Profile

Naveender is a tenacious litigator licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, the Calcutta High Court and the Punjab & Haryana High Court. With more than 25 years of practice, she focuses on complex commercial, civil, criminal litigation and income tax matters. Her experience spans writ petitions, drafting pleadings and motions, arguing summary judgment, and trial preparation, and she has also represented clients in bail applications.

Her courtroom success before judges and arbitration panels has been consistent, and is recognised by her peers — including empanelment as Standing Counsel for the Department of Income Tax, the Central Government, Punjab Engineering College University of Technology, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd., the Haryana Urban Development Authority, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., the Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board, the Haryana Financial Corporation, HAFED, HSIDC, Panjab University Chandigarh, and the Multi Commodity Exchange, Mumbai.

Her arbitration experience is wide-ranging, having appeared in matters before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal, the Board and Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, the National Consumer Forum at New Delhi, the Punjab & Haryana High Court, the Central Administrative Tribunal, and the Income Tax Tribunal at Chandigarh, along with arbitration matters at various other forums.

Naveender specialises in litigation and strategy across civil, administrative, constitutional, tax, corporate, criminal and land matters, and has won cases for clients in 99% of matters handled — including for Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (Ambala), Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd. (Mumbai), and corporates from Gurgaon, Ludhiana and Amritsar.

Pro Bono Practice & Academia

Naveender maintains a substantial pro bono practice, including recent representation in bail applications before the High Court in criminal matters for indigent clients, as well as public interest litigation undertaken for various societal causes.

She has also served as an Assistant Professor (Part-Time) at the Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh, and as a Guest Professor at the Army Institute of Law, Mohali, teaching Law of Taxation, Labour Law, Drafting & Pleadings, Interpretation of Statutes, and Forensic Science.

Representative Cases / Reported in Journals

• Dalbir Singh vs. State of Haryana (C.W.P. 11694 of 2003), A.I.R. 2006 (P&H) 191; (2006-2) 143 P.L.R. 151
• Bawa Singh vs. Haqiqat Singh, (2005-3) 141 P.L.R. 249: A.I.R. 2006 (P&H)
• Shankuntla Devi vs. Inder Singh, (2005-2) 140 P.L.R. 787
• CEA No. 89 of 2005; Commissioner of Central Excise vs. M/s. Prem Khalsa Iron & Steel Mills
• CEA No. 101 of 2007; CCE, Chd. vs. M/s Samrat Spring Leaf Industries & Anr.
• Sam Aviation vs. Airports Authority of India & Another, L.P.A. No. 1 of 2000 (High Court of Delhi)
• CEA No. 94/2007; Commissioner of Central Excise vs. M/s. Nachiketa Papers Ltd.
• CWP No. 19527 of 2007; M/s. R.N. Oswal Hosiery Factory vs. UOI and Others
• Crm.M. No. 43578/2007; Sewa Ram & Ors. vs. State of Punjab & Anr.
• CEA No. 95/2007; Commissioner of Central Excise vs. M/s. Nachiketa Papers Ltd.
• CEA No. 32 of 2007; Commissioner of Central Excise, Ludhiana vs. M/s. Shiv Shakti Concast (P) Ltd.
• CWP No. 4927 of 2008; M/s. Shri Ram Agro Chemical Ltd. vs. UOI & Ors.
• CWP No. 34 of 2007; M/s. Spintex Woollen Mills vs. CCE, Ludhiana
• Crm.M. No. 1757 of 2008
• CWP No. 13381 of 2007; Yudhvir Singh Khyalia vs. CAT & Others
• CWP No. 20710 of 2006; Gagandeep Singh vs. Union of India
• Vinod Kumar vs. Commissioner, Central Excise, Ludhiana
• CWP No. 18713/2007; M/s. Ravi Cotsyn Ltd. vs. UOI
• CWP No. 18601/2007; M/s. Atam Fibers (P) Ltd. vs. UOI
• CRR 43578/2007; Sarabjit Singh vs. State of Punjab
• CWP No. 324 of 2008; M/s Buildex Metals, Ludhiana vs. Union of India
• CEA No. 109 of 2007; CCE, Chd. vs. M/s HPCL-I
• CWP No. 13860 of 2007; M/s Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd. vs. Union of India & Etc.
• CWP No. 991 of 2008; M/s. International Engineers, Ludhiana & Others vs. UOI
• CEA No. 111 of 2007; CCE, Chd. vs. M/s HPCL-II
• CWP No. 19529 of 2007; M/s. Mayor & Co. vs. UOI and Others