Titus & Co

TITUS & CO.’S PRO BONO REPRESENTATIONS

Titus & Co. regularly takes up pro bono matters and recent representations include:

• AFLIN – Advice and assistance in incorporation of AFLIN India (Association Filament of Light), a Section 8 Company committed to providing a better life and future to underprivileged children in India including advice on matters relating to conduct of business and other statutory compliances, acquiring land permissions from concerned authorities per the local laws of Rajasthan, amongst others.

  

• Tejas Asia - Advice and representation to the NGO Tejas Asia in obtaining permissions and approvals from the concerned Government authorities and in successfully facilitating the organization of a Walk in Delhi in October 2019 to raise awareness about the need to stop human trafficking.  

  

• Royal Maverick Foundation – Representation and assistance to the Foundation including in its formation as a Society, advice on matters including finalization of undertakings to be executed by riders participating in rides organized by the Foundation and matters relating to liability issues.

  

• Heritage Motoring Club of India (HMCI) – Titus & Co. has successfully assisted and represented HMCI before the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal to obtain an exemption for antique vehicles from NGT’s directions of banning diesel and petrol vehicles over 15 years old to ply on the roads of Delhi NCR. Titus & Co. also continues to work closely with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India to achieve special registration of antique vehicles based on their preservation and use.

• Delhi Diocesan Trust Association – Represented and assisted the Delhi Diocesan Trust Association in injunction proceedings to restrain certain individuals from acting for or in the name of the Delhi Diocesan Trust Association and from fraudulently representing to the public at large that they are the Directors/Members of the Management Committee of the Association. Titus & Co. successfully obtained an injunction order from the Delhi High Court restraining such individuals from dealing with the assets of the Association or from operating any of the bank accounts of the Association or from opening any new bank account in the name of the Association and further restraining them from entering into any kind of arrangement in respect of the assets/properties of the Association.

In addition, Titus & Co. also assisted the Delhi Diocesan Trust Association in filing a criminal complaint with the Economic Offences Wing, Crime Branch, Delhi Police to restrain such individuals from acting for or in the name of the Association and from fraudulently representing to the public at large that they are the Directors/Members of the Management Committee of the Association, got the FIR registered and the entire matter investigated to unearth the conspiracy behind the illegal acts committed by such individuals, including tampering with the computer codes, computer networks and the MCA records by altering information available on the MCA portal and cheating the public by personating themselves to be the Directors of the Association, illegally operating the bank accounts of the Association and/or entering into deals and agreements on behalf of the Association.

 

• Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IICCI) - Represented and advised the Chamber in connection with various matters including on (i) change in its shareholding pattern and its governance structure; (ii) preparing and finalizing the “Report on Differences of IPR laws between Europe & India for European SMEs: How to tackle them”; (iii) preparing and finalizing the “Report on Leveraging Madrid Protocol in India: How European SMEs can benefit and protect their Trademarks”; (iv) constitution of its bilateral Arbitration and Mediation Centre, AD IDEM and in review and finalization of the arbitration rules, mediation rules and administrative rules of the Centre.

  

• Leper Mission Society, Ambala – Assisted the Society in its dispute to recover the land belonging to the Society and the Heritage Bailey Memorial Church in Ambala, Punjab.

  

• Policy and Planning Group – Advised and assisted in setting up and registration of the Group as a Society. The Group, run by socially sensitized citizens of Delhi, has over the years organized a number of interactive informal discussions with eminent Indian dignitaries.