Unified Chambers And Associates

Unified Chambers And Associates is a New Delhi law firm established in 2018. Subodh Bajpai enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 2025 (Enrolment No. D/3264/25) and practises as its Senior Partner. He holds LLB (2015–2018) and LLM (2018–2020) degrees from the University of Delhi (Faculty of Law) and an MBA in Finance from XLRI Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur (2023–2025). The practice has two parts: debt recovery and commercial litigation, and white-collar criminal defence, which was added in 2026. The forums are the Delhi High Court; the Debt Recovery Tribunals and the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal at Delhi; the NCLT benches at New Delhi and the NCLAT; the district courts of Delhi (Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Rohini, Saket, Dwarka and Rouse Avenue); and Special Courts.

Work in this area covers both lenders enforcing security and borrowers contesting enforcement under the SARFAESI Act, 2002: demand notices under Section 13(2) and the borrower's representation or objection under Section 13(3A); measures under Section 13(4); applications to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or District Magistrate under Section 14 for physical possession; and securitisation applications under Section 17 before the DRT against measures taken under Section 13(4), with appeals to the DRAT under Section 18. Borrower-side work includes challenges to NPA classification and to defects in the Section 13 procedure, and restructuring and one-time settlement discussions with lenders.

Before the Debt Recovery Tribunal the work covers original applications under Section 19 of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993, execution of recovery certificates before the Recovery Officer, and appeals to the DRAT under Section 20. Before the National Company Law Tribunal it covers applications under Sections 7, 9 and 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, replies to applications for admission, Committee of Creditors matters, resolution plans, liquidation, and applications against personal guarantors of corporate debtors under Section 95.

Commercial work covers contract enforcement, partnership and shareholder disputes, recovery suits, specific performance, injunctions and arbitration. Under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 the work covers both complainants and accused: the statutory demand notice, the complaint within the limitation in Section 142, the presumption under Section 139 and its rebuttal, interim compensation under Section 143A, and compounding under Section 147.

Contract drafting and review, governance and board matters, regulatory compliance, and written opinions on commercial decisions for Indian companies and founders.

The criminal practice covers Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 matters — summons and statements under Section 50, arrest under Section 19, provisional attachment under Section 5, and bail under Section 45 before the designated PMLA Special Courts in Delhi; Enforcement Directorate summons, ECIR investigations and Adjudicating Authority proceedings; CBI matters under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, including the prior-approval requirement in Section 17A, before the CBI Special Courts at the Rouse Avenue Court Complex; economic offences under Sections 316, 318 and 336 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 447 of the Companies Act, 2013; anticipatory bail under Section 482 and regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; and fraud classification under the RBI's entity-wise Fraud Risk Management Directions, 2026 (issued 31 July 2026, replacing the 2024 directions). The forums are the Delhi High Court (criminal benches), the Special Courts and the district courts of Delhi. Practice notes are on the firm site at unifiedchambers.com/criminal-defence-delhi/.

Before a matter proceeds, its merits are assessed, the costs and risks of litigation are weighed against settlement, and a plan is agreed with the client. Clients are kept informed of the status of the matter, its costs and the likely timeline. Matters whose merits do not justify proceedings are not taken on.