News Insights

16 Aug 2021

The Supreme Court has held that a motor accident claim petition does not abate even after the death of the injured claimant as the right to sue can be passed to his heirs and legal representatives in so far as loss to the estate is concerned.

9 Aug 2021

The Supreme Court has held that the interim order of the Singapore Emergency Arbitrator is enforceable in India under Section 17(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, thereby upholding the order passed by Singapore EA and stalling Future Retail’s $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets.

5 Aug 2021

The Calcutta High Court, while adjudicating upon a plea wherein the arbitration was before ICC, held that, unless expressly excluded by parties to the arbitration, choosing a foreign law to govern an arbitration would not exclude the provision of approaching Indian courts for interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

16 July 2021

The Madras High Court passed a significant judgment on the fundamental right to privacy specifically the right of an acquitted individual to get his name redacted from all Court orders. The Court’s decision came while deciding the plea of an individual, accused of cheating and rape, who was subsequently acquitted of all charges.

15 July 2021

The Hon’ble Supreme Court has opined that WhatsApp messages have no evidentiary value as the possibility of deleting or creating information on social media does not allow the Court to attach usefulness to such messages. It was also opined that authors of such messages could not be tied to them, especially in business partnerships governed by agreements.

22 June 2021

India’s proposed rules for the e-commerce sector is directed towards the interest of consumers and geared to address issues like “related parties” being enlisted as sellers, flash sales that benefit only select sellers, misleading advertisements, liability for seller’s negligence or failure to deliver goods among other.