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§ The casebook

Problems in. Solved out.

Every matter arrives as a knot. Scroll the table: each file opens on the problem, what we did about it, and where it ended.

  1. 01The exchange that froze
  2. 02The sale nobody signed
  3. 03The co-founder who walked
  4. 04The photographs
  5. 05A deal dressed as a crime
  6. 06The non-compete that couldn't
  7. 07The farmhouse on paper
  8. 08The arbitration they tried to dodge

Illustrative composite — drawn from the kinds of matters we handle, not a specific client. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Case file 01 / 08 · Web3 & Blockchain Legal Advisory

The exchange that froze

The problem
A trader's holdings were locked when the Indian crypto exchange he used was hacked. The platform then proposed a restructuring that would spread the loss across every user — and gave him a short window to vote on it.
What we did
We read the scheme before he voted. We preserved his claim in the restructuring with evidence of his balance on the day of the hack, served a formal notice on the platform, and filed a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal so the loss was on record with law enforcement.
Outcome
A documented, preserved claim and a clear route to recovery — instead of a frozen balance and a rushed vote.

SolvedClaim preserved

Case file 02 / 08 · NRI Legal Services

The sale nobody signed

The problem
An NRI in New York heard from a cousin that his late father's plot in Ghaziabad had been sold — on a power of attorney he had never signed.
What we did
We pulled the registered sale deed and the power of attorney from the sub-registrar, filed a criminal complaint for forgery and cheating, and brought a civil suit for declaration and injunction to stop any further transfer. He authorised us through a power of attorney executed and apostilled in the US.
Outcome
Further transfers restrained by the court while the forged chain is tested — handled end to end without a flight to India.

SolvedTransfer stopped

Case file 03 / 08 · Startup & Founder Legal Advisory

The co-founder who walked

The problem
Two founders, no signed founder agreement. One left after eight months, kept half the equity, and claimed the code he had written was his — weeks before a seed round.
What we did
We mapped what the company actually owned and what it didn't, then negotiated from that: a buy-back of the equity he hadn't earned and a written assignment of everything he built, in exchange for a clean mutual release.
Outcome
A clean cap table and clean IP before the investors' due diligence began.

SolvedCap table clean

Case file 04 / 08 · Cyber Crime & Digital Evidence

The photographs

The problem
After a breakup, a client's private images appeared on an anonymous social media account, tagged with her name.
What we did
We complained to the platform's grievance officer under the IT Rules, 2021 — which require intimate images shared without consent to be taken down within 24 hours of a complaint — reported it on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, and followed with an FIR under the IT Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Outcome
The images came down within a day, and the case moved against the person behind the account.

SolvedTaken down

Case file 05 / 08 · Criminal Defense

A deal dressed as a crime

The problem
An unpaid-invoice dispute between two businesses was turned into an FIR for cheating against a small manufacturer — and the threat of arrest was used to force a settlement.
What we did
We secured anticipatory bail first, so the pressure lost its edge. Then we put the paper trail — invoices, emails, part-payments — before the High Court under Section 528 of the BNSS, to show a commercial dispute in criminal clothing and seek to quash the FIR.
Outcome
Protection from arrest, and the dispute pushed back where it belongs: a civil claim, argued on its merits.

SolvedBail secured

Case file 06 / 08 · Contract Drafting & Negotiations

The non-compete that couldn't

The problem
A growing startup learned — from its departing sales head — that the two-year non-compete in every employment contract it had signed would not hold.
What we did
Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act voids restraints on trade once employment ends. We rebuilt the contract stack around what Indian courts are far more willing to enforce: confidentiality, IP assignment, restraints that run during employment and notice, and narrowly drawn non-solicitation.
Outcome
Contracts that protect the company's clients and code — and are built to survive being tested.

SolvedEnforceable

Case file 07 / 08 · Property & Real Estate Disputes

The farmhouse on paper

The problem
A family was a week from paying a large advance for a farmhouse in Delhi NCR. The land was recorded as agricultural, with no change-of-land-use permission for the buildings on it.
What we did
Before any money moved: a title search going back decades, the revenue records and mutation entries, the zoning under the master plan, and the legal status of the construction already standing.
Outcome
They walked away with their advance intact — and a checklist for the next property they look at.

SolvedRisk avoided

Case file 08 / 08 · Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

The arbitration they tried to dodge

The problem
A vendor owed our client money under a services agreement with an arbitration clause — then ignored the notice and refused to agree on an arbitrator.
What we did
We served the notice invoking arbitration and, when the thirty days ran out, petitioned the High Court under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to appoint one.
Outcome
An arbitrator appointed by the court, and the claim in front of someone with the power to decide it.

SolvedTribunal set

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