{"id":20966,"date":"2022-10-31T08:43:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forkandflavor.in\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=20966"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:11:34","slug":"amrita-tonk","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/demosite.finlabsindia.org\/demo\/Luthra\/partner\/amrita-tonk\/","title":{"rendered":"Amrita Tonk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1a4c3d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">OVERVIEW<\/mark><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Amrita graduated in 2010 and joined Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India (formerly L&amp;L Partners Law Offices) as an Associate with the Real Estate Team. Thereafter, she shifted to a secondment position at Accenture wherein she closely worked with the legal team from March 2012 to March 2013. In 2013, Amrita secured the 7th rank in the prestigious Delhi Judicial Services Examination and served as a Metropolitan Magistrate in Delhi. During the course of her tenure in the Judicial Service, she presided over criminal courts in Patiala House and Tis Hazari Courts. She resigned from the Delhi Judicial Service in January 2018 and focused on her independent practice. In 2021, she was offered a position as a Partner in the Disputes Resolution Team at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Partner, Amrita is primarily involved in advising and representing clients in disputes pertaining to Insolvency &amp; Bankruptcy Code, Arbitration, Suits for Recovery, Property Disputes, Consumer Laws, matters related to Negotiable Instruments, matters related to Intellectual Property, matters under Writ\/Public Interest Litigation, White Collar Crimes including Corporate frauds, Offences under the Indian Penal Code and anticipatory and regular bail applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Tonk has previously been part of the Delhi Judicial Services wherein she has presided over trial courts in Patiala House Court and Tis Hazari Court. During the course of her tenure in the Delhi Judicial Service, she has dealt with offences against women and children, and has extensive experience in recording their statements under the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. She has also attended workshops on Making Courtroom Practices Responsive towards Victims of Sexual Offences and Sensitisation Programme on Women and Child Rights and their Enforcement organised by the Delhi Judicial Academy, and has been a member of the Vulnerable Witnesses Protection Committee at the Patiala House Court. Her experience as a Trial Court Judge is an asset in ensuring due compliance with applicable principles of natural law and due process. Further, Ms. Tonk has also done her LLM wherein she had submitted her Dissertation on the topic \u201cAn Analysis of the Law relating to the Sexual Harassment at the Workplace\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Tonk was featured in the special edition of the Insights Success Magazine on \u201cOutstanding Women Lawyers 2022\u201d. Ms. Tonk has been a panelist for discussion on \u201cRepresentation of Women in Law and ADR\u201d organized by WICCI, and an Expert Guest for the discussion on \u201cMulti-Tier Arbitration Clauses\u201d organized by Jindal Global Law School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Tonk has also co-authored \u201cKnow your Legal Rights- A Handbook for Women\u201d published by the CII-Indian Women Network in the year 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1a4c3d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SELECT REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS\/MATTERS<\/mark><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Represented the Promoters of a leading bicycle manufacturing company in an oppression and mismanagement petition before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Representing a leading hydro power PSU in an arbitration pertaining to claims amounting to over INR 350 crore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Representing a client before the Hon\u2019ble High Court of Delhi in a first of its kind dispute pertaining to the issue of bio similarity in the medical field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Representing a developer in an ongoing arbitration. The parties to the dispute are in the business of construction and development of real estate. The arbitration involves a claim from a leading real estate developer for an amount of over INR 500 crore. The team is representing one of the proposed Respondents in the matter and is dealing with the question of composite performance and lifting of the corporate veil in case of group companies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defending an SLP on behalf of a leading real estate developer before the Hon\u2019ble Supreme Court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVERVIEW Amrita graduated in 2010 and joined Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India (formerly L&amp;L Partners Law Offices) as an Associate with the Real Estate Team. Thereafter, she shifted to a secondment position at Accenture wherein she closely worked with the legal team from March 2012 to March 2013. 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