About

Mr. Keshav Tiwari is an Advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi and primarily practises across the various courts and tribunals in New Delhi. He is empanelled as a Panel Advocate for the Union of India for matters before the Supreme Court of India, and as Municipal Counsel for the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). Mr. Tiwari appears before the Supreme Court, the High Court of Delhi, the Delhi district courts, benches of the National Company Law Tribunal, the Debt Recovery Tribunal, consumer commissions and arbitral tribunals.

Work Experience

• Government and Municipal Representation: Mr. Tiwari represents the Union of India as an empanelled Panel Advocate before the Supreme Court, and the New Delhi Municipal Council as its empanelled Municipal Counsel. He brings a working understanding of public law and the functioning of government and civic bodies, and appears in a broad range of litigation arising from their statutory, regulatory and administrative functions.
• Commercial Disputes: Mr. Tiwari advises and represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of commercial disputes before the High Court of Delhi and the commercial courts of the Delhi district judiciary, including recovery actions, contractual and business disputes and related interim proceedings. He handles matters at every stage, combining pre-litigation strategy and settlement efforts with trial advocacy and effective enforcement, so that judgments translate into actual recovery.
• Arbitration: Mr. Tiwari advises and represents governmental organisations, MSMEs and multinational companies in arbitrations arising from contractual, landlord–tenant, builder–buyer and other commercial disputes, across the full life cycle of a dispute, from pre-arbitral strategy, constitution of the tribunal and conciliation, through the preparation and presentation of claims and defences, to court proceedings challenging or enforcing arbitral awards before the High Court of Delhi. His approach combines careful case preparation with a focus on practical, enforceable outcomes.
• Company Law and Insolvency: Mr. Tiwari advises and represents shareholders, companies and other stakeholders in corporate disputes before benches of the National Company Law Tribunal, including oppression and mismanagement matters, and in insolvency proceedings initiated by financial and operational creditors and personal insolvency matters, bringing an understanding of the interplay between company law, insolvency law and commercial recovery.
• Rent Control, Property and Writ Litigation: Mr. Tiwari acts for parties in rent control, eviction and property disputes before the rent control authorities and the courts, at both the original and appellate stages. He also appears in constitutional and writ litigation before the High Court of Delhi, including public interest litigation, seeking accountability from public authorities and the enforcement of statutory and constitutional rights.
• Negotiable Instruments and Consumer Disputes: Mr. Tiwari represents parties in cheque dishonour proceedings and allied commercial recovery, combining criminal and civil remedies to secure the realisation of dues. He also appears in consumer disputes before consumer commissions, including at the appellate stage, on behalf of both consumers and service providers.
• White-Collar and Criminal Litigation: Mr. Tiwari represents clients in criminal proceedings before the High Court of Delhi and the district courts, including white-collar matters involving prosecutions initiated by regulatory and investigative agencies such as SEBI, the Registrar of Companies and the CBI, as well as matters arising from FIRs registered under general criminal law.
• Service and Public Law Matters: Mr. Tiwari has worked with the panel advocates of public bodies including the Delhi Transport Corporation, AIIMS, the High Court of Delhi and the Delhi Legal Services Authority, handling service matters and writ proceedings, including petitions seeking mandamus, primarily before the High Court of Delhi.
• Commercial Contracts and Corporate Advisory: Mr. Tiwari drafts a wide range of commercial agreements, including lease agreements, memoranda of understanding, indemnity, non-disclosure, consultancy and digital service agreements, and advises organisations on legal strategy for issues arising in their day-to-day operations.

Selected Professional Achievements

• Publications: Mr. Tiwari has authored "Analysis on Draft Right to Information Rules", published on the website of the Central Information Commission; "Compulsory Licensing of Patents: Infringement and Relief While Balancing Public Interest", presented at a symposium at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru; and "Sui Generis Position of Karta in Hindu Personal Law", published in the Burnished Law Journal.

Educational Qualifications

• B.A. LL.B. (Integrated), Amity Law School, Delhi, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (2016–2021).

Professional Qualifications

• Advocate, Bar Council of Delhi. Enrolment No. D/4518/2021.
• Panel Advocate, Union of India, Supreme Court of India.
• Municipal Counsel, New Delhi Municipal Council.