The Delhi High Court declared an Axis Bank arbitral award unenforceable, noting that the same arbitrator handled 4,155 cases and unilateral appointments violated arbitral neutrality.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court weekly roundup featuring 6 key rulings on cheque-bounce notice, compromise decrees, BNSS cognizance, arbitration, Delhi-NCR safety and pay parity.
Madras High Court dismisses a Section 9 arbitration plea after the applicant suppressed pending Section 12A pre-institution mediation proceedings, granting liberty to approach again after withdrawal.
Supreme Court holds that a Section 37 arbitration appeal cannot be remitted to an Arbitral Tribunal to be treated as a Section 17 application, even with parties’ consent.
Supreme Court’s key rulings this week cover CEC appointment law, Section 197 CrPC, POCSO safeguards, Article 311, life imprisonment, Companies Act, arbitration, Hindu property rights, gratuity and bribery.
Supreme Court holds that Cuttack was merely the venue, not the juridical seat of arbitration, and restores Mahanadi Coalfields’ Section 34 petitions before Sundargarh District Court.
From corruption prosecutions and corporate criminal liability to taxation, equal pay, vehicle repossession and arbitration, here are seven key Supreme Court rulings from the week.
Supreme Court holds that an arbitration clause in a loan agreement can bind a personal guarantor under Section 7(5) of the Arbitration Act when the guarantee is expressly made an integral and insepara...
Supreme Court’s key rulings this week cover POCSO, Article 226, arbitration, human rights, environmental clearances, corporate criminal liability, food labelling and insolvency, with important legal...
Madras HC flags confusion caused by continuous paragraph numbering in the Supreme Court’s Gayatri Balasamy judgment and asks law reporters to prevent such misreading.
The Supreme Court held that an Arbitral Tribunal has jurisdiction under Section 16 to decide whether a contract termination dispute falls within an “excepted matters” clause, and writ courts canno...
The Delhi High Court declined to halt arbitration at the final arguments stage, holding that a legal heir not impleaded by a co-heir can challenge the eventual arbitral award under Section 34 of the A...
Madras High Court holds litigants are entitled to a court fee refund when an appeal is not maintainable, terming such filing “inadvertence” under Section 70.
The Supreme Court has upheld a Delhi High Court order directing National Projects Construction Corporation to deposit ₹3.5 crore pending its challenge to an arbitral award.
The Calcutta High Court held that an unsigned copy of an arbitral award cannot be enforced and ruled that an MSME officer's certificate cannot substitute a signed copy under Section 31(5) of the Arbit...
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