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Advocates & Mediators Delhi

Sonal Singh
Chambers

Clear advice for consequential disputes. Careful preparation for court, negotiation, and everything that must happen before either.

Established practiceSince 2015
Core workLitigation, mediation & advisory
ReachDelhi with pan-India counsel coordination
Briefing room

Useful before you make the next move.

Short, practical briefings on the records to preserve, the deadlines to identify, and the questions to ask before a dispute gathers momentum.

01

Digital-payment fraud: the first hour matters more than the first legal notice.

Recovery can depend on how quickly the transaction trail is preserved and reported. A useful first response is factual, time-stamped, and directed to the right institution rather than scattered across informal messages.

  1. PreserveTransaction IDs, screenshots, account statements, URLs, device details, and messages in their original form.
  2. EscalateNotify the bank or payment provider and retain every complaint, ticket, and acknowledgement number.
  3. RecordPrepare one chronology linking each payment, communication, phone number, and official report.
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Preparing for the first Family Court consultation

A clear chronology, existing orders, financial records, and the child-related arrangements currently in place help separate immediate relief from the issues that can be negotiated.

ChronologyInterim reliefFinancial disclosureCustody records
Discuss a family matter

Received a Section 138 notice? Start with dates and the underlying transaction.

The cheque, return memo, statutory notice, service record, invoices, ledgers, and communications should be read together. A reply prepared without that sequence can close off useful factual positions.

Statutory datesDebt recordSignatory roleSettlement position
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The chambers

Direct advice.
Deliberate preparation.
A clear next step.

Sonal Singh Chambers is a Delhi-based practice of advocates and mediators handling disputes where facts, documents, timing, and discretion all matter.

The chambers works across family and criminal litigation, cyber and payment fraud, banking and recovery, civil and commercial disputes, negotiable-instrument matters, child protection, and mediation. Clients speak directly with counsel about the immediate problem, the available forum, and the work required to move forward.

Good representation begins before the first filing: with a reliable chronology, a disciplined document set, and a realistic understanding of relief.
Courts & forums
Delhi High Court, district courts, Family Courts, DRT proceedings, and coordinated High Court representation across India.
Consultations
In person or by phone, with urgent matters identified by the next deadline or required protective step.
Office
Near Pratap Nagar Metro Station, Partap Nagar, Delhi 110007.
Practice

Start with the matter, not a menu of legal terms.

Open a practice file to see the typical issues, records, and legal work involved. The exact route always depends on the facts, stage, forum, and relief required.

01Matrimonial & Family LawDivorce, maintenance, custody, domestic violence, and settlement

Family disputes often require two tracks at once: immediate arrangements for safety, residence, money, or children, and a longer strategy for settlement or contested proceedings.

Work may include

  • Mutual-consent and contested divorce, pleadings, evidence, and settlement terms
  • Interim and final maintenance, financial disclosure, alimony, and enforcement
  • Custody, guardianship, visitation, relocation, and parenting arrangements
  • Domestic-violence applications, residence and protection orders, and connected criminal complaints

Useful first records

  • A date-wise chronology and copies of existing court or police papers
  • Income, expense, asset, and liability documents relevant to financial relief
  • Child-related schedules, school or medical records, and prior arrangements
02Criminal LitigationComplaints, bail, investigation, trial, and appeal

Early criminal advice is usually about preserving a reliable account, understanding the immediate procedural risk, and deciding what must be placed on record before positions harden.

Work may include

  • FIR-stage advice, police complaints, representations, and station-visit support
  • Regular bail, anticipatory bail, remand-related preparation, and protective applications
  • Evidence review, witness preparation, trial strategy, and cross-examination planning
  • Revision, appeal, quashing-related assessment, and settlement where legally permissible

Useful first records

  • Complaint, FIR, notice, seizure memo, medical record, or latest court order
  • Original messages, call details, video, location, and other digital material
  • A witness list and chronology that separates direct knowledge from assumption
03Cybercrime & Digital PaymentsFraud, account freezes, payment gateways, gaming, and digital evidence

Cyber matters move through several systems at once: bank escalation, payment intermediaries, cybercrime reporting, police investigation, and sometimes civil or consumer remedies.

Work may include

  • UPI, card, payment-gateway, merchant, investment, and online-gaming fraud
  • Unauthorised transactions, bank complaints, account freezes, and lien-related issues
  • Identity theft, impersonation, hacked accounts, harassment, extortion, and data misuse
  • Evidence preservation, cybercrime complaints, police representations, and recovery strategy

Useful first records

  • Transaction IDs, account statements, complaint tickets, and bank correspondence
  • Unedited screenshots, URLs, profiles, phone numbers, emails, and device details
  • A single chronology tying communications to each movement of money
04Banking & RecoverySARFAESI, DRT, loan disputes, enforcement, and settlements

Banking disputes are document-heavy and forum-sensitive. The first task is to map the facility, security, notices, payments, classification, and existing proceedings in one sequence.

Work may include

  • SARFAESI notices, objections, possession measures, and enforcement disputes
  • DRT and DRAT pleadings, evidence, interim applications, and appeals
  • Recovery proceedings, restructuring, settlement, and one-time-settlement negotiations
  • Fraud-related accounts, unauthorised transactions, institutional advice, and documentation review

Useful first records

  • Sanction letter, facility and security documents, guarantees, and account statements
  • Demand, recall, possession, auction, or tribunal notices with proof of service
  • Payment history, restructuring correspondence, valuation material, and prior proposals
05Cheque & Negotiable InstrumentsSection 138 notices, complaints, defence, settlement, and appeal

Cheque matters turn on statutory timing and the underlying transaction. The instrument cannot be assessed in isolation from invoices, ledgers, authority, communications, and service records.

Work may include

  • Statutory demand notices and replies prepared against the complete transaction record
  • Section 138 complaints, defence, evidence, and cross-examination
  • Company, signatory, and director-liability questions in commercial matters
  • Settlement, compounding, appeals, and connected civil recovery

Useful first records

  • Cheque, return memo, notice, postal record, and proof of receipt
  • Agreement, invoice, delivery record, ledger, payment trail, and correspondence
  • Company authority documents and the role of each proposed party
06Civil, Property & Commercial DisputesTitle, possession, contracts, recovery, injunctions, and execution

Civil strategy begins with the right relief and the documents needed to support it. Jurisdiction, limitation, possession, contractual notice, and interim protection should be considered before drafting.

Work may include

  • Title, ownership, possession, partition, succession, boundary, and encroachment disputes
  • Contracts, recovery, damages, specific performance, and commercial claims
  • Injunctions, declarations, landlord-tenant proceedings, and execution
  • Real-estate agreements, allotment disputes, company matters, and related GST issues

Useful first records

  • Complete title chain, registration records, site or possession material, and prior proceedings
  • Executed agreements, amendments, invoices, notices, and payment records
  • A chronology identifying breach, knowledge, demand, and limitation dates
07POCSO, Child & Women ProtectionProtective relief, confidential proceedings, and survivor-sensitive representation

Protection matters require careful handling of privacy, safety, mandatory procedure, and the difference between immediate protective needs and the longer evidentiary process.

Work may include

  • Representation in POCSO proceedings and connected criminal matters
  • Protective applications, domestic-violence remedies, and child-welfare concerns
  • Police, support-person, medical, counselling, and legal-aid coordination where applicable
  • Age, identity, statement, medical, school, and digital-record assessment

Approach

  • Limit unnecessary circulation of identity and sensitive material
  • Identify the immediate safety issue before broader litigation strategy
  • Use age-appropriate and trauma-aware preparation without coaching evidence
08Mediation & Strategic AdvisoryPre-litigation assessment, negotiation, drafting, and structured resolution

Not every dispute benefits from immediate filing. A structured advisory or mediation process can clarify leverage, preserve relationships, and turn broad demands into enforceable terms.

Work may include

  • Pre-litigation case assessment, risk mapping, and document review
  • Negotiation planning, without-prejudice proposals, and mediation preparation
  • Settlement terms covering payment, performance, custody, confidentiality, or withdrawal
  • Legal notices, replies, opinions, and practical compliance advice

Useful first records

  • The agreement, latest demand, prior offers, and points already accepted or rejected
  • Commercial, family, or operational constraints that any settlement must address
  • Security, default, enforcement, and tax implications requiring separate advice
09Defined Pro Bono AssistanceSelected urgent or vulnerable matters, subject to capacity and assessment

The chambers considers a limited number of matters based on urgency, merit, vulnerability, available capacity, and whether a legal-aid institution is better placed to assist.

Assistance may be limited to

  • An initial consultation and identification of the correct forum
  • A defined notice, complaint, reply, or urgent application
  • Referral or coordination with legal-aid and support organisations
  • Representation for a clearly agreed stage rather than the entire proceeding

Assessment

  • Urgency and risk of irreversible harm
  • Basic documentary support and legal merit
  • Applicant circumstances, available alternatives, and current chamber capacity
Matter files

Where timing, forum, and evidence change the strategy.

These are not service packages. They show how the chambers breaks a complex brief into the first questions, the immediate work, and the proceedings that may follow.

01

Rapid response

Cyber fraud & frozen accounts

Establish the money trail, the reporting trail, and the authority responsible for the restriction or disputed transaction.

First questions

When was the transaction discovered? Which bank or intermediary received notice? Is the account frozen as a victim account, beneficiary account, or investigation-linked account?

Immediate work

Preserve evidence, consolidate acknowledgements, prepare bank and police representations, identify jurisdiction, and assess recovery or de-freezing routes.

02

Forum mapping

Banking recovery & secured assets

Read the facility, security, classification, payment history, and enforcement record as one connected file.

First questions

What notice has been served? Which measure has already been taken? What security, guarantee, or asset is involved? Is any tribunal proceeding pending?

Immediate work

Build the account chronology, review objections and limitation, identify the correct forum, and separate interim protection from settlement strategy.

03

Interim protection

Family disputes with urgent relief

Distinguish the immediate issue of safety, residence, money, or children from the final relief likely to require evidence or negotiation.

First questions

Is there an existing order? Where is the child residing? What financial arrangement currently exists? Is police or protective intervention already involved?

Immediate work

Prepare a reliable chronology, identify interim relief, preserve communications and financial records, and avoid conflicting positions across connected proceedings.

04

Statutory sequence

Cheque dishonour & commercial recovery

Test the notice timeline against the transaction documents, signatory role, accounting record, and realistic settlement position.

First questions

What was the legally enforceable liability alleged? Who signed and in what capacity? Were goods, services, loans, or adjustments actually recorded?

Immediate work

Calendar statutory dates, preserve service records, reconcile ledgers and invoices, draft the notice or reply, and assess parallel recovery options.

05

Document chain

Property, possession & civil injunctions

Identify the title or contractual right, the present possession position, the threatened act, and the interim order that could practically preserve the subject matter.

First questions

Who holds the original documents? What is registered? Who is in possession? Is construction, transfer, dispossession, or limitation creating urgency?

Immediate work

Organise the title chain, verify prior proceedings and notices, frame the correct relief, and prepare the evidence needed for interim consideration.

Advocate Sonal Singh at her office
Founder, advocate, and certified mediator
Founder

Advocate
Sonal Singh

A litigation and mediation practice shaped by institutional work, child-protection matters, and direct client responsibility.

Advocate Sonal Singh has practised since 2015 across Delhi and Gurugram courts. Her work includes civil and criminal litigation, corporate advisory, institutional recovery, human rights, child protection, and mediation.

Her professional experience includes representation for financial institutions and work with legal-aid bodies, the Delhi Commission for Women, and child-rights organisations on POCSO, child labour, abuse, and survivor-support matters.

Education
LL.M. and M.Com.
Mediation
Certified following 40-hour professional training with the Delhi Dispute Resolution Society.
Institutional work
Panel counsel experience for financial institutions and public-facing organisations.
People

Counsel assembled around the matter.

The chambers draws on focused experience across family protection, criminal defence, banking, and institutional disputes.

Advocate Asmita Singh
Partner

Adv. Asmita Singh

Child rights, family protection, and POCSO matters.

Advocate Varun Verma
Partner

Adv. Varun Verma

Criminal defence, bail applications, and trial work.

Advocate Prabhakar Deoghar
Counsel

Adv. Prabhakar Deoghar

Banking law, recovery proceedings, and institutional matters.

Additional counsel

  • Adv. Praveen Singh
  • Adv. Amarendra Chaubey
  • Adv. S. N. Tripathi
Local-counsel coordination is available for appropriate High Court matters outside Delhi.
Before you contact us

Questions clients should be able to ask plainly.

These answers explain the chambers' general process. They are not a substitute for advice on the facts of a particular matter.

Still need to ask something?

Call the office on 085276 72133 and briefly identify the kind of matter, the next known deadline, and whether any hearing, police appearance, account freeze, or protective issue is immediate. Keep the first call concise. Do not send a large set of sensitive documents until the office confirms what is required and how it should be shared.

Consultation

Begin with the deadline, the latest document, and the result you need now.

For urgent filings, protective relief, bail, police appearances, or active account freezes, calling is usually faster than email.

Call085276 72133Emailadv.sonal036@gmail.com
VisitMetro Pillar No. 101, near Pratap Nagar Metro Station, Partap Nagar, Delhi 110007
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