Advocate-on-Record · Supreme Court of India

Namit Saxena

Advocate-on-Record practising before the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts and tribunals across the country. Standing Counsel for the State of Uttar Pradesh at the Supreme Court.

Second rank, Advocate-on-Record Examination, 2019. Author of the LexisNexis commentaries on the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and revising author of Mulla and Ratanlal & Dhirajlal.

About

About Us

Namit Saxena is an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Rajasthan and an alumnus of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. He specialises in criminal law, arbitration, commercial and non-commercial dispute resolution and insolvency law, among other branches, and appears before the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts and tribunals across the country.

Recognised as an Advocate-on-Record by the Supreme Court of India — securing All-India Rank 2 in the examination — he is the Standing Counsel for the State of Uttar Pradesh at the Supreme Court, and has handled and argued a wide range of proceedings from the Supreme Court to trial courts and various tribunals.

After graduating in law in 2013, he was selected as a Law Clerk-cum-Research Assistant at the Supreme Court of India and was attached with Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph for one year, before training in the chambers of the then Solicitor General of India, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, and commencing independent practice.

He has revised and co-authored six legal classics, including the Code of Criminal Procedure (Ratanlal & Dhirajlal) and the Civil Procedure Code, Mulla (three volumes); assisted Justice Jasti Chelameswar and Justice D. S. Naidu in revising M. P. Jain's Constitutional Law; and revised Pollock & Mulla's commentary on the Specific Relief Act. Most recently, he authored a concise commentary on the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (LexisNexis). He contributes regularly to leading newspapers and journals.

Appointments

Institutional Empanelments

Standing counsel, senior panel counsel and special public prosecutor appointments across government departments, regulators and public-sector undertakings.

Special Public Prosecutor
Enforcement Directorate
Special Public Prosecutor
Income Tax Department
Senior Standing Counsel
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
Standing Counsel
State of Uttar Pradesh — Supreme Court of India
Senior Panel Counsel
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
Panel Counsel
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Panel Counsel
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)
Panel Counsel
GRIDCO Limited
Panel Counsel
Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL)
Panel Counsel
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
Panel Counsel
Delhi State Legal Services Authority
Panel Counsel
Rajasthan High Court Legal Services Committee
Panel Lawyer
Bar Council of Rajasthan
Practice

Practice & Reported Judgements

As Advocate-on-Record before the Supreme Court of India — special leave petitions, constitutional and civil writs, appeals, bail applications and interlocutory proceedings across criminal, constitutional, commercial and service matters.

Criminal and civil matters before the District Courts of Delhi — bail applications, trials, commercial suits, Negotiable Instruments Act proceedings and summary matters.

Matters before the High Courts — writ petitions, arbitration proceedings, revisions and appellate matters.

Matters before the NCLT, NCLAT, CAT, NGT and NCDRC — company and insolvency, service and recruitment, environmental and consumer matters.

Commentaries

Books & Editions

1st Edition · LexisNexis · 2024
24th Edition · LexisNexis
22nd Edition · Paperback
Revising author · with Justice C. K. Prasad
21st Edition · Hardbound
Revising author · with Justice C. K. Prasad
20th Edition · with Justice Kurian Joseph
Revising author
19th Edition · 3 Vols · with Justice Deepak Verma & Justice C. K. Prasad
Revising author
18th Edition · Abridged · with Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu
Revising author
17th Edition · Abridged · with Justice Deepak Verma
Revising author
16th Edition · with Sonali Chopra
Revising author
LexisNexis
Sarkar
Criminal Minor Acts
8th Edition · 2 Vols
Revising author
Lectures · Interviews · Commentary

On the Record

Writing

Articles & Columns

Press

In the News

2025
Times of India — coverage
Consultations

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