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Delhi High Court is hearing Rajiv Luthra's appeal challenging order staying the termination of Mohit Saraf from L&L partnership.

#RajivLuthra #MohitSaraf

Yesterday, a Division Bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Sanjeev Narula had asked the parties to come up with interim arrangement for functioning of the firm and for the benefits of its clients.

#RajivLuthra #MohitSaraf

Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi for Rajiv Luthra argues that the status quo maintained.

Mohit Saraf can continue to practice without the Luthra name. He can take one or two persons with him : @DrAMSinghvi

Senior Advocate Arvind Nigam for Saraf: What they are suggesting is not justice.

I have a right to tbe firm and its assets. What they want and did was a termination like a master servant relationship: Nigam

Do you have something on the proposal? : Court

How does this access to the system work and how will it be impaired : Court

Litigation work is seperate. The present litigation does not pertain to litigation firm. Both Saraf and Luthra work on the 7th floor : Adv HariPriya

The prayer was that Saraf has been denied access to email etc. Forget Luthra and Saraf. How does this work : Court

You are given an email to access database and records of the firm. It is a professional account. Hence we have opposed this : Haripriya for Luthra

It will be like an outsider having access. Tomorrow if the removal is upheld... clients will not be happy with all the information going out : Haripriya

Firm is not suffering. Everyone is working from home : Haripriya

So Mr Saraf right now has no access to any record? Info must be on the cloud.. : Court

Every team has a partner on it. It is not like only one person can answer a query. Advising is being done by partners. It wasnt like Saraf was working solely.. work is going on : Haripriya

Senior Advocate Vikas Singh for Mohit Saraf says IT people have been asked to bar his access.

Status quo which was there earlier will continue.. it can't be said that some change has taken place in three months. I have an order in my favour: Singh

The money which they say has come .. it was billed earlier ..probably one year back. The relevant quarter's revenue will be lesser: Singh

Would you still need access to premises? : Court

I'm a hands on person. I have to be in Delhi. I have a place in Kasauli but I can't live there like Mr Luthra: Singh

Their figure of Rs 53 crore revenue is not on record.. in 2019, Mr Luthra said I want to leave. The only time that there was an allegation against me was Oct 13,2020.. no he's saying ignore the order (staying the removal): Tripathi

They don't say why it is wrong.. Mr Luthra is not in Delhi for the last two months. He's not coming back. I can continue on the ninth floor. I have to physically interact : Tripathi

In any case, Mr Luthra is not even here. If there is a deadlock, we can go to a person: Tripathi

It will be the greatest injustice.. here is a man who was kept out totally and you say keep him out for two more months.. my control gets affected. I will be like iPhone 7 in tbe regime of iphone 12 : Tripathi

The idea is to make me completely irrelevant: Tripathi

This is like Solomon's baby. Doesn't matter whether the baby will live or die.. allow me access to the firm: Tripathi

Last two minutes: Court

I wonder if Mr Singh's allegations of decline are pleaded. Court can have weakly sealed accounts of the firm: Singhvi

I'm sure the court can decide in a time bound period. Is it worth it to have him back and disturb the status quo .. it will create Mayhem and destruction : Singhvi

Can there be a restricted online access? : Court

I can find out .. normally the problem is that it can't work : Singhvi

I tried to stretch myself.. we can find out in one day. March to October.. the person who has used Kasauli a hundred time has not attended office : Singhvi

There's nothing like half marriage. You are either married or not : Haripriya

Haripriya alleges thag Saraf leaks firm information to third parties.

If Mr Saraf wants certain particular people, he can take them..he can start whatever he wants. He's a brilliant person. He will make his worth and meanwhile the Arbitration will be over. Dissolution seems like the only way : Senior Adv AS Chandhiok

Firm can be asked to put some funds : Chandhiok

If they give me Rs 40 crore- Rs 50 crore.. we can part ways.. whoever wants to come with me can come: Singh

Orders to be passed..list for hearing on date fixed : Court

Justice Sikri has agreed (to be the Arbitrator). The Court may appoint the third person : Singh

We will release the order.. it is not something that we can pass without discussing : Court

Monday, Mr Lord? : Singh

Let's see today evening: Court

Hearing over.

Mohit Saraf can continue to practice without the Luthra name, lawyers for Rajiv Luthra suggest to Delhi High Court

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