In a video shared widely on social media, Justice H.P. Sandesh of the Karnataka High Court can be seen reprimanding the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Karnataka (‘ACB’) for not producing documents…
Recently, I read Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Book, “SKIN IN THE GAME”. It made me think about the applicability of the commonsensical “skin in the game” principle to the Indian judiciary.…
Most Creditors heave a sigh of relief once the National Company Law Tribunal approves the Resolution Plan (“Plan”). However, the actual trouble for the creditors begin after approval of the…
The message that Seth Godin tries to deliver in this piece of “art” is that the time of being a cog in the wheel in an assembly line is over.…
In my earlier post, I had pointed out that the Supreme Court in United India Insurance Co. v. Antique Art Exports Pvt Ltd., had almost overruled the interpretation of Section…
In the construction industry, especially where contracts are awarded by the Public Sector Utilities in India (“PSUs”), it is a prevalent practice to insist for a No-claim certificate (“NOC”) and/or…
“Equity thus depending, essentially, upon the particular circumstances of each individual case, there can be no established rules and fixed precepts of equity laid down, without destroying its very essence,…
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”) was amended on 31.12.2015 (“the Amendment”) with the laudable objective of making the arbitration process “more user-friendly, cost effective and lead…
Under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter, “the Arbitration Act”), a “judicial authority” before whom a dispute has been brought, has to refer the matter to…
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