Anuradha Mukherjee

Practice Areas

Partner (Head- Disputes, North India)

Arbitration & Litigation

Anuradha Mukherjee is a Partner at the Delhi-NCR office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and has a strong and varied practice representing and advising clients, both Indian and foreign, in a variety of civil, criminal, commercial, and corporate claims in litigation as well as arbitration.

Over her 32 years of practice, Anuradha has represented and advised a wide variety of Indian, foreign, and multinational corporations in contentious disputes experience advising both Indian and foreign clients in strategizing and undertaking a variety of civil, criminal, commercial, and corporate litigation and arbitrations. She has been actively engaged in a significant commercial disputes, employment-related claims and commercial and infrastructure arbitrations, both domestic and international. She is regularly engaged in matters concerning contractual breaches, employment, electricity, law enforcement, intellectual property and land/ property matters, enforcement of security, recovery claims, white collar crime, and suits for specific performance, and appears before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, trial courts, and tribunals in India, law enforcement agencies and regulators, and arbitral tribunals in domestic and international settings.

Her clients include domestic and international public listed and private sector entities, as well as government bodies. Her range of clients and her experience give her a well-rounded approach for advising on and conducting litigation in both courts and other dispute resolution fora. Aside from advising on mainstream claims, clients consider Anuradha the “go-to” counsel for advice and assistance in their day-to-day business operations, including on questions of strategy, liability, employment related issues, and commercial disputes.

Her key clients today include:

Alibaba Group, American International School Chennai, Bharathi Cement Corporation Private Limited, Bharti Realty Group, Blackstone Group, Bulldog Global Financial Services (UK) Ltd, Colliers Group, Crazy Pizza S.A., Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Essar Exploration & Production India Ltd, Evonik Industries, Fluor Daniel India Private Limited, Hero Future Energies Private Limited, Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers’ Association, Just Dial Limited, Master Drilling India Private Limited, Microsoft Corporation, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NatWest Digital Services Private Limited, Omaxe Limited, Photon Group, Prestige Group, Promoters of the Escientia Group, PTT Public Company Limited, RMZ Developers, Re Sustainability Group, Sara International Private Limited, Sheela Foam Ltd, SmartCity (Kochi) Infrastructure Pvt Limited, Sobha Limited, Tata Capital, Titan Company Limited, Trinity Buildcon (India) Private Limited, TrueCaller International LLP, Wix.com.

Relevant Experience:

An indicative list of Anuradha’s disputes experience, includes representing and advising clients in:

• Employment-related issues relating to ESOPs, termination of employment, non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality covenants, claims for reinstatement, backwages, and damages.

• Civil/ commercial disputes relating to intellectual property rights, employment contracts, breach of contractual covenants.

• Constitutional challenges for breach of fundamental rights, public interest litigations, and challenges to statutory provisions.

• Criminal proceedings for offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Companies Act, 2013, Protection of Children from Sexual Harassment Act, 2012 and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and industrial accidents under the Factories Act, 1948.

• Mining, land, and tenancy disputes, including disputes pertaining to special economic zones.

• Matters under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (CIRP and voluntary liquidation) and the Companies Act, 2013 (oppression & mismanagement, investigations).

• Framing of policy for government departments in the field of petroleum and natural gas.

• Matters pertaining to blacklisting in tenders and commercial contracts and other challenges arising out of the tender process.

• Contractual disputes which include civil and commercial litigation in relation to recovery of debts, for loss & damages suffered, issues arising from encashment of bank guarantees, injunctions, sanctions breach and enforcement, foreclosure of mortgage, in addition to enforcement and execution of decrees.

• Commercial and infrastructure arbitrations, including pre and post arbitration litigation, such as grant of interim reliefs pending constitution of arbitral tribunals, appointment of arbitral tribunals, challenge to awards, and enforcement of awards both foreign and domestic.

• Disputes arising from EPC contracts, Road Projects, Oil and gas contract, Port related contracts, Airport Operation and Maintenance Agreements, Power Projects, Township Projects, shareholder disputes, foreign investor disputes, in addition to contractual claims of breach, loss and damages. Anuradha has represented both private parties and State in arbitrations.

An indicative list of recent highlights in Anuradha’s disputes-related work include advising and representing:

• Microsoft Corporation in sanctions related litigation before the Delhi High Court.

• The Promoters of the Escientia Group, in their successful claim alleging oppression and mismanagement by the majority shareholder of the companies due to breach of the articles of association and conflict of interest arising from promoting a competing business, resulting in a direction to the majority to mandatorily sell their shareholding to the promoters.

• Various clients, including Alibaba Group, Natwest Group, Colliers Group, Good Glamm Group, Fluor Group, Truecaller, Hero Future Energies Private Limited, in employment, provident fund and ESOP related litigation and issues.

• Titan Company Limited in various civil and criminal litigations.

• Crazy Pizza S.A. in an ongoing contractual and intellectual property dispute before the Delhi High Court.

• Blackstone Group in a contentious insolvency matter, in challenges to an approved resolution plan, and various challenges to consequent decisions taken by stakeholders, before the Supreme Court, High Court, NCLAT and NCLT. Anuradha is also representing the Blackstone Group in an arbitration under a construction management contract.

• Just Dial Limited in a contentious intellectual property dispute with another public listed company before the Delhi High Court.

• Sobha Limited in arbitration proceedings and other real estate related disputes and proceedings.

• Smartcity (Kochi) Infrastructure Private Limited in their disputes against contractors relating to construction projects, and tenancy related issues with respect to special economic zones.

• Trinity Buildcon (India) Private Limited in a writ challenging the constitutional validity of Section 63(2) of the New Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1994.

• Various clients, including ICICI Bank, Prestige Group, Bharti Realty Group, RMZ Developers, Tata Capital, in various issues and disputes with respect to real estate projects.

• Re Sustainability Group in various arbitrations with the concerned municipal corporation, pertaining to disputes under concession agreements for solid waste management.

• Sara International Private Limited in its successful damages claim in arbitral proceedings against South Eastern Railways, resulting in a unanimous award of INR 168 crores in favour of the client, presently pending enforcement, and in its claim for release of illegally withheld collateral by a nationalised bank.

• Bharathi Cement Corporation Private Limited (part of the French Vicat Cement group) in various court litigations/ arbitrations, and advising on mining related issues.

• Insilco Limited in its voluntary liquidation proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

• A group company of the Essar Group, in a domestic arbitration and thereafter in a related SIAC arbitration, with respect to a dispute involving a ‘Pay For If Not Taken/ Take or Pay’ obligation under a long-term gas supply contract.

• Various solar companies, including the Photon Group, in tariff-related matters before the State Electricity Commissions, APTEL, and the Supreme Court of India.

• Alibaba Group on various civil, criminal and regulatory matters, including issues on product liability.

• The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in drafting the Petroleum & Natural Gas Rules, 2025.

In the past, Anuradha has also represented and advised:

• Larsen & Toubro Limited in international arbitration proceedings at Alberta Canada, against a claim filed by a Canadian company (Northwest Redwater Partnership) against manufacture and supply of spools from India to Canada for setting of Refinery. During the pre-arbitration process parties engaged in detailed discovery process and also went through both informal and formal mediation.

• Mumbai International Airport Limited, in domestic arbitration proceedings against Airport Authority of India, at New Delhi, in relation to disputes arising out of the Operation, Management and Development Agreement executed between the parties.

• Essar Bulk Terminal Limited against ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited in a captive port related dispute which involves disputes regarding the port services, amounts to be paid, including depth and draft to be provided and port security liability.

• M/s Star Wire (India) Vidyut Pvt. Ltd. in domestic arbitration proceedings with ISGEC Heavy Engineering Limited in relation to disputes pertaining to an EPC Contract between the parties over breach of the contractual obligations by ISGEC.

• A construction contractor in their disputes arising in World Bank-funded Infrastructure projects in Ghana and Liberia, Africa including blacklisting investigation and enquiry.

• Various construction companies in disputes and claims against the National Highways Authority of India on various highway infrastructure projects.

• ATC Telecom Infrastructure Limited, a passive telecom infrastructure company, in an appeal challenging the arbitrability of a telecommunication dispute before the High Court, and in claims arising from the lock-in period under its contract with telecom companies.

• State of Himachal Pradesh in an arbitration involving a contractual dispute where the issues related to the contribution of heritage land by the State Government against participating in the shareholding of a joint venture company established for running of Wildflower Hall Hotel.

Professional Memberships

Bar Council of Delhi

Delhi High Court Bar Association

Education

Awards