At Trujupe Legal, we try & get to the bottom of your concerns with your legal issues and help you navigate them to the best possible outcome keeping your best interests uppermost in mind.
My NRI Aunt and her Legal battles
Just to share with you the genesis of our business idea, the concept of Trujupe Legal Navigations emanated from my personal experience while assisting a close member of my extended family who is settled in Europe (name of the country withheld on purpose), in handling complex legal matters in Andhra Pradesh state, South India. This precious aunt of mine was thrust into complex litigation with matters of civil and criminal nature in multiple forums. I mean literally “M U L T I P L E” forums. It started with a family matter in Civil Court which led into high-value property suits in Civil courts & High Court; Criminal matters in Police station & High Court; a suit for damages for defamation in Civil courts; and connected matters which escalated to the Apex Court.
Handling overseas litigation in absentia does come with its pitfalls. My aunt is a tenacious lady but despite her drive, she had had a very difficult time attending to this complex litigation from Europe. She would often alternate between short & long spells in India in connection with the ongoing lawsuits here. This led to immigration issues in the country of her residence to make matters worse. Long story short, she fought a lone battle and had to almost throw in her towel after unfortunately encountering a series of bad experiences with the very professionals whom she trusted with dealing with the matters. The stakes were quite high running into a few Crores of Rupees.
Mission – salvaging her retirement fund from the complex litigation
That was when on her insistence I had to take up coordinating the litigation. My mission – to salvage her retirement fund from the mosaic that was the litigation on hand. I enlisted the support of a lawyer, a good friend of mine, and strategize, we had to! To start with we had quite some trouble replacing the professionals handling each matter since they resisted strongly. Some of the Courts concerned didn’t make it easy for us either – on an action which should have been normally rather simple. We picked and chose specialist professionals for each matter on hand. Then we worked through the maze on bringing each litigation to closure one by one and finally by the grace of the Almighty, we did succeed in getting a substantial settlement for my aunt. But not before running into tense moments enroute. With the Courts, listings, the ‘lost’ & ‘found’ case files, the opposition of-course, the whims & fancies of the legal & paralegal professionals in the various forums, the power of attorney holders, not to speak of their assorted & amusing (ill) advisors coming from all walks of life and with the CLIENT herself! That is a different story altogether and I WILL write a special piece on it some other time I promise!
I realized a direly felt need
Braving through this rather protracted storm, I realized there was a need. A dire need for honest & efficient professional services for Non-Resident Indians handling litigation here from across the seas. Someone who would appreciate the anxiety of the client and be as dogged as the client to see the matter to a fair & just closure in the best possible timeframe (given the constraints of pendency) and at a reasonable cost. This – while maneuvering the matter with the right professionals in place and most importantly – keeping the client closely updated and taking their valuable input during the process and assimilating it to advantage. Another refreshing fact I noticed was that most of the Courts were sympathetic and responsive when an exigency was brought to their notice. We just needed to make sure the pressing need was articulated optimally before the forum.
Trujupe Legal Navigations launched
After an 18-year stint when I decided to move on from my assignment as the Head of the Corporate Affairs & Legal department with a leading Business house in Hyderabad under the Chairmanship of my Guru, I knew I wanted to fill this market need. It is a niche though. But I deeply believed and still do – that NRIs with legal needs here deserve better. And here’s TRUJUPE LEGAL NAVIGATIONS! We operate through an in house team of professionals with impeccable credentials and also the network of lawyers and professionals that I was fortunate to build over the last two decades. We also offer these services to Resident Indian individuals and Corporates & MSMEs who lack their own Legal depts. – for their legal needs in A.P. & Telangana states of South India.
Along with Legal Support services, we also decided to add to the bouquet – Consultancy & Support services for CORPORATES for Regulatory / Statutory affairs and for Natural gas issues – which are the other two areas of my specialization. The Statutory affairs includes support services for Environmental compliances & in dealing with Pollution Control Authorities and also legal services support for need-based escalation to relevant forums for resolution of issues.
It has been just 6 months since launching Trujupe Legal Navigations and I am happy to announce that we are steadily building a client base of NRIs, Resident Indians, and Corporates! Thank you so much for trusting us! Delighted to serve you!! Please do let us know how we can serve you better!
