The Influential Law Firms in Maharashtra 2019

Law and Order in the Present
Radhika Arora has observed during her long practice that
many times cases are either not properly presented or
fought in a court of law due to several reasons ranging
from insufficient time to lack of proper and adequate
professional resources. This often may prove very dearer
in criminal cases where criminal liability is involved.
The applications, appeals, petitions, submissions,
arguments, evidence and cross-examinations are
sometimes prepared and conducted hurriedly risking the
quality of the entire case thereof. All this leads to a
shortage of qualitative arguments in courts due to work
pressure. The difficulties are also being experienced in
finding and submitting important and relevant judicial
rulings or citations due to lack of resources. On a lot of
other occasions, the Written Statements by the accused
are not rebutted properly leaving an open-ended
argument allowing the case to take a U-turn at a later
stage of the litigation. As such, the need of the hour is to
streamline the processes and pitch-in efforts at all levels.
Digitizing the Process
The judicial system has caught up with digitization. An
android application called ‘e-Courts’ is already available
for cases across the country and are timely updated. It
has reduced a lot of human efforts. Radhika adds,
However, “Updates like judges being absent on a
certain date can further save a lot of time, energy and
resources for advocates and litigants. Filing of plaints
and other documents online can make a lot of important
legal documents vulnerable and therefore it cannot be
risked in current scenario when cyber security is not at
its best, nonetheless, in the High Court the digitalization
is seen the most.”
Serving a Purpose
The biggest social responsibility, as per the firm, on the
shoulder of Practitioner of Law, is to make sure that they
think of Litigants by putting themselves in their shoes.
Secondly, they should try to help judiciary by sharing its
load and not adding to its burden of unnecessary cases
wherever it can be avoided. Radhika is a part of
mediator’s team at a Weekly Free-of-cost mediation
forum initiated by Mira-Bhayander police. She also
conducts training programs for police officers for
interpersonal skills, cybercrimes and ways of collecting
evidence in cybercrime cases for police officers. She
further intends to continue the same. She also visits law
schools as a Guest Lecturer.
For a Better System
Radhika’s advice to the new litigating lawyers is “Do
not jump into getting higher profits right from the start,
Advocacy is indeed a lucrative profession but it also
deals with people’s lives and their assets. You must know
all the pros and cons of filing a case for your client much
before you even start drafting the Plaint.”
As for her firm’s future perspectives, the idea is to
establish offices at different locations across the Globe.
Also, to help the judiciary by bringing down the number
of cases filed every year and reducing the number of
outstanding pending cases across the country. It will also
bring them great pleasure to be a part of any of the
developmental cells of the Government for smooth and
better functioning of litigation.
Company Expertise
Settlements Before (Not- outside)
court
Domestic / International
Both, India and Canada
Offices
Mumbai & Thane
Lawyers
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Year of Establishment
2013
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