Legal Services for Magarpatta City & Kharadi IT Hub

Magarpatta City is a self-contained township that houses thousands of IT professionals and businesses. Together with the adjacent Kharadi IT Park, this corridor is one of Pune’s most active technology zones. The professional demographic — largely IT employees, software engineers, and corporate executives — faces specific legal risks: cybercrime FIRs, POSH workplace complaints, relocation-driven matrimonial disputes (498A), and corporate fraud allegations.

Advocate Akash Chikate provides specialist legal defence to individuals and companies in the Magarpatta-Kharadi belt.

Most Common Legal Issues Here

  • Cybercrime Defence — IT professionals accused of hacking, fraud, or online harassment
  • POSH Act — compliance setup, ICC training, complaint handling for Magarpatta companies
  • Anticipatory Bail — IT employees facing arrest threat in financial or matrimonial disputes
  • Corporate Fraud — cheating and misappropriation cases within tech companies
  • 498A / DV Act — matrimonial disputes from transferred employees
  • FIR Quashing — High Court petitions for false workplace complaints

Local procedure: Magarpatta workplaces and the local police

Magarpatta has its own police chowky, but it functions under Hadapsar Police Station at Gadital, which registers FIRs for the area. Hadapsar, along with Mundhwa and Kalepadal, is now part of Zone VI of Pune City Police. Kharadi, to the north, has its own police station in Zone VII.

Many complaints from office campuses begin inside the organisation. Under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 (POSH Act), an aggrieved woman may complain to the employer's Internal Committee, ordinarily within three months of the incident. This internal process runs separately from any criminal complaint and does not stop one. Allegations of data theft, unauthorised access or online fraud may be reported to the Pune City Cyber Police Station in Shivajinagar or on cybercrime.gov.in / 1930. Larger financial-fraud complaints may be handled by the Economic Offences Wing of Pune City Police.

Magistrate-level cases from Hadapsar Police Station are heard at the Pune Cantonment Court, functioning from Wanowrie since June 2024. Sessions cases and anticipatory bail are heard at the Pune District & Sessions Court, Shivajinagar.

Common Questions

Magarpatta has a police chowky that functions under Hadapsar Police Station. FIRs are ordinarily registered at Hadapsar Police Station, Gadital.

Under Section 9 of the POSH Act, 2013, an aggrieved woman may complain in writing to the Internal Committee (or the Local Committee where none exists) within three months of the incident, extendable by up to three months. The Internal Committee does not replace the criminal process, so a complaint can also be made to the police where the conduct is an offence.

Cases investigated by Hadapsar Police Station are heard by the Pune Cantonment Court, now at Wanowrie. Sessions cases are heard at Shivajinagar.