India: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

In-house counsel employed by corporations are not entitled to attorney-client privilege due to their employment status and lack of professional independence, says the Supreme Court

The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India in Re: Summoning Advocates who give legal opinion is not merely a legal ruling; it is a profound jurisprudential restatement of the very foundations of a robust justice delivery system.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant and far-reaching judgment, has reaffirmed the sanctity of the advocate-client relationship and curtailed investigative agencies' powers...

The interface between constitutional remedies and statutory arbitration mechanisms has long been a subject of intense judicial scrutiny in Indian jurisprudence.

The Jharkhand High Court has delivered a landmark judgment addressing the State's two-decade failure to operationalize the statutory office of the Adjudicating Officer under the Information Technology Act, 2000.

In The High Court of Delhi M/s JSW Ispat Steel Limited (Now known As JSW Steel Limited) [Appellant] Vs. M/s Gas Authority of India Limited [Respondents

The Jharkhand High Court has delivered a landmark judgment addressing the State's two-decade failure to operationalize the statutory office of the Adjudicating Officer under the Information Technology Act, 2000.

The Supreme Court of India has delivered a landmark ruling clarifying the threshold for rejecting insolvency applications under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. In GLS Films Industries Private Limited v. Chemical Suppliers India Private Limited, the apex court addressed whether appellate tribunals can conduct mini-trials to evaluate the merits of pre-existing disputes, or whether they must simply confirm the existence of a plausible dispute. This judgment reinforces critical safeguards

The Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 functions as a critical piece of beneficial legislation, designed to provide immediate financial succor to the dependents of victims of fatal road accidents.

Our Partner, Sidharth Sethi, was invited as a speaker by the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice (DLA MoL&J) and the India International Arbitration Centre...

The Hon'ble Delhi High Court in A2Z Infra Engineering Ltd. v. ITI Ltd.1 granted urgent interim measures under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("ACA") restraining ITI from termination an Annual Maintenance Contract ("AMC") linked to a BSNL telecom project. The Court

In the recent case of Western Coal Fields Ltd. v. Manohar Govinda Fulzele, 2025 INSC 233, the Supreme Court ("SC") held that an employee's gratuity can be forfeited in case of proven misconduct for an offence involving moral turpitude, even if the employee has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding.