Serving Justice, Delayed in Transit: India and the Hague Service Convention
by Nikhil Varshney* and Ishu Gupta**
India
CAM Advises Sattva Group and Colive on Strategic USD 100 Million JV Platform with Bain Capital for Co-Living Projects in India
Pursuant to the setting up of the above JV Platform, Sattva Group and Bain Capital also led Colive’s Series B fundraise.
SAM advises Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters on its USD 25 million bridge funding round
The round saw participation from the company’s existing investors A91, Verlinvest Anicut Capital and 12 Flags.
SAM advises IIFCL Projects (transaction advisers for IN-SPACe, Department of Space) on India’s first PPP project for Earth Observation Satellite Systems
This deal is the first-of-its-kind PPP project as it entails private parties partnering with IN-SPACe to build satellites and establish/hire the ground segment for both spacecraft control and data download / dissemination.
CAM advises Middle Eastern Sovereign Fund on USD 200 Million Investment in Micro Life Sciences
A wholly owned subsidiary of a middle eastern sovereign fund has entered into definitive agreements to invest USD 200 million for an approx. 3% stake in Micro Life Sciences Private Limited, one of India’s leading medical devices companies.
CAM advises Transvolt Mobility on US$50 Million Financing Round, Including IFC’s First Global Investment in EV Platform
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Transvolt Mobility Private Limited.
SAM & Co. advises Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on USD 100 Million ECB facility to IIFL Home Finance for affordable and green housing in India
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. acted as Indian legal counsel to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
‘India now carving role as a serious, reformist & pro-arbitration jurisdiction’: Justice Vikram Nath Charts India’s Arbitration Renaissance at LIDW 2025
Justice Nath addressed the conference on the theme- “The Indian Dispute Extravaganza: The Changing Face of Disputes Involving Indian Parties”.
CAM Advises UBS on Strategic Collaboration with 360 ONE WAM for Wealth Management in India and Abroad
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised UBS on an exclusive strategic collaboration with 360 ONE WAM Limited
SC provides interim protection to YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia; stays arrest over obscene remarks in India’s Got Latent show
The Court stayed his arrest in two FIRs registered in Maharashtra and Assam, subject to his cooperation in the investigation, while barring him from doing any further shows.
‘India has genius of devising a working system where self-executing contract can probably lead to minimal adjudication’: AGI Venkataramani at PHDCCI’s Conference
In association with ProUltimus Consulting, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) organised the conference on ‘Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Norms for Construction & Infrastructure Sectors’.
Explained | Bombay HC verdict directing UAE Based Parties to disclose assets in India for execution of decree for recovery of money by Luxembourg Company
Although HSBC has initiated the proceedings before the Court in UAE, seeking orders to pay the amount under the facility letters and to obtain a decree, ARF SV 1 Sar-applicant is entitled to pursue the claim in execution in the Courts in India by filing the Execution Application.
Paradigm Shift in India’s Criminal Justice System: Dissecting Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The BSA represents a landmark moment in India’s legal landscape, signalling a shift towards modernization and the digital era. It replaces archaic terminologies, expands the admissibility of evidence, and embraces technology.
‘Orders passed by UK Court enforceable in India as per Sections 13, 44-A of CPC’: Delhi HC permits TWC Aviation Capital to inspect aircraft frames leased to SpiceJet
Keeping in view the principles of Comity of Courts and that a substantial sum of money is due from SpiceJet Ltd. to TWC Aviation Capital Ltd., the Aircrafts and the engines deserve to be secured.
Delhi High Court allows Ukrainian woman to take her minor son back home who was brought to India by her former husband
“We do not think that it would be in the best interest of the minor child, who is currently five years old, to be separated from his mother and his elder sister, who are living in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.”
Delhi High Court dismisses petition to allow Overseas Citizen of India to participate in the International Maths Olympiad on behalf of India
“The courts have often held that having undertaken a chance at an examination, or in an interview, a candidate cannot later seek to question the rules applicable to that examination.”
‘Collecting money ostensibly for charitable activity not permitted when foreigner comes to India on business visa’; Delhi HC upholds deportation of a US citizen
“Petitioner, a citizen of USA, had come to India under a valid visa and was deported from India by the Bureau of Immigration from Trivandrum Airport, Kerala on 28-11-2022.”
Never Reported Judgment| Application of False trade descriptions can be proven through circumstantial evidence, not just positive affirmative evidence [1951 SCC 549]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1951 on Section 6 of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1889.
[Drug Trafficking] 34 kgs heroin seized at ICD Tughlkabad, Delhi; Delhi Court discharges accused due to lack of evidence
Delhi Court observed that as per the series of events, the accused was made a scapegoat in case things did not work out as planned.
Just a Bystander or a Good Samaritan? An Insight on Multi-Jurisdictional Approach on Duties of Bystanders
Every human being whose life is in peril must have a right to assistance.