Practice 04 · Business disputes · NI Act
Commercial Litigation & Cheque Bounce
Recovery suits, breach of contract, shareholder and partnership conflicts — together with Section 138 NI Act complaints and defence, planned as one commercial strategy.
Overview
Commercial disputes and NI Act work — planned as one strategy
Parens Patrice provides focused commercial litigation counsel for businesses, companies and individuals. We represent clients in recovery of money, breach of contract, shareholder and partnership disputes, and debt recovery — with particular strength in cheque-bounce matters under the Negotiable Instruments Act.
Commercial pleadings are drafted to frame the business story the court needs — consideration, performance, default and loss — without losing procedural discipline. Where an arbitration clause or a parallel NI Act remedy is available, strategy is coordinated so the client is not locked into a single track.
Section 138 NI Act work is treated as both a criminal and a commercial instrument. Prosecution or defence is planned with attention to statutory timelines, jurisdiction, evidence of debt, and the civil recovery path where appropriate. Partners regularly address NI Act practice and procedure in professional forums.
Whether the objective is payment, exit, injunction or a negotiated quietus, our lawyers remain focused on a clear, commercially and legally sound path — with integrity, discretion and client-focused service.
Coverage
What this practice handles
Recovery, contract conflict and Section 138 — coordinated, not siloed.
- 01Suits for recovery of money
- 02Breach of contract
- 03Shareholder and partnership disputes
- 04Commercial injunctions and contractual enforcement
- 05Complaints under Section 138 NI Act
- 06Defence of NI Act prosecutions
- 07Related recovery strategy alongside NI Act remedies
Approach
Define the commercial end-state. Then choose the forum that can reach it.
Effective commercial representation begins with the end-state the client needs. We evaluate forum, pleading strategy and, where a cheque is involved, the NI Act path that can reach that outcome — then prepare the file for negotiation, trial or both without loss of momentum.
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Counsel
Advocates who lead this practice
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Praveen Kumar JainManaging Partner · Advocate, Supreme Court of IndiaAdvocate before the Supreme Court of India with over 22 years’ practice from South Delhi. Specialises in arbitration, civil and writ matters — particularly construction and infrastructure disputes. Panel counsel for NHIDCL, BIS, DG MAP (MES), MMTC, NCERT and NIXI; empanelled arbitrator with ICA, NIXI, IDRC and SCOPE; formerly Senior Panel Counsel for the Union of India.View profile →
Naveen Kumar JainPartner · Arbitration · Property · Commercial Suits · MediationPartner since 2008. B.Com., LL.B. (Law Centre-I, DU) and PG Diploma in ADR from the Indian Law Institute. Trial-court and arbitration advocate with strength in property, commercial suits, cross-examination and mediation. Presently on the panel of NIXI; earlier DG MAP and TCIL. Member of the Bar Council of Delhi, SCBA, DHCBA and the Delhi Bar Association.View profile →
Sachin Kumar JainFounding Partner · Matrimonial · Commercial Recovery · NI Act · MediationFounding Partner enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi after taking his law degree in 2007; LL.M. from Kurukshetra University (2010). Handles civil, consumer, commercial, property and Section 138 NI Act matters in Delhi & NCR District Courts, with particular strength in matrimonial disputes, commercial recovery and mediation.View profile →