Abhirup Paul Bangara

Education

• LL.M. (International Legal Studies), New York University School of Law (2017)
• B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), School of Law Christ University (2016)

Profile

Abhirup is a graduate of the School of Law Christ University, Bengaluru and the New York University School of Law where he was a J.N. Tata Scholar.

Abhirup began his career at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) where he worked as an Academic Associate. He began his legal practice at Ashira Law in Bengaluru. At Ashira Law, he worked extensively on cases involving divorce, custody, and maintenance. He also worked on many civil disputes. Abhirup also practised at IndusLaw and was a Senior Associate in their Bengaluru office. At IndusLaw, Abhirup regularly represented clients before several courts and tribunals, including the High Court of Karnataka, City Civil and Sessions Court, Commercial Court, National Company Law Tribunal, Debts Recovery Tribunal, Real Estate Regulatory Tribunal, and Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission. He also represented clients in domestic and international commercial arbitrations conducted at various centres including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

In 2024, Abhirup established his own chambers and is a practising advocate in the Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru. He is also empanelled on the Karnataka High Court Legal Services Committee. Abhirup has also been appointed as Court Commissioner to record evidence in several suits by the Commercial Court, Bengaluru, including in a suit from the year 1996.

Research interests:

• Comparative Law
• Family and Personal Laws
• Commercial Laws, Insolvency, and Debt Recovery Laws
• Arbitration Law

Publications:

Articles

• Case Comment on Prabhudas Damodar Kotecha v. Manhabala Jeram Damodar, published in the National Law Institute University Law Review, Volume 4, Issue 2, ISSN 2229-7952.
• Determinism and the Annihilation of Mens Rea, published in the Nirma University Law Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, ISSN 2249-1430.
• Co-authored A Step into the Turbulent Stream: Judicial Appointments in India, published in the International Journal in Law and Legal Jurisprudence Studies, Volume 1, Issue 3, ISSN 2348-8212.
• Co-authored Sustainable Development in Urban Setting, published in the Karnataka State Law University Student Law Review, Volume 2, ISSN 2347-8675.

Opinion Columns 

• Locating Cryptocurrencies, published in Bar and Bench on 22 March 2024 (available at https://www.barandbench.com/columns/locating-cryptocurrencies).
• What’s in a Name? Why the Authors of Judgments need to be Disclosed, published in Bar and Bench on 29 August 2020 (available at https://www.barandbench.com/columns/whats-in-a-name-why-the-authors-of-judgments-need-to-be-disclosed).

Invited as Chief Resource Person/Speaker

• Chief Resource Person for Training Session for Estate Officers of the Life Insurance Corporation on Property and Allied Laws conducted at the NLSIU Training Centre in August 2024.
• Delivered a lecture on Legal Systems of the World: Blurred Lines, organized by the School of Law Woxsen University, Hyderabad in February 2024.
• Delivered a lecture on Conflict of Laws and Family Law, organized by the School of Law Christ University, Bengaluru in January 2024.
• Delivered a lecture on Contemporary Issues in Indian Constitutional and Environmental Law, organized by the Environmental Law Studies and Orientation Programme, School of Law Christ University, Bengaluru in September 2022.
• Chief Resource Person for the Kritima Nyaya Vedika initiative organized by the Kristu Jayanti College of Law, Bengaluru on 27 October 2018 and 2 December 2023.