HOW WE WORK
Five stages, from the taking of instructions to the closing report: what is done at each, what is required of the client entity, and what is placed on the record.
Place a Matter Before the DeskTaking Instructions
Instructions are taken through our Telegram desk or by written intake, and the matter is classified by reference to the authority from which the notice emanates, the jurisdiction in which the proceeding is pending, and the time limited for a reply or attendance.
Work Undertaken and Record Produced
- Construction of the notice, requisition or freeze intimation as received, and identification of the provision under which it issues
- Identification of the police station, cybercrime unit, bank branch or court at whose instance the matter arises
- Assessment of what is immediately at stake — a subsisting lien on an operating account, a date fixed for attendance, or a period limited for reply
Transmit the notice exactly as received, the commercial context in which it arises, and any date or period by which a reply or attendance is required.
Undertake a preliminary assessment of the matter and settle the manner in which it is to be conducted, before any communication is made to the authority concerned.
Settling the Brief
The available record — transaction ledgers, requisitions, correspondence and constitutional documents — is reviewed centrally, the facts are reduced to a chronology capable of being placed on a case file, and the authority competent to grant the relief sought is identified.
Work Undertaken and Record Produced
- A chronological transaction matrix reconciled against ledgers, UTR references and settlement records
- Identification of the competent forum — Investigating Officer, cybercrime unit, Magistrate, or the bank’s nodal officer
- A written brief settled for the advocate who is to appear, with the documentary material annexed to it
Provide the transaction records, KYC and constitutional documents, and the board resolution or power of attorney authorising the representative of the client entity.
Reduce the business record to a form in which it answers the requisition as framed, and identify what is in fact called for as distinct from what has been volunteered.
Instructing Local Counsel
Where attendance or representation is required in the district in which the matter is pending, an advocate enrolled under the Advocates Act, 1961 and practising before the forum concerned is instructed on the brief as settled.
Work Undertaken and Record Produced
- Instruction of an advocate enrolled in the relevant State Bar Council and practising before the authority or court concerned
- Briefing of counsel on the factual chronology, the commercial character of the transactions and the material relied upon
- Review of every draft representation, application or reply before it is tendered on the record
Execute the vakalatnama or letter of authority in favour of the advocate instructed, where one is required by the forum.
Instruct counsel, maintain the correspondence with him throughout, and settle each draft so that a consistent position is taken in every jurisdiction.
Attendance and Tendering on the Record
Counsel attends before the police station, cybercrime unit, bank branch or court as the matter requires, tenders the written representation together with the documentary material, and obtains a receiving for everything placed on the record.
Work Undertaken and Record Produced
- Attendance in person by counsel before the authority or court before which the matter is pending
- A receiving obtained for every document tendered, and retained on the matter file
- Applications under Sections 497 and 503 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for release of property, where a lien or seizure subsists
Remain available for instructions; officers of the client entity are not ordinarily required to travel to the jurisdiction in which the matter is pending.
See that submissions are tendered within the time limited, or that an extension is sought on the record, and that the lawful authority of the agency is at all times respected.
Reporting and Closure
A written report follows each attendance and each filing, and the matter is reported upon in a single consistent form until it is concluded, or until the remedies then available have been exhausted.
Work Undertaken and Record Produced
- A written report on each attendance, each filing and each communication received from the authority
- The complete matter record, including every receiving, order and communication, retained in electronic form
- A written note on the exposure disclosed by the matter and on the measures available in mitigation
Receive the periodic reports and the closing record, and settle the internal procedure by which notices thereafter received are to be routed.
Report in writing at every stage, maintain the record of the matter in full, and make no representation as to the outcome of any application.
Confidentiality and Custody of Records
Documents, ledgers and matter particulars are received under express obligations of confidentiality and retained in encrypted form. Nothing is disclosed to any third party save on the instructions of the client entity or as required by law.
Defined Response Times
The terms of engagement record the periods within which a notice will be assessed, counsel instructed and a written report transmitted. No representation is made as to the outcome of any application, or as to the time a competent authority may take.
Lawful Channels Only
Representation is undertaken through advocates enrolled under the Advocates Act, 1961, before the competent court, the Investigating Officer or the authorised banking desk. No informal or unofficial channel is used at any stage, and nothing is done to circumvent a restraint validly imposed by a competent authority.
Where a Notice Has Already Been Received
Write to the coordination desk on Telegram with the notice as received and the period within which it must be answered. Correspondence with the desk is treated as confidential.
Write to the Coordination Desk