Government & Regulatory
Constitutional, Sectoral and Regulatory Litigation across Industries
Keystone Partners is widely recognised for its public law and regulatory litigation expertise. The Firm has represented clients in landmark constitutional law challenges before the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts, and has leveraged that experience to develop innovative regulatory and policy solutions for businesses operating in regulated and digital-economy sectors.
We act for technology platforms and aggregators, industry federations, public interest groups, automobile and consumer manufacturers, regulatory bodies, and statutory regulators, offering strategic legal solutions grounded in a deep understanding of governance, policy, and constitutional principles. Our work spans courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of India and multiple High Courts.
Service overview
Proven Experience, Outstanding Results
We provide end-to-end government & regulatory services that cover every aspect of the dispute resolution process. Our offerings include:
Constitutional Litigation & Public-Interest Matters
Representing clients in landmark constitutional challenges to legislation and executive action, including matters that have shaped India’s legal and regulatory landscape.
Technology, Digital & Platform Regulation
Helping digital platforms, OTT providers, gaming companies, and mobility businesses navigate evolving regulatory frameworks — including aggregator regulations, platform liability, and online gaming regulation and taxation.
Sectoral & Environmental Regulation
Advising clients in regulated sectors — including automobiles, e-commerce, animal welfare, and education — on compliance, advocacy, and litigation strategy.
Freedom of Expression & Rights Advocacy
Strategic counsel and representation in cases involving speech, expression, contempt, and the rights of marginalised communities.
Regulator-Side Representation
Acting for statutory regulators (including Electricity Regulatory Commissions, the Competition Commission of India, and others) in defending regulations and decisions before the appellate courts.
Representative experience
Landmark Constitutional Challenges
Represented LGBTQ members of the IIT community in the historic constitutional challenge to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code before the Supreme Court of India.
Landmark Constitutional Challenges
Represented a Kashmiri political party in petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and related executive actions concerning Jammu & Kashmir’s constitutional arrangements.
Landmark Constitutional Challenges
Represented the lead petitioner in the landmark challenge to amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, before the Supreme Court of India, on behalf of real estate allottees.
Technology, Digital & Platform Regulation
Regularly representing a leading international ride-hailing platform in multiple proceedings before various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India in challenges to aggregator regulations and labour-law compliance, including in PILs for enforcement of labour legislation.
Technology, Digital & Platform Regulation
Representing OTT platforms and a major e-commerce player in disputes relating to content regulation and country-of-origin disclosure mandates.
Technology, Digital & Platform Regulation
Representing India’s largest gaming federation in constitutional challenges to State laws and tax policies impacting online gaming, before the Supreme Court of India and multiple High Courts.
Sectoral & Environmental Regulation
Representing one of India’s largest automobile manufacturers in proceedings challenging caps on the number of autorickshaws permitted to ply in Delhi.
Sectoral & Environmental Regulation
Representing a well-known animal rights organisation in public-interest proceedings challenging the legality of bull racing before the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court of India.
Sectoral & Environmental Regulation
Representing leading educational institutions and student groups in public-law matters before the Karnataka and Delhi High Courts.
Freedom of Expression & Rights Advocacy
Representing a popular comedian and activist against whom criminal contempt petitions were filed in the Supreme Court of India in respect of allegedly contemptuous tweets.


