Arvind P Datar is a Senior Advocate of the Madras high Court and a Cost and Works Accountant. He is a trustee of the Palkhivala Foundation Chennai and a director of the Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre, Chennai. He practices at the Supreme Court, the Madras and other High CourtsMr. Arvind Datar is a prominent senior advocate (designated by the Madras High Court in 1999) with more than 30 years of practice at the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court. He has appeared before the Supreme Court in several landmark cases including the Vodafone – income tax case, National Tax Tribunal case, the SEBI- Sahara case and the NJAC (appointment of judges) case.He specialises in tax, company and Constitutional matters, having authored several highly regarded legal commentaries, which include Guide to Central Excise Law and Practice: With Accounting Practices; Commentary on the Constitution of India among others. He was the revising editor of “A Ramaiya Guide to the Companies Act” and Kanga and Palkhivala’s The Law and Practice of Income Tax”.