I was enrolled as an Advocate, Madras, on 18th Sept.,1968. I have practised law on and off during the periods from 1968 to 1972 and then 1973 to 1974 under a Senior lawyer at Madras (Late G.Gopalaswami). Later, I have practised law independently for the period from1982 to 1985. After a period of service in the Central Govt. in the Law Ministry's Dept. of Legal Affairs and in the Dept. of Atomic Energy subsequently(1986 to 2005), I have resumed practice of law at Madras (now, Chennai) and got my… Show more I was enrolled as an Advocate, Madras, on 18th Sept.,1968. I have practised law on and off during the periods from 1968 to 1972 and then 1973 to 1974 under a Senior lawyer at Madras (Late G.Gopalaswami). Later, I have practised law independently for the period from1982 to 1985. After a period of service in the Central Govt. in the Law Ministry's Dept. of Legal Affairs and in the Dept. of Atomic Energy subsequently(1986 to 2005), I have resumed practice of law at Madras (now, Chennai) and got my enrollment transferred to the Bar Council of Mah. & Goa, in April, 2007. I am now an Advocate of the High Court of Bombay, settled at Pune. Show less

I was enrolled as an Advocate, Madras, on 18th Sept.,1968. I have practised law on and off during the periods from 1968 to 1972 and then 1973 to 1974 under a Senior lawyer at Madras (Late G.Gopalaswami). Later, I have practised law independently for the period from1982 to 1985. After a period of service in the Central Govt. in the Law Ministry's Dept. of Legal Affairs and in the Dept. of Atomic Energy subsequently(1986 to 2005), I have resumed practice of law at Madras (now, Chennai) and got my… Show more I was enrolled as an Advocate, Madras, on 18th Sept.,1968. I have practised law on and off during the periods from 1968 to 1972 and then 1973 to 1974 under a Senior lawyer at Madras (Late G.Gopalaswami). Later, I have practised law independently for the period from1982 to 1985. After a period of service in the Central Govt. in the Law Ministry's Dept. of Legal Affairs and in the Dept. of Atomic Energy subsequently(1986 to 2005), I have resumed practice of law at Madras (now, Chennai) and got my enrollment transferred to the Bar Council of Mah. & Goa, in April, 2007 from the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu. I am now an Advocate of the Bombay,High Court, settled at Pune. Show less

Instrumental in providing legal advice to the Dept. of Atomic Energy relating to :o Service / labour / contract matters (Govt. works and purchase contracts);o Estate matters (acquisition of large tracts of land under the Land Acquisition Act,1894 and allotment of Govt. residence);o Motor vehicle accident claims and Workmen's compensation cases;o Vetting of draft Counter Affidavits in Court Cases / MoUs and agreements;o Proposals relating to amendment of Atomic Energy Act… Show more Instrumental in providing legal advice to the Dept. of Atomic Energy relating to :o Service / labour / contract matters (Govt. works and purchase contracts);o Estate matters (acquisition of large tracts of land under the Land Acquisition Act,1894 and allotment of Govt. residence);o Motor vehicle accident claims and Workmen's compensation cases;o Vetting of draft Counter Affidavits in Court Cases / MoUs and agreements;o Proposals relating to amendment of Atomic Energy Act , 1962;o Rules and Notifications framed under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962Distinction of successfully handling Public Interest Litigation Cases against the Dept.of Atomic Energy:o In the Supreme Court against the selection of the Kaiga site in Karnataka for AtomicPower Projects / Stations; o In the High Court of Bombay for publication of a 'Secret' report submitted by theAtomic Energy Regulatory Body to the Atomic Energy Commission;o In the High Court of Bombay against a Social Action Society questioning the safety ofthe Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Mumbai in the event of a 'Tsunami' hitting thewestern coast was also defended successfully with the assistance of the BARC scientists.Managed the litigation against the Department with the assistance of the Administrativeset-up in the main Secretariat & the Units of the Department and the Panel Counsel of theCentral Government / Law Ministry before various judicial forums across the country andmanaged the legal advisory part for the Department singly by myself at Mumbai.Received a Certificate of Appreciation for training the administrators of DAE to handlelitigation by or against the Department (for the most part) with the help of the panelcounsel of the Law Ministry (as per the Law Ministry's terms Show less

I was selected by the UPSC, also for Deputy L.A. (ILS). I have advised on various legal matters forthe Defence, Railways, CPWD, etc., of the Central Government located at Maharashtra &Gujarat Regions.

Edited Ratanlal & Dhirajlal's 'Law of Crimes' 1987 Edition, which was acknowledged in thePreface to that edition.

Edited the 'Journal of the Indian Law Institute' as Asst. Editor; Worked on a researchmonograph on 'Criminal Liability of Corporations'; Published papers on the 'Law relatingto Rape' in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute, 1978 and on 'Intra-Family Violence'in the Bar Council of India Journal, 1983.

Revised 'Teaching Materials on Legal Methodology' for the Law School