Press, Coverage and Public Records

An analysis of Section 17(2) of the Code on Wages, 2019, which requires wages to be paid within two working days of removal, dismissal, retrenchment or resignation — what has changed from the Payment of Wages Act, what falls within “wages”, when the two days begin on a resignation, which common exit deductions are hard to reconcile with Section 18, and how managers can enforce the rule through a claim under Section 45.

A column on the absence of fair-process safeguards for private-sector employees in disciplinary inquiries and exit documents — pre-judged show cause notices, the weaponisation of relieving letters, the Delhi High Court’s decision in Abhijit Mishra v. Wipro Limited (since stayed by a Division Bench, pending appeal), and the case for a narrow, time-bound statutory mechanism for non-workman employees.

A practitioner’s analysis of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ January 2026 Standard Operating Procedure for cyber-financial-fraud enforcement under the I4C / NCRP framework — what the SOP corrects on account freezes and liens, and the gaps that remain in notice, inter-state grievance redressal and long-pending freezes.

Reported Delhi High Court judgment laying down the standard format for notices under Section 41A CrPC. Counsel for the petitioner. The directions in this judgment were later reflected in Delhi Police Standing Order No. 109 of 2020.

Secondary legal database record of the same judgment, with the petitioner's grounds and the operative directions reproduced in full.

Public-interest writ before the Delhi High Court challenging universities awarding degrees with unrecognised nomenclature. Counsel for the petitioner. Disposed of with directions to the UGC to enforce Section 24 of the UGC Act, 1956.

Independent legal database listing of the same matter, naming Vikram Singh Kushwaha as counsel for the petitioner.

Constitutional writ before the Supreme Court of India on the validity of 100% reservation in Scheduled Areas of Jharkhand. Part of the petitioner team. Judgment dated 2 August 2022.

Writ before the Delhi High Court challenging the cancellation of an L.L.B. examination and consequent debarment. Counsel for the petitioner.

SLP before the Supreme Court of India challenging a High Court injunction in SARFAESI Act proceedings. Counsel for the petitioner bank.

Transfer Petition before the Supreme Court of India. Counsel for the respondent, successfully opposing inter-state transfer of criminal proceedings.

Archived official cause list of the Delhi High Court listing "Vikram Singh Kushwaha" as counsel on record. Primary judicial registry record.

Coverage of Rahul Mahajan v. Ministry of Education & Ors. reporting the High Court's directions to the UGC.

Detailed case note. Names "Mr. Vikram Singh Kushwaha, Advocate for petitioner" in its case heading.

Coverage of Azad Market Residents Welfare Association v. MCD & Ors., a writ for fire-safety enforcement.

Reporting from a Delhi proceeding concerning representations to the CBFC over the depiction of a deceased Army officer in the feature film Dhurandhar.

Active enrollment as an advocate. Authoritative roll-of-advocates record.

Listed on the official Nyaya Bandhu pro bono panel maintained by the Department of Justice.

Indexed in the eCourts India advocate directory across the Delhi High Court and Delhi District Courts.

Reports the booking of P.O.D. by New Delhi company Six Degrees Arts for the Orange Festival of Adventure and Music, Dambuk, Arunachal Pradesh.

Reports the booking of Flipsyde for the same festival, again naming Six Degrees Arts as the booking entity.

Profile of the Mumbai indie-rock band CONTRA on the release of their debut single "Rain" through No Binary Records.

Coverage of a No Binary Records release. Names Kaushik J. Barua and Vikram Singh Kushwaha as the co-founders of the label.

Coverage of a No Binary Records release exploring Manipuri folk-metal sound design.

Limited Liability Partnership incorporated on 23 June 2017, registered with RoC-Shillong, Maligaon Chariali, Guwahati, Assam.

Structured-data entry for Six Degrees Arts on Wikidata, recording incorporation details, founder, and independent press references.

Structured-data entry for No Binary Records on Wikidata, recording founders, inception, and independent music-press references.