Articles and Updates

Awkward regulatory tango over COVID-19 relief
  • Sawant Singh, Aditya Bhargav and Shristi Yadav - 29-06-2020

The dampening effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on economies compelling governments and regulators to introduce innovative measures to restore confidence in financial markets.

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Supreme Court Enforces A Foreign Arbitral Award Rendered Under Two-tier Arbitration Agreement
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran , Saurabh Babulkar and Reshma Ravipati - 17-06-2020

The series of judgments by the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Centrotrade Minerals and Metals Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Ltd. whereby the foundation has been set for enforcement of a foreign arbitral award rendered under a two-tier arbitration structure.

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Supreme Court Excludes Bar Of Limitation As A Preliminary Issue Under Section 9A Of The CPC
  • Sawant Singh , Biswadeep Chakravarty and Sanjeev Sambasivan - 12-06-2020

An important ruling of the Hon'ble Supreme Court which held that a question of limitation cannot be decided as a preliminary issue under Section 9A CPC.

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Domestic Arbitral Award Can Be Set Aside On Patent Illegality - Supreme Court Reaffirms
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Shweta Vashist - 30-05-2020

In this article, we analyze the decision rendered by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (Supreme Court) in Patel Engineering Ltd. v. North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd.1, where the ground of patent illegality for challenging a domestic award, post the amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) in the year 2015, has been reaffirmed.

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Force Majeure, Lockdown & Lease Rent: Delhi High Court Provides Clarity
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Shweta Vashist - 29-05-2020

COVID-19 and the lockdown that followed this pandemic has not just created large-scale implications for businesses across the globe, but has also severely affected contractual relationships. An important question that has arisen during these unprecedented times is whether this lockdown would entitle tenants to claim waiver or suspension of rent.

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