The article discusses the trend of summoning senior executives to legal proceedings without personal involvement, highlighting its negative impact on corporate governance and business operations in India. It emphasizes the need for specific legal grounds to summon executives and the potential reputational and commercial damage caused by such practices.
Please click here to read the full article by Dheeraj Nair, Partner; Avni Sharma, Principal Associate; and Vikramaditya Singh, Associate, published in Bar And Bench.
This article also appeared in The Law Monitor.
Dheeraj is a Partner with JSA since 2009. Dheeraj has over two decades of experience advising and representing clients on complex arbitrations, litigations and regulatory proceedings.