Prashanth R Dixit, Founding Partner, Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Prashanth R Dixit

Founding PartnerAdvocate, Supreme Court of India

Prashanth R Dixit is a litigation counsel practising principally before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts and specialised appellate and regulatory tribunals across the country.

A first-generation lawyer from Bangalore, he has built his practice through extensive exposure to complex litigation and appellate advocacy. With more than half a decade of professional practice, his work encompasses constitutional, civil and criminal litigation, with particular experience in energy and electricity regulation, environmental law and matters involving economic offences and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Prashanth regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, the National Green Tribunal and the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, among other forums.

He is empanelled with the Central Government and State Power Transmission Corporations, thereby representing the Union of India and several Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) before the Supreme Court, High Courts and Tribunals.

His practice extends to complex regulatory and commercial disputes, constitutional challenges, appellate proceedings and matters requiring strategic coordination across multiple judicial and statutory forums.

He has been involved in matters resulting in more than 25 reported judgments, including matters undertaken jointly with his co-Founding Partner.

His approach to litigation is founded on detailed preparation, identification of decisive questions of law and strategic development of the case with its broader appellate trajectory in mind.

Principal areas of practice

  • Constitutional Law
  • Civil Litigation
  • Criminal Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Regulatory Litigation
  • Energy & Power
  • Environmental Law
  • White-Collar Crime
  • PMLA
  • Appellate Advocacy

Principal forums

  • Supreme Court of India
  • High Courts
  • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
  • Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL)
  • Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
  • Other Appellate & Regulatory Forums

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