With more than 200 lawyers, Kochhar & Co. is one of the leading and largest corporate law firms in India (""Firm”) . Kochhar & Co. enjoys the distinction of being the only law firm with a full-service presence in the six (6) prominent cities of India namely: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon and Hyderabad and four (4) overseas offices: Dubai, Singapore, Atlanta, Jeddah. The Firm offers a wide range of legal services in the area of Corporate & Commercial Laws, Dispute Resolution, Tax and Intellectual Property (IPR) and specializes in representing major foreign corporations with diverse business interests in India.
Kochhar & Co. achieved a significant victory in the Supreme Court of India while representing Bloomberg, marking a significant moment in upholding the rights of free speech and journalistic freedom.
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Kochhar & Co. achieved a significant victory in the Supreme
Court of India while representing Bloomberg, marking a significant
moment in upholding the rights of free speech and journalistic
freedom.
The firm's litigation team, led by Mr. Rohit Kochhar, chairman & managing partner,
and supported by partners Mr. Shiv
Sapra and Mr. Samiron Borkataky, successfully represented
Bloomberg in a special leave petition before the Hon'ble
Supreme Court of India challenging an order passed by the Delhi
High Court which had upheld a 'take down' order issued by
the Additional District Judge, New Delhi.
The Supreme Court's order set aside the previous orders of
the District Court and the Delhi High Court, which had directed
Bloomberg to 'take down' an article published on February
20, 2024, in relation to ZEE's corporate governance issues.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Hon'ble DY Chandrachud
and Hon'ble Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, observed,
inter alia, that a court passing an ex parte injunction
order of a mandatory nature is required to record that there was
more than a prima facie case in favour of the plaintiff whilst
meeting the three-fold test for granting an injunction which must
be satisfied through an evaluation of the facts and reasons to be
recorded.
The case has received extensive media coverage, highlighting its
importance and impact on the principles of freedom of speech as
enshrined in Article 19 of the Indian Constitution.
With more than 200 lawyers, Kochhar & Co. is one of the leading and largest corporate law firms in India (""Firm”) . Kochhar & Co. enjoys the distinction of being the only law firm with a full-service presence in the six (6) prominent cities of India namely: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon and Hyderabad and four (4) overseas offices: Dubai, Singapore, Atlanta, Jeddah. The Firm offers a wide range of legal services in the area of Corporate & Commercial Laws, Dispute Resolution, Tax and Intellectual Property (IPR) and specializes in representing major foreign corporations with diverse business interests in India.
