Advocate Adeel Ahmed

Advocate Adeel Ahmed

Born and brought up in Dubai, U. A. E., he completed his graduation with B.A. (Honours) Political science from Ramjas College, Delhi University, and later on pursued his Degree in Law from Bangalore University. He enrolled as a member of the Bar Council of India in 2011, and in 2019, qualified as an Advocate-On-Record, of the Honorable Supreme Court of India.

He has been practising in various fields of law and across various Courts and Tribunals, in different parts of India including but not limited to Supreme Court of India, High Courts, National Green Tribunal (NGT), National Consumer Forum (NCDRC), Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT), SEBI, and has also overseen arbitration matters, mediation and other firms of alternative dispute resolution.

Though he is well-versed in Corporate and Commercial Matters, Taxation, Real Estate, Health & Environment, Energy, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, and other allied matters, his forte has always been Constitutional Law and Human Rights. Time and again he has represented litigants pro-bono in various cases involving Citizenship, Refugees and Statelessness, Foreigners Tribunal, matters of public health and welfare, freedom of speech and expression, and laws involving Fundamental Rights of not only various individuals but also advised various organisations, national and international.

Only recently, he has filed the Public Interest Litigation on behalf of the IMF challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 along with the proposed NPR and NRC before the Honorable Supreme Court of India.