India: Court Procedure

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?

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...

In recent times, inside courtrooms across India, the traditional file folder stuffed with documents has progressively given way to pen drives, email printouts, recordings and CCTV footage etc.

The Indian legal system permits the transfer of criminal trials in exceptional circumstances, primarily to ensure that justice is not only done but also seen to be done Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), ...

In a judgment dated 2nd September 2024 in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. v. Mrs. Saroj Tandon1, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court ("High Court") dealt with an important procedural question...

The High Court of Delhi through its judgment dated 01.07.2025 in Communication Components Antenna Inc. v. Ace Technologies Corp. and Ors. held that Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ("CPC") gives sufficient and wide discretionary power to the court to exercise.

According to the Code of Civil Procedure, in civil cases, the trial judicial process begins with the filing of a plaint wherein the plaintiff lays down the grievances and the prayer sought for.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court ("SC") in a recent case, clarified that the subsequent setting aside of an injunction order does not absolve a party from liability for disobeying the order during its validity.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in Rakesh Kumar Verma v. HDFC Bank Ltd. and HDFC Bank Ltd. v. Deepti Bhatia, Civil Appeal Nos. 2282 and 2286 of 2025, has held that exclusive jurisdiction clauses in private employment contracts are enforceable, and civil suits instituted in courts other than those agreed upon are not maintainable.