I am an advocate in New Delhi, enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi since 2017 (D/7747/2017). I appear before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, district courts, family courts and tribunals across Delhi, and advise clients across India.
My work centres on four areas: employee-side corporate employment disputes, matrimonial and family matters, cross-border matters for clients living abroad, and Supreme Court, writ and appellate work. Each matter gets direct involvement, disciplined preparation and candid advice on the client's own facts.
"Clients do not come to a lawyer for generic advice. They come for judgment, preparation, and the confidence that someone who knows the record will stand up for them when it counts."
Background and approach
My legal education comes from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, where I built a foundation in constitutional law, civil procedure, and dispute resolution. Over the years, my practice has grown across matrimonial and family disputes, employment and workplace conflicts, POSH compliance, intellectual property, civil-commercial litigation, property and real-estate disputes, criminal bail matters, writs, and selected cyber-law disputes. Clients comparing law firms in South Delhi or legal services in Delhi usually want a direct, accountable point of contact rather than a layered team; I am structured around that kind of close involvement.
Outside the courtroom, I am a national-level swimmer (50m and 100m Freestyle, 20th National Masters Championships 2024, representing Delhi), an oil painter working mostly in the Impressionist tradition, and the founder of No Binary Records and Six Degrees Arts — a music and events company that has booked international acts including Flipsyde and P.O.D. at festivals across India. A brief visual note is available on Off the Record. Independent third-party references and court records are indexed on the Press and Public Records page.
Why I practise this way
Litigation often becomes stressful because clients are asked to make decisions before they understand the procedural consequences. My approach is to slow the first conversation down enough to identify the real dispute, the forum, the urgency, and the documents that can actually move the matter forward. Some cases need immediate court action; others need negotiation, a carefully drafted reply, or a record that is built before filing.
I prefer direct, candid advice over theatrical certainty. A client should know what is strong, what is weak, what will take time, and what a court is realistically likely to consider. That clarity is especially important in matrimonial disputes, criminal complaints, employment exits, property conflicts, and writ matters where the first procedural step can shape the entire case.
How clients work with me
The way I work is intentionally personal. I remain the primary point of contact for strategy, drafting direction, court preparation, and settlement positioning. Where a matter needs additional support, the work is coordinated around the case record rather than passed through layers of communication. This keeps the advice practical, accountable, and tied to the facts.
Most of my clients are not in Delhi. A large part of the practice is advising and acting for clients in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Kolkata — on Supreme Court matters, on disputes heard in Delhi whoever the client is, and on litigation in their own city, where I settle the strategy and the pleadings and a local associate I work with regularly appears. The point of that arrangement is that one person stays accountable for the case rather than it becoming a referral.
Courts and forums
- Supreme Court of India
- Delhi High Court
- District courts and family courts across Delhi
- Tribunals and statutory forums where the dispute requires focused procedural strategy
- Courts in other cities, through associates instructed and briefed from here, with strategy and drafting retained
Credentials and verifiable identity
For readers, journalists, opposing counsel, and instructing solicitors who want to verify professional standing independently:
- Full name: Vikram Singh Kushwaha
- Enrolment: Bar Council of Delhi, enrolment number D/7747/2017
- Year of enrolment: 2017
- Education: Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
- Office: 3rd Floor, E-205, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi 110024
- Government & institutional registries:
Reported matters of record
The following matters identify Vikram Singh Kushwaha by name on the cause-title or counsel array, and are publicly retrievable from Indian Kanoon, the Supreme Court of India portal, and other public sources. A complete list is on Selected Matters.
- Amandeep Singh Johar v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr., W.P.(C) 7608/2017 (Delhi HC, 7 February 2018) — counsel for the petitioner. Reported judgment laying down the standard format for notices under Section 41A CrPC; reflected in Delhi Police Standing Order No. 109 of 2020.
- Rahul Mahajan v. Ministry of Education & Ors., W.P.(C) 2807/2021 (Delhi HC, 27 September 2023) — counsel for the petitioner; PIL on universities granting degrees with unrecognised nomenclature, in which the Delhi High Court directed the UGC to take action.
- Satyajit Kumar v. State of Jharkhand, Writ Petition (C) No. 1387/2017 (Supreme Court of India, 2 August 2022) — part of the petitioner team in constitutional writ proceedings concerning the validity of 100% reservation in Scheduled Areas of Jharkhand.
- Satya Pratap Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr., SLP (Crl) No. 3940/2024 (Supreme Court of India, order dated 14 February 2025) — counsel for the respondent; appellate defence under Article 136 against an attempt to cancel bail granted by the courts below.
- Azad Market Residents Welfare Association v. MCD & Ors., W.P.(C) 15795/2023 (Delhi HC) — counsel for the petitioner Association in a writ for compliance with fire-safety norms by the MCD and Delhi Fire Services.
A note on identity
"Vikram Singh" is a common name in Indian legal practice. Vikram Singh Kushwaha, advocate (Bar Council of Delhi D/7747/2017), is distinct from other practitioners and individuals who share parts of this name — including unrelated namesakes appearing in litigation as parties, advocates of similar names practising in other jurisdictions (such as Chandigarh), and persons in unrelated professions. Where this distinction matters (citation, instruction, journalism), please reference the Bar Council enrolment number above.
Core areas of work
Employment Disputes for Employees
Show cause notices and domestic enquiries, performance improvement plans, termination and exit, full and final settlement, relieving letters and ESOPs.
Matrimonial & Family Law
Divorce, custody, maintenance, domestic violence proceedings, settlement strategy, and related interim applications.
NRI & Cross-Border Matters
For clients living abroad: divorce and custody in India, look out circulars, property and inheritance.
Supreme Court Matters
Transfer petitions, SLPs, Article 142 matrimonial relief, and appellate strategy in high-stakes matters.
Writs, Public Law & Regulatory Matters
Article 226 and 227 writs on procedural fairness, education, institutional overreach and regulatory action.
Criminal Litigation, Bail & Anticipatory Bail
Urgent liberty-focused work involving bail, anticipatory bail, complaints, and procedural protection.
IP, Copyright & Brand Protection
Copyright, trademarks, infringement strategy, notices, takedowns, and brand protection matters.
Civil & Commercial Litigation
Recovery suits, injunctions, contractual disputes, forum strategy, and closely managed litigation record-building.
Property Disputes & Real Estate Litigation
Title conflicts, builder-buyer disputes, possession and partition matters, urgent property injunctions, and forum strategy across real-estate litigation.
Representative experience
A selection of matters that reflect the kind of work clients typically bring in: urgent disputes, high-conflict proceedings, and situations where strategy, timing, and forum can materially affect the outcome.
Family Law
Cross-border family disputes that do not remain confined to one court
Handled contested matrimonial matters involving the United States, Bahrain, and India, including a cross-border dispute ultimately resolved in India. Also obtained divorce for clients before the Supreme Court on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage under Article 142.
Criminal & Bail
Bail matters where the arrest itself required challenge
Handled significant bail and anticipatory bail matters, including cases involving financial allegations and contested arrest procedure. The work has also included matters raising broader questions of unlawful detention, notice before arrest, and misuse of routine custodial process.
IP & Copyright
When independent creators' work was treated as if it were free to use
Acted for independent artists and creators whose work was used without licence by much larger commercial entities, including a major sports franchise, a widely distributed music release, abusive takedown claims affecting released music videos, and unauthorised use of an original song in a celebrity brand campaign.
Supreme Court
Defending transfer petitions that are often allowed as a matter of course
Appeared in multiple transfer petitions before the Supreme Court on behalf of respondent husbands and secured favourable orders in matters where transfer is often sought and commonly granted.
Civil-Commercial
Commercial disputes where forum and timing mattered as much as the merits
Handled commercial matters involving jurisdiction and maintainability challenges, including return of plaint, and also acted for a financial lender in an SLP arising from a Karnataka High Court order in SARFAESI proceedings where urgent relief was obtained.
Public Law & Regulatory
Writ matters involving overreach, fairness, and procedural safeguards
Acted in writ and appellate matters involving education and regulatory issues, as well as cases with wider significance on procedural fairness, treatment rights in de-addiction settings, and safeguards governing police notice and arrest practice.
These are anonymized illustrations drawn from different matters handled in practice and are intended only to indicate the nature of work undertaken. No assurance of similar results in future matters is expressed or implied.
Reported Matters & Press Coverage
Cases I have argued have drawn coverage from national legal and mainstream media. Authored legal commentary by Vikram Singh Kushwaha has appeared in Bar & Bench and LiveLaw (on the MHA account-freeze SOP and on the two-day final settlement rule under the Code on Wages); a fuller index is on the Press and Public Records page.
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