About Suruchi Kumar

Suruchi Kumar is a partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. who focuses on employee relations and industrial actions such as closure of establishments, advice on disputes with trade unions, severance payouts, handholding during internal disciplinary processes, conducting internal investigations as external teams engaged to conduct a fair and neutral fact-finding exercise on HR and employee disciplinary issues, advice on redressal procedures under prevention of sexual harassment law, and advice on diversity and inclusion-based workplace laws regarding persons with disabilities and transgender persons. Given the intricacies of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, she also focuses on strategy to deal with labour issues in companies undergoing insolvency, such as payouts to employees prior to and following commencement of insolvency, adjustments/transfer of workforce to operating units, and notices by labour authorities. She has also prepared litigation strategies and represented clients before labour authorities in matters pertaining to regularisation, unfair dismissals, levy of damages and interest under social security laws.