Late Shri S.D Puri Founder

Late Shri Sukhdev Puri was a graduate from Agra University and had worked in the labour field for more than 62 years. He completed diploma in labour welfare in the year 1952-53 and law degree from Bombay University and had worked as a Labour Officer, Personnel Officer and Personnel Manager and legal officer for about 10 years and thereafter started practising labour law and practiced labour laws for about 40 years before Labour Court, Industrial Court, High Court and Supreme Court. He was the founder of M/s. S. D. Puri group of companies, which is now about 54 years old.

During his practice he also conducted many seminars and workshops on Labour Laws and also presented papers on Labour Laws and he was the office bearer of many Employer’s Organisations in India. He had also made 6 Video Cassettes on Labour Laws as back as in the year 1980 which were 1) How to write charge sheet – 120 minutes 2) How to conduct Domestic Enquiry – 180 minutes 3) Strike & Lockout ¬– 120 minutes 4) Employing Contract Labour – 70 minutes 5) Audio Visual Guide for Employers – 70 minutes 6) Negotiation Skills and Collective Bargaining – 70 minutes and he is the first Advocate to use computer in the year 1984 itself. He was visiting faculty in Jitendra Law College, Vile Parle West, attached to Mumbai University, and also a visiting faculty for Post Graduate Diploma Course for Medical Administration in Hospitals. He was examiner of the University of Mumbai for thesis of LLM students. He was also Trustee of Consumer Guidance Society of India and member of International Council of Jurists.

He was also a member of Supreme Court Bar Association.

He was the author of 12 reference books on Labour Laws for Bar and Bench, Employers, Legal Advisers, Corporate Legal Departments, Government Bodies etc. and 28 Bare Acts (State and Central) as amended upto date every year on Labour Laws which include Special features i.e. Synopsis, Charts, Tables and ratios of High Courts and Supreme Court judgements.

Sundeep Puri Managing Partner

Advocate Sundeep Puri is the Managing Partner of M/s. S. D. Puri group of companies, (viz S.D. Puri & Company, S.D. Puri Associates & Advocates, Sundeep Puri Associates & Advocates), one of the leading retainer firms in India dealing in specialist consultancy on Practico-Legal basis in employment and labour law for corporates PAN India, having its presence in the country for more than 5 decades.

He is an Advocate, practising in employment and Labour Law, representing numerous corporates & multinational companies before Labour & Industrial Courts, Mumbai, since more than 40 years.

He has extensive experience in advising and counselling Indian MNC and Foreign MNC Clients having multi locational factories and/or offices on a wide range of “Employment and Labour” issues, keeping in view the cultural diversity of the workforce such as Acquisitions, Mergers, Consolidations, Reductions in force, Maintaining union free operations and also preserving operational flexibility in unionised settings, providing tailor made models for providing conflict free, productivity conducive Industrial Environment, early retirement programs, employment contracts, vetting of employee manuals/ Policies, wage hours compliance, workers compensation as well as general employee relation matters, including advice on collective bargaining negotiations and also with respect to applicability of the various labour laws.

He has also extensively handled the “New-Generation Business” such as Banks, Mutual Fund Houses, Hospitals, BPO’s, It & IT enabled Companies, etc., which face peculiar issues such as knowing Applicability of various labour laws to its Head Office as well as Branches, Legal & Proper Drafting of Appointment Letters containing clauses such as “Confidentiality”, “Non-Compete”, etc., or even Appointing “Contractual Employees” or “Employees on outsourced basis”, as well as effecting Terminations of Contracts or various categories of Employees, and so also addressing issues relating to Fraud, Sexual Harassment, etc., in which our firm specializes and addresses, by taking into consideration the legality and also by finding practical amicable solutions.

He has Authored the Following Commentaries on Labour Laws which are in circulation since more than 2 Decades, Namely

1. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (3 volumes)
2. The Factories Act, 1948
3. The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
4. The Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971.
5. The Employees Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952.
6. The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
7. The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
8. The Trade Union Act, 1926.
9. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Etc.

He has been actively associated with many Employer organizations and has conducted several seminars and workshops. He has also written and read papers on labour laws in the Employer’s seminars. He has also written legal bulletin on behalf of Bombay Management Association.

He is the Chairman of Indian Merchants Chamber’s Human Resources/Labour Law and People’s Management Committee since the last 10+ years and has been a Director in IMC since 1 year.

Has been associated with HR Forum of Bombay Management Association, in Organising various HR Seminars including many in the last 1 year with respect to the 4 new Labour Codes.

He is a member of the federation of the Labour Law Practitioner’s Association, Maharashtra.

Ravindra V. Paranjpe Senior Partner

Advocate Ravindra Vasant Paranjpe, graduated in law from the University of Bombay in 1983. He is the Senior Partner of M/s. S.D. Puri group of Companies, one of the leading retainer firms in India dealing in specialist consultancy on Practico-Legal basis in employment and Labour Law for corporates PAN India, having its presence in the country for more than 5 decades. He has working with the firm for nearly 40 years.

As a practicing advocates in employment and labour laws he has been representing many corporates and multinational companies before the Labour & Industrial Courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India, since more than 40 years.

He has extensive experience in advising and counselling Indian MNC and Foreign MNC Clients having multi locational Factories and/or offices on a wide range of “Employment and Labour” issues, keeping in view the cultural diversity of the workforce such as Acquisitions, Mergers, Consolidations, Reductions in force, Maintaining union free operations and also preserving operational flexibility in unionised settings, providing tailor made models for providing conflict free, productivity conducive Industrial Environment, early retirement programs, employment contracts, vetting of employee manuals/ Policies, wage hours compliance, workers compensation as well as general employee relation matters, including Advice on collective bargaining negotiations and also in respect to Applicability of the various labour laws.

He has also extensively handled the “New-Generation Business” such as Banks, Mutual Fund Houses, Hospitals, BPO’s, It & IT enabled Companies, etc., which face peculiar issues such as knowing Applicability of various labour laws to its Head Office as well as Branches, Legal & Proper Drafting of Appointment Letters containing clauses such as “Confidentiality”, “Non-Compete”, etc., or even Appointing “Contractual Employees” or “Employees on outsourced basis”, as well as effecting Terminations of Contracts or various categories of Employees, and so also addressing issues relating to Fraud, Sexual Harassment, etc., in which our firm specializes and addresses, by taking into consideration the legality and also by finding practical amicable solutions.

Adv Paranjpe is actively associated with many Employer organizations and has conducted seminars and workshops. He has also written and read papers on labour laws in the Employer’s seminars.

1. Associated with IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as a CO-CHAIRMAN for their HUMAN RESOURCES/LABOUR LAW AND PEOPLE’S MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, since more than a decade.
2. Associated with Bombay Management Association and had organized various HR Seminars.
3. Was a Member of SEMINAR CORE COMMITTEE, of THE Federation of The Labour Law Practitioners’ Association, Maharashtra.
4. Trustee of Raosaheb Balaram Dnyandeo Thakur Vidyamandir, an Educational Trust imparting Education from KG to Degree level. The Trust is more than 5 decades in the field of education.
5. Past President and founder Member of a trekking Organization, CHAKRAM HIKERS, which is well known for its Trekking and other activities for last more than 35 years.

Over the years he has conducted Seminars and Workshops for many employer organizations and has also written and read papers on Labour Laws in the Employer’s Seminars including holding many seminars in the last 1 year with respect to the 4 new Labour Codes.

Vedika Puri Partner

Advocate Vedika Puri Thadeshwar Graduated from Government Law College Mumbai with a Bachelor’s in Legal Studies and LLB.

She is a partner in M/s. S.D. Puri group of companies and is the third-generation lawyer in the family. Her core area of practice is Employment and Labour Laws. She appears before the Labour & Industrial Courts, High Court and the Supreme Court for various corporates with respect to employments and labour law issues.

She assists companies in devising early retirement programs, employment contracts, development of employee manuals, wage hours compliance, workers compensation as well as general employee relation matters, including Advice on collective bargaining negotiations. She has also conducted Audits of Clients Employment Practices vis-à-vis legality under labour laws and due diligence Audit in relation to Employment laws. She also specialises in Consulting and strategising with regard to Industrial activities/problems faced by Multinational and Indian MNC’s.

She also assists clients in Applicability of various labour laws to its Head Office as well as Branches, Legal & Proper Drafting of Appointment Letters containing clauses such as “Confidentiality”, “Non-Compete”, etc., or even Appointing “Contractual Employees” or “Employees on outsourced basis”, as well as effecting Terminations of Contracts or various categories of Employees, and so also addressing issues relating to Sexual Harassment under the POSH Act.

She has also spoken in many seminars on Employment And Labour Laws, most recent being on the new labour codes.

Vanshaj Puri Partner

Advocate Vanshaj Puri is a new generation lawyer who Graduated in Law from Mumbai in 2018 and after working with of M/s. S.D. Puri group of companies, he completed his LLM from Queen Mary University of London in 2020.

He is a partner of M/s. S.D. Puri group of companies. He appears before the Labour & Industrial Courts, High Court and the Supreme Court, for various companies/corporates with respect to Employments and Labour law issues. He has also spoken in many seminars on employment and labour laws including on the 4 new Labour Codes.

He also assists Corporates/Factories in Applicability of various Labour Laws to its Head Office, Branches and Units. He assists in Legal & Proper Drafting of Appointment Letters containing clauses such as “Confidentiality”, “Non-Compete”, etc., or even Appointing “Contractual Employees” or “Employees on outsourced basis”, as well as effecting Terminations of Contracts or various categories of Employees, and so also addressing issues relating to Sexual Harassment under the POSH Act.

He assists companies in employment contracts, development of employee manuals, wage hours compliance, workers compensation as well as general employee relation matters, including Advice on collective bargaining negotiations. He also specialises in Consulting and strategising with regard to Industrial activities/problems faced by Multinational and Indian MNC’s.

He has also spoken in many seminars on employment and labour laws, most recent being on the new labour codes.