Sanyam Malhotra, Advocate / Counsel

Sanyam Malhotra

Advocate / Counsel

Punjab University (PU)

Location
India
Education
Bachelor's degree, Certificate of Practice
Experience
14 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months

Advocate / Counsel at Punjab University (PU)
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since October 2014

Established in 1882 as University of Punjab has been Accredited with a CGPA of 3.35 on a four point scale at A Grade valid for a period of 5 years from 25/06/2015. The University has 78 teaching and research departments and 15 Centers/Chairs for teaching and research at the main campus, with 188 affiliated colleges spread over Punjab and having one rural Regional Centre at Kauni, and 3 Regional Centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur.

1st among Universities of India and 38th in Asia, Times Higher Education Asian University rankings 2015. Ranked top University in India and in the bracket 276-300 internationally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2014-2015 powered by Thomson Reuters.
Ranked 39th by the Times Higher Education among BRICS & Emerging Economies.
University campus is spread over an area of 550 acres in Chandigarh and has a Community Radio Station called Jyotirgamaya: 91.2 MHz

Working as an Advocate to handle litigation for and against the University in education and administrative matters and service law disputes.

Advocate / Counsel at Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board (PSAMB)
  • India - Ludhiana
  • My current job since September 2012

Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board a Corporate body established in 1961 with an objective to control and supervise the marketing network of sale, purchase, storage and processing of processed or non-processed agricultural produce as notified from agricultural, horticultural, animal husbandry and forest produce in the state of Punjab.

Worked as an advocate in litigation entrusted with the task of defending the Corporation and prosecuting various cases by the Corporation in Courts of law relating to commercial law, contract law, purchase and transport arrangements, administrative and service laws.

Advocate / Counsel at Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (PSWC)
  • India - Ludhiana
  • My current job since August 2012

PSWC has a network of 120 warehouses, 284 procurement centres and Two container Freight Stations and 3 Inland Container depots (ICD). PSWC is the largest state warehousing corporation of India with the Storage Capacity of 54.42 Lac MT's. It accounts for more than 33.63% of the total combined capacity available with all the State warehousing corporation in India put together.

PSWC Offers complete procurement, Storage/Warehousing, Containerization & Export facilities to the agriculturists of North India.

Worked in the Corporation as an Advocate with the task of prosecuting matters for the Corporation and to defend the Corporation before the Hon'ble High Court for the states of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh in various matters relating to issues of allotment, distribution, procurement of food grains and food stocks.

To defend the Corporation in service and administrative matters instituted by its employees and inter se employee disputes.

Advocate / Counsel for the PGIMER at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER)
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since May 2012

PGIMER is a premier medical institue of India imparting higher medical education and treatment in the Medical field while being primarly being engaged in constituted under a Central Act of the Government of India.

Worked to file patents, copy rights and trademarks for new inventions resulting from research conducted in the Institute (PGIMER) for automated systems for clinical decision support, etc.

Entrusted with tasks to defend matters relating to medical negligence filed against the Institute and to defend the PGIMER in administrative matters instituted by employees and disputes inter se the employees

Advocate at PMG Automobiles Private Limited
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since May 2013

One of the biggest passenger and commercial vehicle dealerships in the tri-city area catering to individuals, companies, corporations and to the vast populus of the northern capital region for the states of Punjab, Haryana and even Himachal Pradesh.

The company owns, manages and operates many authorized dealerships and workshops for automobile manufactures like FIAT, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Mitsubishi, Ashok Leyland and Hindustan Motors.

Working as a Counsel entrusted with the task of defending the company in Arbitration claims and proceedings, drafting non-disclosure agreements, commercial contracts and model standing orders for employees, defending the company in Consumer complaints and Industrial disputes by Workmen, etc.

Legal Aid Counsel at High Court Legal Services Committee
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since April 2013

Appointed as a Legal Aid Counsel by the Honorable High Court for the states of Punjab and Haryana to impart free legal aid to indigent persons by advising, prosecuting and defending them in various civil disputes as well as criminal matters relating to infringement and violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India, property and rent disputes, insurance claim disputes, civil appeals and revisions, applications for pre-arrest and regular bail, criminal appeals, petitions for directions to investigating agencies/State

Advocate / Counsel at Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC)
  • India - Ludhiana
  • My current job since March 2015

Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, Patiala was set-up in 1956 with a view to provide efficient, adequate, economic and properly co-ordinated operation system of Road Transport Services in the State of Punjab. The corporation owns 811 & 104 KM Scheme ordinary buses, 12 Integral Coaches under KM Scheme and 26 own HVAC buses, being operated on 577 routes (including inter-state routes) by covering a daily mileage of 355827 kilometers, with a total staff of 3065 employees as on 30.04.2016.

It is governed by a Board of Directors headed by the Chairman. The Managing Director is the Chief Executive of the Corporation who is assisted by Additional Managing Director along with the officers of the various branches in the Head Office. The General Manager heads the Depot Administration and is assisted by various branch officers.

Working as an advocate to defend and prosecute cases relating to Maintenance Contracts, Consumer Disputes, Administrative and Service law disputes.

Associate Advocate / Counsel at Bassi and Associates
  • India - Delhi
  • March 2013 to September 2014

Drafting of bail petitions, criminal appeals, other criminal petitions and conducting legal research while assisting and briefing Seniors in all official work, meetings, Court proceedings, etc.

Associate Advocate at Chopra Law Office
  • India - Delhi
  • August 2009 to May 2012

Drafting deeds, documents, pleadings in civil, corporate, fianacial, property matters and conducting legal search, assisting and briefing Seniors for and in Court proceedings

Education

Bachelor's degree, Certificate of Practice
  • at Bar Council of India
  • September 2010

Cleared the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) conducted by the Bar Council of India for obtaining the Certificate of Practice mandatory for practice of law throughout the territory of India.

Bachelor's degree, Arts and Law (Honours)
  • at University Institute of Legal Studies, Punjab University
  • July 2010

Honoured to have spent 5 years in getting my full time professional law degree course in one of the oldest, top and premier law universities in India after a competitive entrance examination, with an accomplished and acclaimed faculty.

Bachelor's degree, Russian Language and Literature
  • at Punjab University
  • July 2010

Diploma in Russian Language and Literature, 2 year formal education therein

Diploma, Certification in American Law
  • at University of Columbia, New York
  • July 2009

Columbia University's Summer Program in American Law held at the University of Amsterdam in the summer of 2009 for imparting education and credits to non-US international law graduates desirous of pursuing an LL.M in the USA with an introduction to US Constitutional Law, Contract law, Statutes and Regulations, Litigation, Tax Policy and Environment Law

Specialties & Skills

Administrative Law
Criminal Litigation
Contract Litigation
Construction Law
Property Law
Proficient in MS-Office applications
Desktop Publishing (CorelDRAW, Photoshop, Pagemaker)

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Russian
Expert
Hindi
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker

Memberships

Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association
  • Advocate
  • September 2010
District Court Bar Association
  • Advocate
  • December 2011
The Bar Council of India
  • Advocate
  • September 2010
Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana
  • Advocate
  • September 2010

Training and Certifications

GL-101 Course in Intellectual Property (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2008
Valid Until:
August 2008
Certificate of Participation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009

Hobbies

  • Financial Markets, Portfolio Management, Reading, Weightlifting
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