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Dealing with the Notions of Hardship and Force Majeure in International Commercial Contracts: Tackling Unforeseen Events in a Changing World

by Swarnendu Chatterjee* and Arushi Bhagotra**

Emergency arbitrator’s award is referable to S. 17(1) of Indian Arbitration Act; enforceable under S. 17(2): Scopious analysis of landmark SC ruling in favour of Amazon in dispute with Future Retail

Supreme Court: Holding that an award passed by Emergency Arbitrator is enforceable under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, a Division Bench

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Party Autonomy or Contracting out of Indian Courts — Analysis of PASL Wind Solutions (P) Ltd. v. GE Power Conversion (India)(P) Ltd.

by Lakshmi Subramaniam Iyer* and Aishwarya Dash**

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The Fifth Domain of Warfare: An Assessment of the Evolving Threat of Cyberattacks under Jus Ad Bellum

by Aryan Dhingra†

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Ever Given blockade: Carving out exceptions to Economic Loss Doctrine

by Aritra Mitra†

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Grant of Escalation Charges by Arbitrator: Navigating Beyond the Realms of Contract

by Abhishek Goyal†

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Juxtaposing Seat of Arbitration vis-à-vis Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses: Judicial Trend Thus Far

by Jeevan Ballav Panda† and Satish Padhi††

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Study leave can be granted if the course of study is in the interest of the working of government or to service which govt. servant belongs; Court allows petition

Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J., allowed a writ petition which was filed seeking a direction to grant them study leave

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | “Look into the security measures of the court premises of each and every Judgeship of the State of Jharkhand”; Suo motu cognizance taken in Judge Uttam Anand Death case

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., took suo motu cognizance to monitor

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Electronic based offering of securities not to be construed as electronic mode under Rule 2(1)(h) of Companies (Specification of definitions details) Third Amendment Rules, 2014

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified Companies (Specification of definitions details) Third Amendment Rules, 2021 on August 5, 2021. The

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Can an employee who has foregone his promotion claim seniority over his juniors promoted earlier than him? HC answers

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harsimran Singh Sethi, J., held that length of service in the cadre in which the seniority is

Case Briefs High Courts

Amazon-Flipkart Plea: Kar HC dismisses prayer that sought to restrain CCI from investigating into deep discounting practices and biased treatment of select sellers

Karnataka High Court: P. S. Dinesh Kumar, J., dismissed the petitions and did not interfere with the impugned order. The facts of

Case Briefs High Courts

Mani HC | Comply with WHO guidelines, ensure water supply in the containment zones; Court issues directions

Manipur High Court: The Division Bench of KH. Nobin Singh and A. Bimol Singh, JJ., issued certain directions in response to a

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Entry time of admit card of utmost importance; Court dismisses petition praying reconduction of IPMAT

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sujoy Paul and Anil Verma, JJ., dismissed a petition which was filed by 12th

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Is there any law requiring registration of News portals? Which authority is examining content of News before it is circulated? HC asks J&K government

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal, CJ, and Sanjay Dhar, J., asked Jammu and Kashmir

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No bar to amendment of S. 7 IBC petition until final order; Money decree, recovery certificate in financial creditor’s favour gives fresh cause of action to initiate corporate insolvency resolution process: SC

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. held that there is no bar in law to amendment

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Jammu & Kashmir government exempted from Takeover regulations for the proposed acquisition of equity shares of Jammu and Kashmir Bank

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member, exempted the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, from complying with

Case Briefs District Court

[Hate Speech] Court grants bail to Ram Bhagat a.k.a Jamia shooter in a hate speech case

Sessions Court, Gurugram: D.N.Bhardwaj, Additional Sessions Judge, granted bail to the Ram bhagat identified as Jamia shooter in a hate speech case.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Does Rule 4(5)(a) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2002 cover the return of waste and scraps and is it subject to Central Excise duty? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Rachna Gupta (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed aggrieved by the order-in-original

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Premature release of convicts who have undergone imprisonment of more than 14 yrs, and less than 14 yrs: With whom lies the power? SC discusses

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and A.S. Bopanna, JJ. disposed of a criminal appeal holding, inter alia, that if