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Unilateral Arbitral Appointments And Their Waiver: Supreme Court Settles The Law

For decades, Indian arbitrations carried a quiet paradox. Disputes meant to be decided by neutral adjudicators often began with one party holding the unilateral power to appoint the sole arbitrator.

India Litigation

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PSA

Devas v. Antrix: Dutch Enforcement And The Limits Of Seat-Based Annulment

With the Dutch Supreme Court's 6 March 2026 dismissal of Antrix's cassation challenge, attention has once again turned to one of the most closely watched India-linked arbitration disputes in recent years.

India Litigation

Aceris Law

Judicial Review Of Disciplinary Proceedings: Delhi High Court’s Stance On Hostile Witnesses And Standard Of Proof

The scope of judicial review in disciplinary proceedings continues to be a subject of considerable jurisprudential significance, particularly when it involves the assessment of evidence...

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

How Joint Venture Disputes are Evolving — Arbitration, Enforcement & Legal Remedies

Joint Ventures refer to the organizational structure where there are joint control, assets or resources pooling and mutual profit-sharing between two or more companies.

India Litigation

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

The Ghosts Of Abandoned Suits: How The Supreme Court Used Ancient Latin Maxims To Deny Relief To Parties Who Played Fast And Loose With The Judicial Process

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

The Supreme Court Of India Clarifies The Scope And Ambit Of The Power Regarding Appointment Of A Substitute Arbitrator; Reiterates That Substitution Preserves Continuity, And Prior Proceedings Remain Valid Unless Either Party Objects

India Litigation

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JSA

Karta’s Personal Liability Where HUF Assets Are Insufficient To Satisfy An Arbitral Award: Bombay High Court Clarifies Position

India Litigation

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King, Stubb & Kasiva

JSA Successfully Represents ABS Marine Services Before The Supreme Court In A Landmark Judgment On The Ambit And Scope Of Clauses Dealing With 'Excepted Matters’ In Arbitration And Arbitrability Of Disputes

India Litigation

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JSA

Where Parties Choose The Seat Before The First Application Is Filed, Section 42 Cannot Confer Jurisdiction On Another Court: Calcutta High Court

India Litigation

Trinity Chambers

An Arbitration Clause Confined To Work Within A Specified City Cannot Be Extended By Conduct To Cover Work Done Elsewhere: Allahabad High Court

India Litigation

Trinity Chambers

Substitution Under Section 29A(6) Is Not Automatic: Supreme Court

India Litigation

Trinity Chambers

Tribunals At A Crossroads: Supreme Court’s Tenure Extension Order And The Government’s Proposed New Tribunal Law

India Litigation

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Legitpro Law

Arbitration In 2026: Section 15, Substitution Of Arbitrators And The Supreme Court’s Evolving Limits On Judicial Interference

India Litigation

LP

Legitpro Law

Equality In Caregiving: A Constitutiona Reassessmentof Maternity Benefits

India Litigation

DL

DSK Legal

F&M - Dispute Resolution & ADR - Highlights 2025

India Litigation

Fox & Mandal

The Post India–EU FTA Era: A Strategic Inflection Point For European Companies In India

Worldwide Commercial

IMC Group

Rajasthan Releases Draft Code On Wages Rules, 2026: Key Compliance Changes For Employers

India Employment

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Income Tax Rules, 2026 Notified: HRA, Allowance And Form Changes That Salary Earners And Corporates Must Prepare For

LP

Legitpro Law

RBI Notifies Draft RBI (NBFC –Registration, Exemptions And Framework For Scale Based Regulation) Amendment Directions, 2026

Sagus Legal

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Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

Attorney Client Privilege - Supreme Court Holds In House Counsel Are Not Entitled To Privilege: In Re: Summoning Advocates Who Give Legal Opinion Or Represent Parties During Investigation Of Cases And Related Issues*

In-house counsel employed by corporations are not entitled to attorney-client privilege due to their employment status and lack of professional independence, says the Supreme Court

India Litigation

TC

Tuli & Co

The Unbreachable Sanctum Reinforcing Legal Professional Privilege In India And Its Critical Implications For Competition Law

The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India in Re: Summoning Advocates who give legal opinion is not merely a legal ruling; it is a profound jurisprudential restatement of the very foundations of a robust justice delivery system.

India Anti-trust

DL

DSK Legal

Supreme Court Upholds Advocate-Client Privilege: A Barrier Against Investigative Overreach

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant and far-reaching judgment, has reaffirmed the sanctity of the advocate-client relationship and curtailed investigative agencies' powers...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Admissibility Of Digital Evidence

India Litigation

Diwan Advocates

Scope Of Consideration Of Material In Warrant Cases By Magistrate While Framing Of Charge In Complaint Case

India Litigation

VA

Vaish Associates Advocates

Navigating Interrogatories: Procedures And Rules

India Litigation

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Delhi High Court Clarifies Scope Of Discovery In SEP Suits

India Litigation

SA

Saikrishna & Associates

Discovery And Inspection Of Documents – Crucial Procedural Steps In Law

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

Legislative Immunity For Lawmakers Facing Bribery Charges

India Litigation

NN

Naik Naik & Company

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Devas v. Antrix: Dutch Enforcement And The Limits Of Seat-Based Annulment

With the Dutch Supreme Court's 6 March 2026 dismissal of Antrix's cassation challenge, attention has once again turned to one of the most closely watched India-linked arbitration disputes in recent years.

India Litigation

Aceris Law

Unilateral Arbitral Appointments And Their Waiver: Supreme Court Settles The Law

For decades, Indian arbitrations carried a quiet paradox. Disputes meant to be decided by neutral adjudicators often began with one party holding the unilateral power to appoint the sole arbitrator.

India Litigation

P

PSA

How Joint Venture Disputes are Evolving — Arbitration, Enforcement & Legal Remedies

Joint Ventures refer to the organizational structure where there are joint control, assets or resources pooling and mutual profit-sharing between two or more companies.

India Litigation

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Writ Jurisdiction And Private Companies: Understanding The Limitations

India Commercial

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

The Supreme Court Of India Clarifies The Scope And Ambit Of The Power Regarding Appointment Of A Substitute Arbitrator; Reiterates That Substitution Preserves Continuity, And Prior Proceedings Remain Valid Unless Either Party Objects

India Litigation

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JSA

Substitution Under Section 29A(6) Is Not Automatic: Supreme Court

India Litigation

Trinity Chambers

An Arbitration Clause Confined To Work Within A Specified City Cannot Be Extended By Conduct To Cover Work Done Elsewhere: Allahabad High Court

India Litigation

Trinity Chambers

Where Parties Choose The Seat Before The First Application Is Filed, Section 42 Cannot Confer Jurisdiction On Another Court: Calcutta High Court

India Litigation

Trinity Chambers

JSA Successfully Represents ABS Marine Services Before The Supreme Court In A Landmark Judgment On The Ambit And Scope Of Clauses Dealing With 'Excepted Matters’ In Arbitration And Arbitrability Of Disputes

India Litigation

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JSA

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Court Procedure

Judicial Review Of Disciplinary Proceedings: Delhi High Court’s Stance On Hostile Witnesses And Standard Of Proof

The scope of judicial review in disciplinary proceedings continues to be a subject of considerable jurisprudential significance, particularly when it involves the assessment of evidence...

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

The Supreme Court Of India Clarifies The Scope And Ambit Of The Power Regarding Appointment Of A Substitute Arbitrator; Reiterates That Substitution Preserves Continuity, And Prior Proceedings Remain Valid Unless Either Party Objects

Whether the Bombay HC, while deciding an application for substitution of arbitrator, was justified in holding that the proceedings held by the earlier arbitrator were liable to be declared as nullity on the premise that those proceedings were undertaken during the period of moratorium under Section 14 of the IBC?

India Litigation

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JSA

Supreme Court Holds That A Valuation Report Is Not A Statutory Requirement For Reduction Of Share Capital Under Section 66 Of The Companies Act 2013

The Supreme Court through its judgement dated 10.03.2026 in the matter of Pannalal Bhansali v. Bharti Telecom Limited & Ors.1 held that obtaining a valuation report is not a statutory requirement...

India Commercial

Sagus Legal

The New Paper Trail: Proving Your Case Through Electronic Evidence

India Litigation

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Understanding Territorial Jurisdiction: A Closer Look At Section 19 Of The Civil Procedure Code, 1908

India Litigation

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Non-Bailable Warrants Cannot Be Issued Mechanically For Non-Compliance With ED Summons: Delhi High Court

India Litigation

VA

Vaish Associates Advocates

Adoption Outside The Law: Why The Hon'ble Telangana High Court Refused Custody Restoration

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Monthly Update | January 2026

India Litigation

HA

HSA Advocates

Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter - January 2026

India Litigation

Fox & Mandal

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Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

Sidharth Sethi | Conference On Institutional Arbitration: An Effective Framework For Dispute Resolution (Video)

Our Partner, Sidharth Sethi, was invited as a speaker by the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice (DLA MoL&J) and the India International Arbitration Centre...

India Litigation

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JSA

Forfeiture Of Gratuity Does Not Require Criminal Conviction As A Prerequisite

In the recent case of Western Coal Fields Ltd. v. Manohar Govinda Fulzele, 2025 INSC 233, the Supreme Court ("SC") held that an employee's gratuity can be forfeited in case of proven misconduct for an offence involving moral turpitude, even if the employee has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding.

India Litigation

MP

Majmudar & Partners

Newsletter For December 2025

The present appeal arises from the judgment and order dated 07 April 2025 passed by the Bombay High Court allowing a petition under Section 11(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("the Act")...

India Litigation

PL

Phoenix Legal

Delhi High Court Rules Unilateral Arbitrator Appointment Invalid Without Post-Dispute Written Waiver

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Suing A Foreign Entity In India

India Litigation

SS

Singhania & Partners LLP

International Arbitration Comparative Guide

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

Dawning An Era Of Arbitral Mechanism Over States› Supremacy: A Case Comment On ‘KLA Const Technologies v. The Embassy Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

Delhi High Court Upholds That A Foreign State Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity Against Enforcement Of Arbitral Award

India Litigation

C

Clasis Law

Whether Foreign States Are Permitted To Stymie The Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards? Delhi High Court Answers

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

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Latest Videos

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Socially Distant: Indo-European Business Relationships And Cases Resolution Through Mediation (Video)

AP

AK & Partners

India Law Legal Podcast Episode No 4 (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Argus Talks: Decoding The Gayatri Balasamy Verdict: Boon Or Bane For Indian Arbitration (Video)

AP

Argus Partners

Can Courts Modify Arbitral Awards? – A Supreme Court Showdown (Video)

HS

Hammurabi & Solomon

Behind The Bench: Sr. Adv. Arvind P. Datar On Safari Retreat Judgment And Tax Law Interpretation (Video)

SL

Shraff Legal Advocates

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