Advocate Aditya Pratap

Advocate Aditya Pratap is a Mumbai-based lawyer and founder of Aditya Pratap Law Offices. An alumnus of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, he has over 13 years of experience in civil, criminal, corporate, real estate, and municipal litigation. His practice focuses on property disputes, redevelopment matters, urban governance, town planning regulations, regulatory compliance, and litigation before courts and tribunals in Mumbai.

Aditya Pratap is an alumnus of the prestigious NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. It is one of India’s premier national law schools. Aditya Pratap joined NALSAR after clearing CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) in 2008 with an All Indian Rank of 076. He graduated in 2013 with a B.A.LL.B. (Honours) degree.

Biography of Aditya Pratap and Aditya Pratap Law Offices

BA.LLB. (Hons.) from NALSAR Universy of Law, Hyderabad in 2013:

Aditya Pratap is an alumnus of the prestigious National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University of Law, Hyderabad (also called "NALSAR"). He joined NALSAR in 2008 after clearing the first-ever Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) with an All India Rank of 76. He graduated in 2013 with a BA.LL.B. (Hons.) Degree, thereby obtaining the academic qualifications to practice law.

Founding and Establishing Aditya Pratap Law Offices:

Pursuant to completing his graduation, Aditya Pratap enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. He also cleared the All India Bar Examination (AIBE).

Aditya Pratap Law Offices was established on 24th June 2013, with its offices at Mumbai. Advocate Pratap chose to take the plunge into litigation right after graduation. It was his vision to set up an integrated law practice that could provide sound and holistic legal advisory and counsel to clients requiring the same.

Aditya Pratap addressing the media after a major hearing in the Bombay High Court.

The Journey Begins!

Immediately upon joining the legal profession in Mumbai, he co-founded Aditya Pratap Law Offices along with Advocate Abha Singh. Over the course of his practice, he has handled and argued matters involving redevelopment disputes, cooperative housing society litigation, environmental violations, development control regulations, recovery proceedings, criminal prosecution, family disputes, municipal permissions, and contractual disputes.

A substantial part of his litigation practice has focused on urban governance, redevelopment regulation, environmental jurisprudence, and statutory compliance in the context of rapidly expanding Indian cities. He has appeared in several significant matters concerning redevelopment irregularities, environmental clearance violations, illegal construction, municipal permissions, slum rehabilitation issues, and public infrastructure governance.

Among the notable matters argued by him are cases involving redevelopment irregularities in Mumbai housing projects, environmental clearance disputes before judicial forums, actions concerning illegal construction under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, and litigation relating to municipal governance and public infrastructure. He has also appeared in matters involving anti-corruption investigations, public interest litigation, and regulatory accountability.

Legal Advisory and Guidance to Corporates, Business Houses, Co-operative Societies and Other Organisations:

Apart from courtroom litigation, Aditya Pratap has advised individuals, businesses, cooperative societies, and institutions on legal strategy, documentation, redevelopment frameworks, regulatory due diligence, contractual drafting, and compliance-related matters. His professional approach emphasizes structured pleadings, factual precision, procedural discipline, and long-term litigation strategy.

Legal Scholarship and Publications

In addition to active litigation practice, he has written extensively on issues relating to real estate regulation, urban infrastructure, environmental law, governance systems, and public policy. His articles and legal commentary have appeared in publications and platforms including Accommodation Times, Housing.com, Track2Realty, Down To Earth, and TERI.

Appearances in Print and Electronic Media

Aditya Pratap has participated in conferences, seminars, and panel discussions across the country on legal and governance issues, including urban redevelopment, RERA, infrastructure regulation, environmental compliance, and public administration. He has also appeared in television debates and media discussions on national and urban governance issues across platforms including Mirror Now, Zee Business, CNBC Awaaz, and TV18.

His wider professional interests include Indian urban planning systems, municipal governance frameworks, environmental regulation, infrastructure policy, technology, legal systems, and the long-term evolution of Indian cities. He continues to write and speak on contemporary legal, regulatory, and governance issues affecting urban India.

Some Important and Landmark Cases argued by Aditya Pratap

Supreme Court upholds Fine imposed by NGT for constructing without Environmental Clearance

The Supreme Court of India in December 2019 upheld a fine of Rs. 1 Crore imposed on Mumbai Developer Keystone Realtors. Advocate Aditya Pratap had represented the Appellant, a local resident who was aggrieved by the violations of environmental law being committed in the project.

The proceedings had commenced by filing an Appeal in the National Green Tribunal, Pune Bench challenging the legality of the Environmental Clearance (EC) issued to the Developer. Advocate Aditya Pratap had argued that even for an incremental expansion in built-up area, prior Environmental Clearance was required. Further the Application for EC had to be referred for appraisal to the State-Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) and could not be unilaterally granted by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA).

The National Green Tribunal had imposed a fine of Rs. 1 Crore on upon the Developer, which was later upheld by the Supreme Court in a landmark and reported judgment.

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Advocate Aditya Pratap appeared and argued in the pioneering Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to allow cinemagoers to carry their own food inside Cinema Halls and Multiplexes in 2018:

In the year 2018, Advocate Aditya Pratap had represented the Petitioner in a pioneering Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to permit cinemagoers to carry their own food inside cinema halls.

Appearing before a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court, Advocate Aditya Pratap had highlighted the malpractices committed by Cinema Halls and Multiplexes. They were prohibiting patrons from carrying their own food inside cinema halls. Further, deprived of the right to carry their own food, cinemagoers had no choice but to purchase junk food at exhortbitant prices from the multiplex canteens. This, argued Aditya Pratap, amounted to a severe violation of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

Advocate Pratap further submitted that the Hon'ble High Court, in its writ jurisdiction enshrined under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, could direct the State of Maharashtra to frame guidelines which would enable moviewatchers to carry their own food inside cinema halls in a safe, secure and non-intrusive way without causing any problems or nuisance to others.

Finally, each cinema hall and multiplex gets its license to operate from statutory authorities, namely the police through the licensing department. Advocate Aditya Pratap argued for conditions to be imposed in such licenses mandating cinema hall and multiplex operators to permit people to carry their own food inside cinemal halls. He further pressed for suitable conditions to be incorporated that would govern the criterial of eatables that could be carried inside.

NGT imposes fine of Rs. 40 Lakh on Developer for illegal Hill Cutting in Khandala - Advocate Aditya Pratap represented the Petitioners

In March 2017, the National Green Tribunal, Western Zonal Bench, Pune imposed a fine of Rs. 40 Lakh on a Khandala Developer for illegal hill cutting at Vikas Valley, a gated community situated at the scenic hill station. Advocate Aditya Pratap had represented the petitioners, who were aggrieved local residents, in the proceedings before the Hon'ble Tribunal.

Justice for Flatbuyers - Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) upholds RERA judgment awarding Interest for 5 Year Delay in Flat Possession - Advocate Aditya Pratap represented the Flatbuyers:

The Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal, in a landmark judgment passed on 27 April 2026, dismissed an Appeal filed by real estate developer CCI Projects Private Limited in respect of the Rivali Park Project in Borivali, Mumbai. It upheld the interest of over Rs. 3 Crore awarded by the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) awarded to two senior citizen flat buyers whose possession was delayed by over 5 years. Advocate Aditya Pratap represented the affected flatbuyers (Allottees) in the case.

Arguing on behalf of the Allottees, Advocate Aditya Pratap had argued that the developer had promised to hand over possession of the booked flats in February 2016. However the said deadline came to be breached and possession came to be handed over only in May 2021, representing a delay of over five (5) years.