Pethia

& Shergill Law Offices is a full-service law firm focused on providing clients with the
highest quality of legal services in specialized practice areas. The Firm blends expertise and
experience in its core practice areas - litigation and dispute resolution, consumer protection laws,
insolvency corporate laws, regulatory litigation, commercial matters and employment law.

The Firm’s founders - Anuja Pethia and Noor Shergill have over fifteen years of combined
experience in the legal industry and have both served as officers of the prestigious Indian
Corporate Law Service, Government of India. They bring a unique blend of academic excellence,
commitment and honesty in their approach towards law and their clients. The same work culture
reflects in the Firm and its attorneys.

The Firm handles a wide portfolio of clients including multinational corporations, Government
entities, e-commerce start-ups as well as private individuals. The Firm offers proven capabilities in
litigation and dispute resolution in matters before the Supreme Court of India, National Company
Law Appellate Tribunal, National, State and District Consumer Disputes Resolution Commission,
Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, various state High
Courts and other adjudicatory bodies.

The Firm represents clients before various Regulatory Authorities such as the Registrar of
Companies, Regional Directorates, Income Tax and GST Authorities, Electricity Commissions to
help clients with their regulatory compliances. The Firm also specializes in litigation management
through a wide network of lawyers in major cities across India.



ANUJA PETHIA
Anuja heads the firm’s general dispute resolution practice
and has over eight years of post-qualification experience. Her
practice primarily focuses on litigation, dispute resolution
and general prelitigation and litigation related advisory. She
qualified the Advocate on Record examination conducted by
the Supreme Court of India with the 5th highest marks in the
country.

She is a panel lawyer for the State of Madhya Pradesh before
the Supreme Court of India. Anuja regularly appears before
the Supreme Court of India, National Consumer Disputes
Regulatory Commission, District and State Consumer
Forums/Commission, National Company Law Appellate
Tribunal, district courts and various state High Courts. She
has drafted, argued and also assisted Senior Advocates in
civil matters pertaining to service law, education law,
consumer law, environment, mining laws, constitutional
matters, PILs and criminal matters.

Anuja is deeply passionate about workplace equality issues and serves as the Independent External
Member on the Internal Complaints Committees of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India
and Swarovski India Private Limited, set up under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. She has founded Equalplus – which is an
organization that solely focuses on workplace equality laws.

Anuja holds a B.A LL.B (Hons.) degree from National Law Institute University, Bhopal and an LL.M
degree in International Crime and Justice from United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice
Research Institute and Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy. Anuja was the youngest candidate in her
LL.M batch and graduated as the topper in the Class of 2014.

After returning to India, Anuja cleared the prestigious All India Civil Services Examination conducted by
the Union Public Service Commission in the year 2015 and was allocated the Indian Corporate Law
Service where she served as an Officer for the Government of India. She handled the charge of Assistant
Director, Office of Regional Director (North Zone), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi. Anuja
left the Government service after two fulfilling years of work experience, in order to pursue her passion
for counsel practice and litigation.

DETAILED WORK PROFILE

I. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA.LLB. (Hons.) from National Law Institute University, Bhopal in 2013.
• Enrolled as an Advocate in July, 2013.
• Qualified as an Advocate on Record in the Supreme Court of India in July, 2022.
• LL.M in International Crime and Justice (First in Class) from United Nations Interregional
Crime and Justice Research Institute and Univesitá Degli Di Torino, Italy.
• Secured All India Rank 584 in the Civil Services Examination, 2015, conducted by the Union
Public Service Commission.

II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Some of the key assignments handled by Anuja over the course of her career are listed below:

A. Independent Legal Practitioner – New Delhi (December 2018 - Present)

• Panel Lawyer for the State of Madhya Pradesh before the Supreme Court of India (“SCI”) –
Represented the State Government in civil and criminal matters before the Supreme Court (2020
- Present).
Extensive work experience at the Supreme Court of India which constitutes civil matters
pertaining to service law, consumer law, taxation, land acquisition laws,
commercial/contractual matters, matrimonial matters; statutory appeals arising from NCLAT,
NCDRC and NGT; Criminal cases being bail matters, matters seeking quashing of charge

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sheets and FIR, criminal appeals against conviction or acquittal; matrimonial disputes
including transfer petitions before the Supreme Court.
• Retainer for consumer litigation drafting for India’s largest e-commerce marketplace.
Also handled additional responsibilities of preparing local counsels, explaining legal strategy
and arguments to local counsels, circulating notes for hearing for consumer cases all over India
(2020 - 2021).
• Managing litigation for the office of the Official Liquidator of the Bombay High Court (“the
office of OL”) in various matters in New Delhi. Work involves drafting of pleadings, appearing
and arguing for the office of OL before the Supreme Court, National Consumer Disputes
Redressal Commission, Patiala House Court and Tis Hazari Court, New Delhi.
• Provided end-to-end legal support to an inventory based e-commerce start up. This included
drafting and finalization of various e-commerce related policies such as Conditions of Use,
Privacy Policy, Shipping Policy, Return and Exchange and Refund Policy, as well as registration
of Trade Marks, sending take down notices for copyright infringement.
• Experience in engaging Senior Counsels in private matters depending upon the clients’
requirement and the complexity of the matter.
• Successfully represented a food processing company in an appeal before the NCLAT and secured
a critical stay on the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process.
• Successfully represented builder groups and Resolution Professionals in proceedings
conflicting with the Insolvency Code before the High Court, State Consumer Forums and
subordinate courts.
• Represented clients in disputes arising from insurance law, taxation laws, negotiable
instruments act, labor laws, intellectual property rights such as trademark registration and
disputes related to passing off.
• Successfully advised and represented a pharmaceutical company before the Registrar of
Companies, Gwalior for an issue related to removal of directors.
• Successfully represented a leading brewery based in Arunachal Pradesh before the Guwahati
High Court for securing the release of stocks of liquor impounded by the Excise Department of
Assam.
• Successfully argued an arbitration matter for machine manufacturing company, before the
High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench for appointment of arbitrator which was earlier
dismissed by the same High Court.
• Advised the Cantonment Board, Allahabad with respect to several arbitration matters in New
Delhi and Allahabad.
• Regularly represents clients in transfer petitions before the Supreme Court of India.
• Pro –bono work pertaining to women’s issues, matrimonial issues and small consumer disputes.

B. Assistant Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi (December 2016 – December
2018)

• Processing of legal matters arising out of functional activities of the office under the Companies
Act, 2013 such as adjudication of penalties, rectification of names, removal of auditors, shifting
of registered office, mergers and compounding of offences.
• Authorized Representative for the Office of Regional Director (Northern Region) before National
Company Law Tribunal.
• Establishment and office management including sanctioning of purchases, leaves, recruitments
and compassionate appointments.
• Central Public Information Officer under the Right to Information Act, 2005 for establishment,
administrative, and legal matters. Headed the RTI Section of office and processed various RTIs
and represented the office of Regional Directorate before the State Information Commission and
Central Information Commission.
• Conducted Inspection of Companies under S. 216 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013.
• Various brief attachments at offices under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs such as the Registrar
of Companies, Office of the Official Liquidator, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India and
Competition Commission of India, New Delhi.



C. Associate Counsel at the chamber of Sr. Advocate Indira Nair and Advocate Rajas
Pohankar, High Court of Judicature at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh ( September, 2014 –
September, 2016)

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• Working at a senior counsel’s chamber provided a significant exposure to the litigation practice
and court procedure of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. While working at the chambers of Mr.
Pohankar – there were several opportunities to independently draft and argue litigation
pertaining to service law, education law, arbitration law, electricity laws, land laws and PILs.

III. Summary of relevant Additional Qualifications and Certifications:

• Gold Medal, Debate, Inter Service Meet, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration, Mussoorie (March, 2017).
• UN Peacekeeping Mission Field Exercise, Baudenasca, Italy : aimed at training in psychological
factors affecting victims and negotiation techniques under high stress; organized by Post-Conflict
Operations Study Centre, Italian Army (2014).
• Seminar on International Criminal Law Defence; organized by the Office of Public Counsel for
the Defence of the International Criminal Court United Nations, Turin, Italy (2014).
• Runners Up, 4th NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, Kolkata (2012).
• Recommended for Best Advocacy Skills and Opening Statement, at 6th International Chambers
of Commerce Mediation Competition, Paris (2011).

IV. Publications and Editorial Experience:

• Tensions between Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Iran available at
https://blog.ipleaders.in/tensions-qatar-bahrain-egypt-saudi-arabia-uae/ (January, 2021)
• Terrorism and Counter Terrorism in International Law with a Special Reference to the
Indian Position, URED, Journal of the Bar, Alliance of the Principal Journals of Law Students in
Mexico City (November, 2015)
• Review of the Appeals Chamber Judgment in Prosecutor v Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac
available at www.internationalalwoberver.eu (July, 2014)
• In the Light of Growing Prison Population Should We Look for Alternatives to Imprisonment?
RMLNLU Law Review, Special Edition, 2013, Volume III.
• Founding member, Editorial Board, NLIU Law Review (2008-2013)
• Co-Convenor, NLIU Journal of Intellectual Property Laws and Cell for Studies in Intellectual
Property Rights (2012-2013)

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NOOR SHERGILL

Noor is a lawyer with over seven years of post-qualification
experience. He cleared the prestigious All India Civil Services
Examination conducted by the Union Public Service
Commission in the year 2015 and served as an Officer of the
Indian Corporate Law Service, Ministry of Corporate
Affairs, Government of India. He was last posted as the
Assistant Official Liquidator, Hon’ble Bombay High Court
where he handled the liquidation process of some of the
biggest companies in India.
Thereafter, he worked as an Attorney with the
Infrastructure, Projects and Regulatory Disputes
Litigation Team of J. Sagar Associates, New Delhi, India
office where he worked on wide array of matters in the
Regulatory Field.
Presently, he is a legal practitioner based in New Delhi, India.
His practice primarily focuses on litigation and dispute
resolution matters and he handles a wide portfolio of
clients including multinational corporations,
Government entities, e-commerce start-ups as well as
private individuals across various forums in New Delhi.
Noor regularly advises and represents clients in the realm of consumer protection laws, electricity
laws, insolvency and corporate laws and taxation laws. He regularly appears before the Hon’ble
Supreme Court of India, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission,
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, various state High Courts and state electricity regulatory
commissions.
DETAILED WORK PROFILE


I. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Secured All India Rank 510 in the Civil Services Examination, 2015, conducted by the Union
Public Service Commission;
• Enrolled as an Advocate on the rolls of Punjab and Haryana Bar Council since September, 2014,
graduated as BA.LLB. from Symbiosis Law School, Pune in 2014;
• Certificate course in Public International Law: Contemporary Issues from the London School of
Economics, United Kingdom in 2011 securing an A-Grade.


II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Some of the key assignments handled by Noor over the course of his career are listed below:
A. Independent Legal Practitioner – New Delhi and Chandigarh (From January 2019-May 2020
and May 2021–Present)
• Advised and drafted various documents relating to general corporate advisory such as
Dealership Agreement, Franchise Agreement, Term Sheets, Share Purchase Agreement.
• Drafted and negotiated various leave and licence agreements for commercial and residential
premises.
• Provided end-to-end legal support for a real estate client which included verification of title and
approvals, registration of title as well as drafting documents such as Agreement to Sell and
Sale Deed.
• Represented clients in matrimonial and criminal transfer petitions before the Supreme Court.
• Independently briefed senior counsels with respect to matters before the SCI, NCLAT and
APTEL.

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• Represented a leading Israeli Airline and a leading developer in a Consumer Dispute

matters.
B. Associate Attorney at J. Sagar Associates – Infrastructure, Projects and Regulatory
Litigation Team (From May 2020 to May 2021)
B.1 Renewable Energy Projects:
• Represented a biomass-based power generator before the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory
Commission (“GERC”) and APTEL and the SCI in matters relating to default notices issued by the
state Distribution Companies (“DISCOMs”) under the Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) for
alleged gaming by the generator.
• Represented a wind power generator in an appeal before APTEL challenging the modifications
made to the mechanism for the determination of the Forbearance and Floor Prices of
Renewable Energy Certificates.
• Represented a biomass-based power generator before APTEL in an appeal challenging the
determination of Gross Calorific Value and Station Heat Rate for biomass-based power plants
by the GERC.
• Represented a biomass-based power plant in a writ petition before the Hon’ble Gujarat High
Court challenging the unilateral revision of the State Energy Account by the Gujarat State Load
Despatch Centre.
• Represented several solar power generators in appeals before APTEL seeking the extension of
the Scheduled Commercial Operation Date under the PPA on account of delays caused due to
Force Majeure events.
• Prepared a strategy memorandum for a waste to energy generator recommending possible
steps for reducing liability on account of delayed commissioning of a 10 MW power plant.
• Advised a solar power generation company in a matter relating to the assignment of PPA to
another generator.
B.2 Power Transmission Projects:
• Defended a transmission licensee in an appeal before APTEL in a matter regarding the payment
of damages for delay in commissioning of upstream and downstream transmission assets.
• Advised a leading Infrastructure Investment Trust regarding acquisition of a transmission asset
into their portfolio.
• Advised a transmission licensee regarding the management of risk arising from the delays in
the commissioning of their transmission project due to Force Majeure events.
• Represented a transmission licensee before the CERC in a petition for the adjustment of the
transmission charges on account of change in law events under the Transmission Service
Agreement.
• Successfully represented transmission licensees before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court and CERC
in securing stays on the invocation of Performance Bank Guarantees by DISCOMs.
B.3 Conventional Power Projects:
• Successfully represented a leading thermal power generator before the SCI in an appeal involving
payment of compensatory tariffs to the thermal power generator on account of increase in the
price of imported coal. In this matter, the SCI ruled in favour of the thermal power generator and
directed the DISCOMs to pay INR 8,000 Cr. as compensatory tariff, penalties and carrying costs.
• Represented a thermal power generator before APTEL and SCI in appeals regarding
compensatory relief awarded to the generator on account of cancellation of allotment of coal
blocks by the Ministry of Environment and Forest.
• Drafted a strategy memorandum for a thermal power generator in Rajasthan recommending
possible steps to achieve a favorable outcome in several pending litigations.
C. Assistant Official Liquidator, Office of OL, Bombay High Court (From January 2018 –
December 2018)
• Managed the liquidation process of companies under the supervision of the BHC. This included
managing the assets and ongoing affairs of several large companies such as GOL Offshore Pvt.
Ltd., Etisalat DB Telecom Pvt. Ltd. and Shriram Cotton Mills Ltd.

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• Headed the Legal Section of the Office of OL and in that capacity supervised the drafting and
filing of various pleadings such as Affidavits and Official Liquidator’s Reports and
distribution of work among the Company Prosecutors and the panel lawyers.
• Represented the OL before the Bombay High Court, Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court,
Central Information Commission and the SCI.
• Appointed as the Central Public Information Officer under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
• Coordinated with investigating agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation, Serious
Fraud Investigation Office and Mumbai Police for investigation of fraud etc. wherein companies
in liquidation under my charge were involved.
III. Summary of relevant Additional Qualifications and Certifications:

• Management Development Programme at the National Institute of Financial Management,
Faridabad (Nov, 2017).
• Course in Parliamentary Processes and Procedures at the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies,
Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi (Feb, 2017).
• Gold Medal, Debate, Inter Service Meet, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration, Mussoorie (March, 2017).

IV. Publications:
• “Control the spread of infections in hospitals” in The Tribune on 06.04.2020, available at:
https://tinyurl.com/732634c
• “The ultimate selfie, from the edge of space” in the Open Page, The Hindu on 31.05.2015
available at : https://tinyurl.com/3fkb5wpj

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