Practice Areas
Direct Access
Awards
Inner Temple Exhibition Scholar 2011-2012,
Inner Temple Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award
‘Indu is an outstanding advocate. Her legal knowledge is brilliant, she is always well prepared and has excellent client care skills, giving realistic and constructive advice.’
Legal 500, 2025
Experience
Year of Call: 2012
Qualifications
BPTC- Very Competent
LLB (Hons) Law
Education
University of Warwick
BPP Law School, London (BPTC)
Languages
Conversational Punjabi and Hindi
Profile
Indu specialises in proceedings relating to children, in particular disputes about child arrangements and proceedings with an International element.
Her practice covers the entire range of private children and international children disputes. She is regularly instructed in the following matters, which include:
- Child abduction proceedings both relating to the 1980 Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention matters;
- Wardship proceedings;
- Internal and external relocation cases; and
- Cases involving allegations of domestic abuse.
In her second year of practising as a tenant within chambers, Indu was nominated for and won the Jordans Young Family Law Barrister of the Year award in 2017.
Indu is known for her careful preparation, sensitive and empathetic approach towards her clients who come to her at a highly difficult time of their lives, and her confident advocacy.
Indu is regularly in the High Court, often against more senior counsel and has been led by Silks in a number of International children cases in the Court of Appeal in particular, and also in the Supreme Court.
Away from court, Indu has presented seminars to solicitors and other legal professionals on a range of family law topics. She is also a regular contributor to Family Law Week.
Prior to joining chambers, Indu previously worked as a Family Paralegal for Practical Law, where she helped to establish their family know how service.
Private Children Law
Indu’s practice covers the entire range of issues relating to private children disputes including disputes about child arrangements following separation and matters relating to the upbringing of a child, for example which school they should attend. Indu is regularly instructed in cases where there are serious allegations of domestic abuse, psychological harm and parental alienation. She brings a sensitive approach to such cases whilst also offering pragmatic advice.
Indu is experienced in cases concerning the relocation of a child, either within this jurisdiction or externally to both Hague Convention and Non-Hague Convention States. She is able to utilise her experience of international children law effectively to assist her clients with the issues which often arise in this complex area.
International Children Law
Indu is highly experienced within the field of International Children law and is a specialist international children barrister. She regularly appears in the High Court in cases involving the abduction of a child under the 1980 Hague Convention. She has a very busy practice in this area.
Indu also has experience of abduction cases where there have been linked asylum proceedings. Indu is also experienced in International children cases under the Inherent Jurisdiction.
She has also appeared as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal in International children cases which have involved issues such as setting aside Return Orders made under 1980 Hague Convention, and cases involving the separate representation of children in 1980 Hague Convention proceedings.
Family Finance
Indu has experience in representing clients at all stages of financial remedy proceedings including First Appointments, FDRs and final hearings.
Professional Memberships
Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Directories
‘Indu is an outstanding advocate. Her legal knowledge is brilliant, she is always well prepared and has excellent client care skills, giving realistic and constructive advice.’
Legal 500, 2025