Nishtha Khurana

Associate Partner | New Delhi

Professional Summary

Primary Practice

Professional Memberships

Education

BBS (Finance), Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (2012)
LL.B., Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi (2015)
Company Secretary (2015)
LLM, University of Cambridge (2020)

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Nishtha Khurana

Introduction

Nishtha is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India and a seasoned dispute resolution practitioner, with a focus on civil and commercial litigation. Her core areas of expertise include civil matters, arbitration, insolvency and bankruptcy, and company law.

She regularly appears before various judicial and quasi-judicial forums including the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, NCLT, NCLAT, and Arbitral Tribunals comprising former judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts.

Representative Matters

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Advised and represented a leading real estate company before the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court in proceedings related to enforcement, contempt, and Section 9 proceedings arising from an award passed by a former Supreme Court judge.
Advised and defended Jindal Poly Films Limited in first-of-its-kind class action petition under the Companies Act, 2013.
Advised and defended a BC Jindal Group Company before NCLT, Allahabad and NCLAT in a highly contested oppression and management petition under Section 244 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Advised and represented Kochar Sungup Acrylic Limited (Signature Blankets) in oppression and mismanagement proceedings before NCLT, Chandigarh with appeals before NCLAT and the Supreme Court.
Advised and represented Divyanshi Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd. and its majority shareholder group in a complex, multi-layered dispute under Sections 241-242 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Advised and represented B. Braun Melsungen and B. Braun Medical (India) Pvt. Ltd. in a complaint filed before NCDRC.
Advised and represented Lemon Tree Hotel Group in arbitration proceedings before a Tribunal comprising a former Supreme Court judge.
Advised and represented a leading real estate company and its promoters in an international commercial arbitration relating to enforcement of a Share Purchase Agreement under FEMA (Non-Debt) Rules.
Advised and represented a leading real estate company and its promoters before the Delhi High Court in petitions under Sections 9, 11 and 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
Advised a leading business family in a dispute arising out of various family settlement deeds in arbitration before a former Supreme Court judge.

Insolvency & Bankruptcy

Advised Ashdan Properties Private Limited in proposed takeover of debt held by a public sector bank in a company undergoing CIRP.
Represented Nanu Ram Goyal & Co. before NCLT in challenging procedural violations during the CIRP of Morpheus Prodevelopers.
Successfully defended Ashdan Properties Private Limited, successful resolution applicant, before the NCLAT in opposing a third party’s attempt to reopen a concluded CIRP.