Anil Malhotra is a practising Senior Advocate in India, having received his Bachelor of Science (1980) & Bachelor of Laws (Professional) (1983) Degrees from India. He obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of London in 1985. He studied Comparative Family Law at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Law and Society in South Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. He is an IAFL Fellow and Secretary of the IAFL International Child Relocation Committee. He has significant published work on International Issues and perspectives of Indian Family & allied laws in a global context. For 40 years, Anil has handled civil, constitutional, matrimonial, criminal and overseas litigation on behalf of non-resident Indians abroad, representing overseas clients in all Indian Courts, including the Supreme Court of India. He has regularly opined on matters of Indian law in cases in foreign jurisdictions and has conducted matters in Indian Courts regarding the interpretation and application of foreign Court Orders pertaining to divorce decrees, child abduction, custody, maintenance, adoption, surrogacy and property-related issues of non-resident Indians.

He is regularly instructed by Foreign Courts, International Institutions, Barristers, Solicitors and litigants to give Expert Evidence on various aspects of Indian Family Law. He has rendered over 200 Expert Reports. He has rendered about 35 Amicus Curiae Assistances in Constitutional Courts in India on aspects of International Family Law and interpretation of statutes involving fundamental rights. He delivers end-to-end advisory and disputes capability across marriage and divorce (including ancillary reliefs and domestic-violence interventions); all child matters (welfare, removal, guardianship, custody and care); intercountry adoptions under the Hague Adoption Convention and Hindu personal laws; maintenance, alimony, structured financial defrayals and family settlements; India-specific surrogacy mandates under the current statutory regime; citizenship, passport, OCI/dual nationality and Foreigner Registration compliance; Indian domicile, inheritance, wills and succession (including probate/estate administration); remedies for foreign nationals where foreign judgments interface with Indian law; forum strategy for conflicts of jurisdiction, anti-suit injunctions and parallel proceedings; recognition and enforcement of foreign court orders and final decrees in India; validation and use of foreign-law decisions in domestic proceedings; and tax-sensitive structuring where double-taxation and foreign investment intersect with family-law outcomes. He has co-authored 10 books on various aspects of International Family Laws in India and Private International Law from 2005 to 2025 as below:

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1. Co-authored book titled “Acting for Non-resident Indian Clients” (London 2005) {ISBN-085308-662-1} published by Jordan Publishing Limited, Bristol, UK.

2. Book titled “India, NRIs and the Law” {ISBN-978-81-7534-796-0} published by Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi (2009).

3. Book titled “Indians, NRIs and the Law” {ISBN-978-93-5035-124-6} published by Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi (2011).

4. Co-authored book titled “Surrogacy in India – A Law in the making” {ISBN-978-93-5035-325-7} published by Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi (2013).

5. Co-authored book titled “International Indians and the Law” {ISBN-978-93-5035-511-4} published by Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi (2014).

6. Co-authored book titled “Surrogacy in India – A Law in the making, – Revisited”, {ISBN-978-93-5035-124-6} published by Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi (2015).

7. Co-authored book titled “India, Inter Country Parental Child Removal and the law” {ISBN-978-93-5035-789-7} published by Universal Law Publishing Company Private Limited, New Delhi as an imprint of Lexis Nexis(2016)

8. Co-authored book titled “The Removed Child and The Law in India”, {ISBN-978-93-5321-776-1} published by Malhotra & Malhotra Associates, Chandigarh (2018).

9. Co-authored book titled “The Global Indians and The Law”, {ISBN-978-93-89176-54-4} published by Oak Bridge Publishing Pvt Ltd, Gurugram (2020).

10. Co-authored book titled “Practitioner’s Guide to International Family Law: An Indian Perspective”, {ISBN-978-81-983488-4-5} published by Oak Bridge Publishing Pvt Ltd, Gurugram (2025).