawyers eligible to be selected as amicus curiae (Latin for “friend of the court”), to assist the judges from time to time in matters.

01 July 2013

Desai & Diwanji advised auto parts maker Amtek Auto, which bought 51.2 per cent in the Jamshedpur-based JMT Auto for Rs 110 crore ($18.4m), according to VCCircle. JMT Auto was advised by Amicus.

Desai & Diwanji Gurgaon-based partner Raghav Mathur assisted by senior associates Nikhil Sachdeva and Jinni Sinha with associates Amanjot Malhi, Nakul Batra and Nitya Chadha acted for Amtek. The company made an open offer to purchase an additional 26 per cent equity in JMT for Rs 55.6 crore.

Amicus co-founding partner Shivi Agarwal acted for JMT, which had revenues of over Rs 300 crore on 31 March, according to the Economic Times. Amtek is backed by funds ChrysCapital and Warburg Pincus, and ChrysCapital also holds 30.5 per cent in JMT, according to VCCircle.

25 January 2013

AZB & Partners advised the Dabur India promoters, the Burman Family, which picked up around Rs 50 crore ($9m) stake in DMI Finance, which was advised by start-up Amicus Advocates & Solicitors.