Month: December 2022

Justice Hemant Gupta appointed chairman of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre He was earlier a judge in the Supreme Court The Appointments Committee of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has approved the nomination of Justice Hemant Gupta as the chairman of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC). NDIAC was established to

The article ‘Concept of Exchange under Transfer of Property Act: An Eternal Practice from the Ancient Times to Modern Society‘ by Sanchit Sinha and Sourav Kumar propounds the system of exchange and the relevant provisions of the Transfer of Property Act from that perspective. The Authors give a brief idea about the properties including those

Hamdard Sharbat ROOH AFZA trademark win over ‘Sharbat DIL AFZA’ represented by Team Anand & Anand The Division Bench of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, vide Judgement dated 21st December, 2022 allowed the Appeal of the Hamdard Group of Companies. This Appeal had been filed by Hamdard challenging the impugned order passed by a learned

Table of Contents hide What is a Tort? The term ‘Tort’ has been derived from the Latin term ‘Tortum’ which means “To Twist”. Following from this derivation, a tort can be said to be any ‘Twisted Act’. It is also referred to as a civil wrong. It essentially refers to any wrongful act or omission

Osborne Clarke advised Renewables Infrastructure Group on acquisition of battery storage facility On completion, the project will have a total capacity of 100MW/200MWh International law firm Osborne Clarke has advised a listed investment company, The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) on the acquisition of 100 percent equity interest in Project Spennymoor. While TRIG’s portfolio includes onshore

Paving The Way Towards Strengthening International Arbitration in India International arbitration has played a pivotal role in resolving complicated disputes that may arise in cross-border transactions. The general perception is always that the court of one party’s home turf would end up favouring that party in any international dispute and as such parties to such

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (“PMLA”) The New Economic Law to Tackle Economic Offences and White Collar Crimes – Challenges Before In-House Counsels In recent years, we have witnessed a huge spike in cases of money laundering and the Enforcement Directorate (“ED”) filing cases against individuals and corporates for alleged violations under the Prevention of

                It is no trifling matter that on record it is Uttar Pradesh (UP) which tops in having the maximum number of pending cases and not Maharashtra! Yet you see the crowning unbeatable irony that Maharashtra has maximum High Court Benches which also tops in latest Justice Index Ranking List and UP has minimum Benches

             While sending out a very strict, sensible and significant message, the Apex Court as recently as on December 16 has in an extremely learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled CISF and others vs Santosh Kumar Pandey in Civil Appeal No. 8671 of 2015 in exercise of its

Last month Delhi High Court in Jumeirah Beach Resort Llc vs Designarch Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., directed the Trademarks Registry to transfer five pending rectification applications to it. While the court itself identified that there is no provision within the Trademarks Act that authorizes it to pass such an order, it nonetheless saw “no difficulty in