01Who this page is for
Business disputes in Pune — partnership fallouts, unpaid invoices, contract breaches, shareholder deadlocks — are resolved through civil courts, arbitration where the contract provides it, and the NCLT for company-law matters. The contract you signed usually decides the forum; we start by reading it the way a judge will.
Most business litigation we see was drafted into existence years earlier — a partnership on a handshake, an arbitration clause copied from the internet, credit extended without paper. We fix the documents for the future and fight effectively over the ones from the past.
Contracts & Agreements
Drafting and vetting — supply, service, franchise, NDA, employment — in language that survives a dispute.
How it works →Partnership Disputes
Dissolution, accounts, and exit disputes under the Partnership Act — and LLP equivalents.
How it works →Shareholder Matters
Oppression and mismanagement, deadlocks and exits — before the NCLT where required.
How it works →Commercial Recovery
Invoice recovery through summary suits, cheque-bounce prosecution and negotiated settlement.
How it works →02The process, step by step
For a typical commercial dispute, the sequence is:
Contract & exposure review
What the documents actually say — forum, notice requirements, limitation and leverage.
Week 1Demand & negotiation
A precise legal notice; most commercial matters settle here if the paper is strong.
3–8 weeksProceedings
Suit, arbitration or NCLT petition as the contract and law direct — with interim protection where assets are at risk.
MonthsResolution & enforcement
Decree or award — and its execution, which we plan from the start, not after winning.
Case-dependent03Documents required
Bring to the first meeting
- The contract / partnership deed
- Invoices and ledger of the disputed account
- Correspondence (email, WhatsApp) on the dispute
- Company documents (MOA/AOA, shareholding) where relevant
- Bank statements evidencing payments
- Any notices already exchanged
04Honest timelines
Well-drafted legal notices resolve a meaningful share of commercial disputes within two months. Summary suits on clean documents: often within a year. Arbitration: statutorily 12–18 months. Full commercial trials: two to four years. The single biggest determinant is the quality of your documents — before the dispute, not after.
05Mistakes we see every month
- ✕Doing business on WhatsApp aloneChats prove a relationship, not its terms. Purchase orders and signed contracts win recoveries.
- ✕Ignoring the arbitration clauseFiling in the wrong forum wastes a year. The clause you never read controls the route.
- ✕Extending credit past the limitation periodFriendly patience beyond three years extinguishes the claim entirely.
- ✕Splitting with a partner without a deed of dissolutionLiabilities follow you until the split is documented and public.
06Fees, discussed upfront
Every engagement begins with a written understanding of the fee structure — consultation, drafting, appearances — before any work starts. We will tell you plainly at the first meeting what your matter involves, and you will never see a charge we did not explain.
Adv. Indrajit Dongre
Leads this practice, appearing before Pune's courts since 1998. Assisted by Adv. Pooja Salunke and Adv. Prajapat Rajender.