Pritha Srikumar Iyer

Senior Partner, New Delhi

Pritha is one of the founding partners of the firm and, as a seasoned Advocate-on-Record, heads the Supreme Court practice at Keystone Partners. She has wide ranging experience in constitutional, regulatory, commercial and civil mandates, and was recognised as one of the ‘Top 100 Women in Litigation’ by Benchmark Litigation (for the Asia-Pacific region) in 2024 and 2025. 

Pritha’s notable mandates in the Supreme Court include her representation of LGBTQ students from the IITs in their successful challenge to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (in Navtej Johar), acting for a regional political party in its challenge to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution (in Re Article 370), leading the challenges to the 2019 amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 on behalf of the real estate sector (in Pioneer Urban), acting for the Respondents before a seven judge Constitution bench which reconsidered the admissibility of unstamped arbitration agreements (in In Re: Interplay), and representing the All India Gaming Federation and several gaming companies in their regulatory and GST litigation.

Pritha has extensive civil, commercial, arbitration and regulatory litigation experience, and routinely appears before the Delhi High Court, the National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, and before ad hoc and institutional arbitral tribunals.  Her clients include multinational corporations, industry federations, NSE50 companies and statutory regulators.

Qualifications

B.A., LLB. (Hons.) (National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, 2005)

Advocate-on-Record (Supreme Court of India, 2014)

Member (Governing Body, Daksh, since 2025)

Achievements

Chambers and Partners, Dispute Resolution: New Delhi based, Band 4 (2024, 2025)

Benchmark Litigation, Litigation Star: Government and Regulatory (2023, 2025)

Benchmark Litigation (Asia-Pacific), Top 100 Women in Litigation (2024, 2025)

Distinguished Practitioner, Asia Law (2025)

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Acting for the world’s leading ride aggregator in regulatory litigation before the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court, including in litigation involving the status of gig workers under several labour enactments, and in litigation concerning the scope and validity of various rules and schemes under the Motor Vehicles Act

Acting for the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission in proceedings relating to defence of regulations before various High Courts and in proceedings before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity

Acting for the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission in proceedings before the Supreme Court of India, in proceedings arising out of tariff orders

Advising and acting for India’s leading opinion trading platform in regulatory litigation pertaining to blocking of its website, constitutional challenges to legislation, and in proceedings arising out of criminal complaints filed by users

Acting for a Singapore based listed company in the education sector in its disputes with its Indian joint venture partner, including in proceedings for enforcement of a foreign arbitral award, in arbitration proceedings, and in proceedings for framing of a scheme of administration in relation to a joint venture society

Acted for a German mineral and metal processing technology company in successful arbitration proceedings against a major Indian public sector undertaking, and in related court proceedings for execution of the award (including before the Supreme Court)

Acted for the claimant contractor in arbitration proceedings arising out of works contracts for carrying on civil, structural and architectural works at the Thermal Power Stations at Amarkantak and Bellary.

Acting for and advising the majority joint venture partner in a infrastructure consortium having global projects, in the defence of its share of consortium assets in the CIRP/liquidation proceedings of its partner

Advising and acting for the executor and primary beneficiary of the high value estate of an eminent jurist, in testamentary proceedings

Acting for a global animal rights organisation in several mandates for the enforcement of animal rights, including in litigation challenging customary practices having animal rights implications

TESTIMONIALS

Chambers 2025: “She is sharp, capable of thinking on her feet and very experienced. We are delighted that she is our principal solicitor in India.”

Chambers 2024: “Pritha is very talented, hard-working and well regarded.” “She’s forceful in arguments and comes across as a good and well-prepared lawyer in court.”

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