Articles and Updates

• Vasanth Rajasekaran, Saurabh Babulkar and Reshma Ravipati - 19-08-2020

Some of the most significant judgments rendered in relation to arbitration law, in the second quarter of 2020.

• Sawant Singh, Aditya Bhargava, and Sristi Yadav - 11-08-2020

Housing finance companies (HFCs) have traditionally occupied a staid corner of the financial sector, providing loans to homeowners and for the development of the housing industry. As a sector, housing finance has also been a “safe investment” as loans secured against mortgages are considered among the least risky assets. However, adverse liquidity conditions for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and the crisis at Dewan Housing Finance led to stakeholders reconsidering their views of HFCs.

• Sawant Singh , Biswadeep Chakravarty and Sanjeev Sambasivan - 31-07-2020

Gujarat High Court in a recent matter decided on the issue of Writ Jurisdiction during the pendency of an arbitration proceeding and reaffirmed the principle of 'kompetenz - kompetenz' along with arbitrability of the simplicitor allegations of fraud.

• Sawant Singh , Neha Naik and Madhavi Doshi - 31-07-2020

The Rajasthan High Court's recent decision in the matter of Ultra Tech Nathdwara Cement Ltd. v. Union of India and Ors. where the Hon'ble Court laid emphasis on the 'binding nature' of resolution plans on pending government dues under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

• Vasanth Rajasekaran and Aditi Halder - 30-07-2020

A high-level overview of the key features of the bidding documents issued by the Ministry of Railways to permit private entities to undertake passenger trains operations on select routes in India on a public-private partnership basis. The write-up also highlights the factors that may be relevant for interested private players and the likely impact on the railway ecosystem.