Singapore Court’s Landmark Ruling: An Insight into Indian Courts’ Exercise of Inherent Powers UCO Bank v. Green Mint Pte. Ltd.: A case comment
by Sanjana Sachdev† and Sanskriti Sinha††
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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: A Full Bench of Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, Lord Kitchin and Lord Sales upheld
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