SKOCH India Law Award

Aryama Sundaram

Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

SKOCH India Law Award

Aryama Sundaram

Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

New Delhi, 14th May 2022

Aryama Sundaram is recognised by his strength, which lies in his ability to think originally making him easily stand out in the courtroom. He is a huge believer in the freedom of speech. One of his first cases on freedom of speech and expression, a landmark case was S Rangarajan Vs P Jagjivan Ram (March 1989).

He also successfully appeared for Khushwant Singh and secured the release of his book based on freedom of speech which had been injuncted on the ground of it invading the privacy of a political luminary. His other famous case was Haldia Petrochemicals and Cyrus Mistry (oppression/mismanagement), BALCO, and Union of India vs Vedanta (enforcement of foreign awards).

 

L to R: Aryama Sundaram, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group

Interesting points of his career include, as a medical malpractice suit, one of the first of its kind in 1986, the case was filed and fought at a time when there was no kind of consumer-protection law available. The trial lasted more than five years, when in 1993 Client was awarded Rs 17.38 lakh as compensation, along with interest the total sum was Rs 31 lakh. An unprecedented settlement for the time in India, though the hospital did appeal before Madras High Court, driving the case to Supreme Court until finally, the hospital settled.

Acceptance Speech, Aryama Sundaram, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Aryama Sundaram, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

He is an eminent jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on 12 April 2013. Earlier, he had served as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Presently, he is an International Judge, at the Singapore International Commercial Court, Singapore Supreme Court, he was sworn into the post in August 2019, by the President of Singapore.

He is also the Chairperson of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority. He specialises in Constitutional cases, Labour-Service Matters and Arbitration matters. He was counsel for numerous Public Sector Undertakings, Educational Institutions, Banks & Financial Institutions and various Private Sector Corporations.

 

SKOCH India Law Award

SKOCH Award, independently instituted in 2003, is India’s honest civilian honour conferred by an independent organisation as a third party assessment. It is the only award in the country that is based on feltneeds assessment and outcome evaluation based on evidence. It therefore, recognises people, projects and institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation.

 

SKOCH Award covers the best of efforts in the area of digital, financial and social inclusion. It encompasses the best of governance, inclusive growth, excellence in technology and applications, change management, corporate leadership, corporate governance, citizen service delivery, capacity building, empowerment and other such softer issues that get normally lost in the glamour and glitz of industry sponsored or advertising focused jamborees.

 

The SKOCH Award not only acknowledges exceptional achievers – organisations and individuals – but also spurs institutional guidance and best practices in the industry.

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