Rajgopalan Sripathi

Advocate, Hyderabad

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394 Consultations

About Advocate Rajgopalan Sripathi

We are lawyers specializing in Family Law, Property Law, Civil and Criminal Laws, Copyrights and Intellectual property law. Our offices are at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi.
Our clients include Small and Medium Enterprises, Multinational Corporations, Start-Up's, Public / Private Sector Undertakings, Family run Businesses, High Net Worth Individuals and Private Clients.

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Practice Areas

Family Law

Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and maintenance, Domestic violence, 498a, Child custody, Restitution of conjugal rights, Other family matters

Criminal Law

Cheque bounce, Fraud/Default, Forgery/Cheating, Bail/Anticipatory Bail, Cybercrime, Trespass, Other criminal matters, FIR, Breach of trust

Property Law

Rights of sons/daughters/wife, Legal heir, Legal heirship certificate, Buying property, Partition of property, Sale agreement, Sale deed, Gift deed, Deed of family settlement, Succession certificate, Succession of property, Power of attorney, Builder issues, Wills and trusts, SARFAESI action by bank, DRT/DRAT, Other property matters

Civil Law

Civil disputes, Customs/Excise/FEMA, Banking, Loans, Recovery of money, Summary suit, Insurance, International law, Legal notice, Civil cases

Business Law

Corporate matters, Business contracts, Arbitration, Share transfer, Winding up petitions, Other business matters

Intellectual Property

Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, Media ownership, Other intellectual property issues, Piracy

Consumer Law

Consumer forum, Consumer protection, Other consumer issues

Courts

Bombay High Court
Delhi High Court
Hyderabad High Court
Karnataka High Court
Madras High Court
Supreme Court of India

Recent cases handled

Date

Type of case

Description

Outcome

1 Jan 2023

Business Law

NCLT. Provided legal services to a Successful Resolution Applicant to acquire a 5 MW solar energy power plant through IBC and acquirer company had benefitted in terms of costs & revenue synergy

Successful Resolution Applicant had acquired a 5 MW Solar Energy Power plant through IBC at 40%

1 Oct 2019

Business Law

High Court-Telangana- Borrower demonstrated bonafides to pay amount due . Prayer for stay of Auction proceedings and reversion of possession of factory to the borrower..

Auction proceedings stayed. Possession reverted to borrower.

1 Sep 2019

Business Law

Debt Recovery Tribunal- Fixation of reserve price does not preclude the borrower from claim adducing proof that the land has been sold for lower price

Auction proceedings Annulled.Bank directed to obtain fresh valuation & fix reserve price accordingly

1 Sep 2019

Criminal Law

APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING ACT, NEW DELHI- Firm couldn't be held guilty for violation of FEMA when ED failed to prove payment made via non-banking channel

Impugned order passed by Adjudicating Authority imposing penalty set aside.

1 Jul 2019

Criminal Law

High Court -Amaravati- Filed a quash petition u/s 482 of Cr.p.C in a Cheque bounce case against a partner who had resigned prior to date of Presentment of cheque and was not aware of the contract

Quash petition allowed on the ground that the Partner had resigned prior to date of presentment

1 Jun 2019

Business Law

NCLT-Mumbai- Appeared on behalf of Operational Creditor who had supplied chemicals to a leading textiles and leather manufacturer. Corporate debtor paid part of cost and thereafter, stopped

Petition admitted. Corporate Debtor upon admission of CIRP application resolved the matter u/s12 A

1 May 2019

Business Law

DRT-Hyderabad- Appeared for borrower. Our argument was that once the borrower has repaid the interest and principal outstanding, the loan can no longer be treated as NPA

Borrower contention upheld. DRT decreed that action under SARFAESI is untenable.

1 May 2019

Family Law

Family court - Hyderabad. Husband had filed for divorce. Husband cited few isolated incidents that happened 3/4 years ago which was contested by the wife (represented by us)

Family court dismissed the petition filed by husband on grounds that isolated events are not cruelty

1 Apr 2019

Business Law

NCLT Hyderabad-.Had appeared for Corporate Debtor and argued that by virtue of scheme of arrangement in Merger, petitioner cannot claim to be a financial creditor

Petition filed by corporate claiming to financial creditor Rejected by Honorable Tribunal.

1 Apr 2019

Intellectual Property

Andhra Pradesh High Court- Trade Mark Infringement in case of a leading cement company. Appeared for complainant.

Honourable High Court Imposed exemplary costs of Rs45 Lakhs for infringing.

1 Apr 2019

Criminal Law

Hyderabad High Court- Appeal against conviction in 304 A case. Argued on the grounds that Ocular evidence cannot be primary and non examination of doctor who did the post mortem is fatal .

Accused acquitted.

1 Apr 2019

Taxation

ITAT-Hyderabad- Argued on behalf of assessee. Assessee was not charging any interest from AE's for providing mobilization advances regarding an EPC contract, adjustment under TP not warranted

Contention of Assessee Upheld.

1 Apr 2019

Civil Law

High Court at AP- Appeared on behalf of a third party in execution proceedings under Order 21 Rule 97. Argued that third party resisting the execution of decree has same rights as decree holder

Appeal filed by Third party allowed.

1 Mar 2019

Business Law

Competition Commission.-Opponent had held that my client had contravened the provisions of Section 3(4)(e) read with Section 3(1) of the Act, 2002

Competition commission dismissed the petition filed by opponent.

1 Mar 2019

Criminal Law

Hyderabad High Court- Setting aside of conviction awarded u/s376 IPC . Argued on behalf of accused and highlighted that prosecution suffers from several infirmities and improbabilities

Accused Acquitted.

1 Mar 2019

Criminal Law

High Court- Bangalore- U/S 302 IPC . Argued for Accused. In absence of evidence with regards to infliction of the fatal injury by the accused, absence of motive, eye witness giving different versions

Conviction quashed.

1 Mar 2019

Property Law

High Court @ Hyderabad-Land Acquisition. Argued on behalf of land owners- High court directed government to pay compensation to land owners.

Land owners awarded compensation under 2013 Act

1 Mar 2019

Civil Law

High Court @Andhra Pradesh- Second appeal- Appeared on behalf of land owner. Opposite side claimed continuous possession of Land and hence adverse possession

High court issued orders in favour of Land Owner.

1 Mar 2019

Family Law

High Court at Hyderabad- Appeared on behalf of the wife. Made arguments that mere fact that the wife is earning Maintenance to Wife can’t be rejected .

High Court accepted our arguments and granted maintenance u/s 125 Cr.P.C

1 Feb 2019

Taxation

ITAT- Mumbai: Argued on behalf of assessee. Booking under-construction flat amounts to ‘construction’ & not ‘purchase’ for Sec. 54 relief .

Contention of Assessee upheld.

1 Feb 2019

Criminal Law

High COURT@ Hyderabad- Bails. Absconding of co-accused not a ground to reject the bail and Investigation against accused completed

Bail granted

1 Feb 2019

Business Law

NCLT - Mumbai- Appeared for borrrower. Bankers filed petition under section 7 of IBC . Our argument was that financial creditor had added the amount that was not due(as entire loan was not recalled)

Petition U/S 7 of IBC was rejected on the above ground amongst other grounds.

1 Feb 2019

Civil Law

High Court at AP- Appeared on behalf of preferential heir(deceased sister's son) opposite side were grand son of uncle of deceased(collateral).Argued that preferential heir are preferred over others.

High Court decreed in favour of preferential heir (deceased sister's son).

1 Feb 2019

Family Law

High Court at Hyderabad- appeared on behalf of the wife. Argued that Payment of maintenance u/s 125 Cr.P.C is a continuous liability which becomes due at the end of every month

High court decreed in favour of wife. Husband has to suffer for each instance of default.

1 Jan 2019

Business Law

NCLT- DELHI- Had appeared for a customer who had paid advance monies for supply of goods. Had argued that advance monies paid falls under scope of financial creditor

NCLT approves the argument that advance monies are a loan. Petition admitted and IRP appointed .

1 Jan 2019

Criminal Law

High Court @ Hyderabad- 138 NI Act.- Once the Accused(Drawer) has altered the date of cheque for validating/revalidating it, he cannot later claim that the cheque became void

Appeared for Drawee. Accused convicted

1 Jan 2019

Business Law

DRT -Hyderabad. Appeared for borrower challenging the 13(2) Notice under SARFAESI on the grounds that the banker had miserably failed to classify the account as NPA prior to issue of Notice

Borrower contention upheld

1 Jan 2019

Civil Law

High Court @ Hyderabad- Suit for specific performance. Appeared on behalf of Purchaser . Issue of notice and filing of suit is ample proof to demonstrate readiness and willingness to perform contract

High Court issued order in favour of Purchaser.

1 Jan 2019

Family Law

High Court- Hyderabad. Appeared on behalf of the husband who applied for divorce on grounds of cruelty . Wife appealed against the divorce decree awarded by Family Court.

High court dismissed the appeal.Filing of multiple criminal cases by wife without proof is cruelty.

1 Dec 2018

Business Law

DRT- Appeared for borrower- Our argument was that bank has no right to proceed with recovery proceedings unless they decide on objection/representation of borrower.

Borrower contention Upheld

1 Dec 2018

Business Law

NCLT- Delhi- Appeared on behalf of a Director. Our argument was that Share subscription agreement does not have trappings of a financial loan or financial debt under IBC

Petition filed u/s7 of IBC rejected on the grounds argued by us.

1 Dec 2018

Criminal Law

High court @ Hyderabad- 138 NI Act. Our argument was that proceedings against a person who is responsible for day to day affairs of the company cannot be quashed

Our argument upheld. Quash petition filed by the opponent dismissed.