Practice Areas

Writs are the gateway to enforcing one's legal rights. Under the Constitution of India, recourse to writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the High Courts is a fundamental right. Writs can be filed not only for enforcing one's own rights, but also for the general benefit of the public through PILs. Beyond this, in service matter, writs also act as the forum for judicial review of the decision by the tribunals or lower courts. Temple Legal has expert lawyers who have been part of hundreds of writ petitions and are well-versed with the writ jurisdiction of Indian courts.

Civil disputes, such a property disputes and torts, are an important area of law, where Temple Legal has been advising and acting on behalf of its clients to protect and secure their property, get probation on wills and all other personal matters.

Litigation is a fact of business. Despite the best efforts to avoid the same through comprehensive advice, if any issue does reach the stage of litigation, the team at Temple Legal is well-versed with commercial litigation.

Temple Legal has had the unique privilege of having both banks as well as private entities litigating against banks. Having seen the litigation related to banking laws from both sides, the team at Temple Legal is ever prepared to provide pointed advisory and solution related to banking law.

The Indian criminal law regime is a detailed system, with substantive rights being given to all the three parties to the proceedings: the complainant, the accused and the prosecution. With the new criminal laws being introduced in by the Parliament, the team at Temple Legal have been at the forefront of conducting detailed analysis of the new laws.

Economic Offences in India, for the most part, are governed by special laws which are complete Codes in their own right. Understanding these special laws, and successfully defending clients requires a keen enthusiasm towards this special area of practice, which the team at Temple Legal possesses.

Cyber law is one of the key areas of focus of Temple Legal. One of the Partners of the Firm is a domain expert in this field, with a Master of Law degree from the United Kingdom, with specialism in cyber law. This makes Temple Legal uniquely placed to advise and act on queries or matter related to cyber law, in India and globally. The practice in this are includes both advisory and litigation, both for commercial deals and cyber crime.

With the recent increase in the social media as a force providing unprecedented opportunities, Temple Legal is favourably placed to advise its client in this upcoming field of law. This includes everything from influencer contracts to digital music or video deals. Social media legal advisory, at its core, is an off-shoot of e-commerce and digital contracts, under the larger banner of cyber laws. Temple Legal has domain expertise in this field.

Entertainment law is a very specialised domain of law, dealing specifically with the entertainment industry, such as television, online video creation, films, music, gaming and digital IPR on the internet of artists, labels and producers. The team at Temple Legal has been advising its client in this area and ensuring that their interests are protected at all times.

Arbitrations, in the present day, is the most favoured form of dispute resolution in commercial contracts, due to their quick timelines. In India, the timeframe for arbitration has been statutorily fixed, and procedure has been simplified. It provides an easy, efficient and cost-effective method to resolve disputes. The team at Temple Legal has successfully represented its client in Arbitrations at various levels and have a keen understanding of the procedure involved.

Temple Legal provides end-to-end advisory to corporate entities and individuals from establishing a business to compliances required in running it to commercial contracts. Being a registered LLP itself and having experts in commercial compliances as part of the team, the Firm has a unique insight into all that is required to run a successful business.

Intellectual property is one of the most important pillars of modern-day business and artistic expression. Temple Legal has been advising its clients and enabling them in protecting their intellectual property, with complete advisory and solutions from domain experts.