Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016
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Dilip B. Jiwrajka v. Union of India on the constitutional validity of provisions of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 relating to personal guarantors of corporate debts.
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Jignesh Shah v. Union of India, challenging the validity of provisions of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 in the context of statutory bar on limitation.
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63 moons technologies ltd. v. Administrator, Dewan Housing Finance Limited (now Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd.) challenging recoveries under avoidance applications under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016
Companies Act, 2013
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63 moons technologies ltd. v. Union of India, challenging the constitutional validity of compulsory amalgamation of companies by the central government. This is the first and only case of its kind in India.
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63 moons technologies ltd. v. Union of India, challenging central government’s initiation of oppression and mismanagement against the company in ‘public interest’ under Sec. 241-242 of the Companies Act, 2013, including holding its directors as not ‘fit and proper’ persons.
Prevention of Money Laundering
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63 moons technologies ltd. v. Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Mumbai challenging provisional attachment orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Prevention of Money Laundering
Regulatory Law
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63 moons technologies ltd. v. Securities & Exchange Board of India, challenging cancellation of straight through process license of the client.
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Yes Bank Ltd. v. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. challenging Reserve Bank of India’s write-off action of Yes Bank’s additional tier-1 bonds purchased by 63 moons technologies ltd.
Arbitration & Conciliation
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In Re: Interplay between arbitration agreements under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, a 7-judge bench decision by the Supreme Court on validity of unstamped arbitration agreements at the stage of appointment of arbitrators.
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Shweta Sharma v. SREI Equipment Finance Ltd. on commencement of insolvency proceedings when debt is adjudicated in an arbitration award that is under challenge in the jurisdictional High Court.
Notable Cases
Priyanka Vora
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Retained for 6 years by a leading information technology company, to represent them in various corporate commercial litigations across India. The company was embroiled the controversy involving a commodities exchange, in a reported loss of over Rs. 5,600 crores.
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Representing a major NBFC in various proceedings under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 in Supreme Court and NCLAT.
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Represented an e-commerce logistics company and supply chain management company, before NCLT Delhi for sanction of their scheme of merger.
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Regular appearances as counsel before the NCLAT for various financial creditors, operational creditors and corporate debtors.
Career Highlights
Priyanka Vora
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution: India Chapter, published in Global Legal Insights 136 (4th Ed. 2015, ISBN 978-1-910083-58-1).
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Investment Arbitration Chapter published in O.P. Malhotra and Indu Malhotra, The Law and Practice of Arbitration and Conciliation (3rd Ed. 2013).
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Marginalization and Violence: The Story of Naxalism in India, published in the International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences.
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Irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground for divorce: Bane or Boon? In All India High Court Cases, 2010 AlHC (May) 71 Journal.
Publications
Priyanka Vora
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