Asim Pandya joined the legal profession in the year 1989 and began practicing law in the Gujarat High Court. He obtained his LL M degree from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad in the year 1992. After practising litigation of civil and constitutional nature till 1993, he specialised in excise law. In the year 1998, he was appointed as the Additional Central Government Standing Counsel for the High Court of Gujarat to represent the Union of India and other central government departments. He worked as a part-time honorary lecturer for two years in Sir L A Shah Law College. The author also headed 'The Institute of Excise Law', which provides certificate courses in excise law, run by the Gujarat Law Society. The author is an active visiting faculty in the Gujarat National Law University and has been a constant contributor of articles on different subjects of law in various law journals. In the year 2003, he wrote an acclaimed work on the Contempt of Courts Act, which won accolades from the legal fraternity. Mr Pandya has also authored Writs and Other Constitutional Remedies (Published by LexisNexis, 2009), Excise Law and Procedure as well as Rights of Arrested Persons, Investigation and Bail.