Dr. Avtar Singh, Veteran Author of Textbook on Law of Contract Passes Away

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Dr. Avtar Singh, the very famous author of books on Contract Law and Company Law, passed away yesterday (Oct 01, 2018).

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He was of 85 years of age. Textbooks authored by him are prescribed in many universities in India and abroad. He has also written on textbooks on Banking and Negotiable Instruments Act, Business Law, intellectual Property Law, Partnership Law and Law of Arbitration, to name a few.

His textbooks are famous for its crisp, illustrative and easily comprehensible content and are very popular among law students.

Removal of Arbitrator under Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996? A welcome step

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The Delhi High Court recently in Oyo Hotels & Homes Pvt. Ltd. v. Rajan Tewari & Anr.[Arb. Petition No. 424 / 2020] (“Oyo”) has while deciding a petition under Section 11 (6) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”) held that a court under S. 11 of the Act has the power to set aside an appointment of an arbitrator, if the appointment is ex-facie contrary to the arbitration clause, and thus is non est in law. The Court while setting aside the appointment of the...

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