
Court Can Exercise Power u/s 9 of Arbitration Act Even if Arbitration Agreement is Not Duly Stamped: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court (“HC”) in L&T Finance Limited v. Diamond Projects Limited and 4 Other Petitions held that under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (“Act”) there is no need to determine

Group of Companies Doctrine Applies to Indian Jurisprudence; Can Also Bind non-signatories to Arbitration Agreement: Supreme Court
A Constitution Bench comprising of Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud (CJI), Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice Pamidighantam, Sri Narasimha, Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra, of the Supreme Court (“SC”) held in the case of Cox

Prior Meeting of Minds Not a Mandate to Trigger Section 34 IPC, Common Intention Can Form Even During Commission of Offence: Supreme Court
The Division Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court comprising of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal in the matter of Ram Naresh v. State of UP has clarified that to attract Section 34

Compulsorily Convertible Debentures Should Be Treated As Equity For The Purpose of IBC: Supreme Court
The debatable issue that arises in corporate laws pertaining to compulsory convertible debentures (CCDs) is whether such CCDs fall under the ambit of financial debt under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) or not. A

If the Document Required to be Stamped is Insufficiently Stamped, then its Copy Cannot be Adduced as Secondary Evidence: Supreme Court
The Hon’ble Supreme Court (“SC”) recently in the case of Vijay v. Union of India[1], held that if a document required to be stamped is not sufficiently stamped, then a copy of such a document

Specific Performance of Re-conveyance Deed Cannot be Entertained if Defendant’s Title in Property is Denied by Plaintiff: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a recent judgment[1] denied the plea of the appellants (Madhavan through legal representative and Ors.) seeking specific performance for execution of the re-conveyance deed. The Court highlighted that from the plea
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