Gourab Banerji

Gourab has developed his practice mainly before the Supreme Court of India as a Senior Counsel with an emphasis on commercial matters, and particularly commercial arbitration. He has appeared as counsel in a large number of domestic and international commercial arbitrations in India and abroad. His practice and expertise in arbitration has resulted in him being a constituent of several committees set up in relation to Indian arbitration law. Currently a private legal practitioner, Gourab has also been a government legal officer, both at the Federal and Provincial levels. While Additional Solicitor General for the Union of India, Gourab represented the Government of India in a number of sensitive cases. A recent noteworthy case is the landmark case of Republic of Italy v Union of India [2013] 4 S.C.C. 721 before the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court held that India had concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute the Italian marines accused of shooting Indian fishermen within the Exclusive Economic Zone of India. While as a government legal officer and in private practice, Gourab has also successfully represented his clients before the Supreme Court in several civil and commercial cases including MECL v AK Diskhit Civil Appeal No 10697/2014 judgment rendered on 3rd December 2014, BHEL v Tata Projects Ltd [2014] 10 SCALE 23, UPSC v Arun Kumar Sharma [2013] 14 SCALE 31, Three Cheers Entertainment v Calcutta Electricity Supply Co [2008] 16 S.C.C. 592 and Vijay Industries v NATL Technologies, [2009] 3 S.C.C. 527.