Articles and Updates

Redefining Intermediary Safe Harbour: Free Speech And Privacy Concerns In India
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Nayantara Narayan - 02-06-2021

The Information Technology (Intermediaries Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 ("New Rules") were notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on 25 February 2021. The Part II of New Rules marks a paradigm shift in the treatment of safe harbour provided to intermediaries and significantly overhauls the obligations cast on them. This article analyses the Part II of New Rules and its impact on intermediaries, free speech and privacy.

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Enforcement Of Anti Suit Injunction: Indian Court Lays Down The Parameters For Grant Of Anti-enforcement Injunction Against An Order By A Foreign Court
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Nayantara Narayan - 27-05-2021

In a recent case, titled Interdigital Technology Corporation & Ors. v. Xiaomi Corporation and Ors.1, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court, ("Indian Court") stayed the enforcement of an anti-suit injunction order of the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court ("Wuhan Court"). This article briefly examines this unprecedented ruling and findings of the Indian Court in the abovementioned matter.

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Enforcement Of Anti Suit Injunction: Indian Court Lays Down The Parameters For Grant Of Anti-enforcement Injunction Against An Order By A Foreign Court
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Nayantara Narayan - 27-05-2021

In a recent case, titled Interdigital Technology Corporation & Ors. v. Xiaomi Corporation and Ors.1, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court, ("Indian Court") stayed the enforcement of an anti-suit injunction order of the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court ("Wuhan Court"). This article briefly examines this unprecedented ruling and findings of the Indian Court in the abovementioned matter.

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Indian Proprietors Habitually Residing In Foreign Nations Subject To Provisions For International Commercial Arbitration: Supreme Court Of India
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran , Saurabh Babulkar and Anand Chichra - 27-05-2021

In its recent judgment of Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v. Ravindranath Rao Sindhia & Anr.1, the Supreme Court ruled that if a proprietor is a habitual resident of a foreign country, the arbitration involving such sole proprietorship would be classified as international commercial arbitration.

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Indian Proprietors Habitually Residing In Foreign Nations Subject To Provisions For International Commercial Arbitration: Supreme Court Of India
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran (New Delhi) , Saurabh Babulkar (New Delhi) and Anand Chichra (Mumbai) - 27-05-2021

In its recent judgment of Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v. Ravindranath Rao Sindhia & Anr.1, the Supreme Court ruled that if a proprietor is a habitual resident of a foreign country, the arbitration involving such sole proprietorship would be classified as international commercial arbitration.

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