In an important decision in Public Interest Litigation (PIL), titled as Reena Banerjee & Anr v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors [Writ Petition (Civil) No. 116 of 1998], the Supreme Court of India has directed a number of essential reforms for the care, protection and rights of persons with cognitive disabilities in State
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SUPREME COURT RE-DEFINES STANDARDS FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY UNDER THE LIMITATION ACT
In a significant ruling on September 12, 2025, the Supreme Court of India, through a Division Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan, re-examined and clarified the jurisprudence relating to condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963. The detailed Judgment in Shivamma (Dead) by LRs v. Karnataka Housing Board &
... Continue Reading.Furnace Fabrica: Analysing the Interplay of the IBC and the EPFO Act
[Vanshika Sharma and Ayush Singhal are 4th year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) students at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) was introduced with the primary objective of a time-bound resolution of corporate insolvency. However, since its inception, its operational mechanics have been challenged by an array of statutory overlaps. A notable overlap is the
... Continue Reading.India’s Gun-Jumping Framework: When Does a Combination “Come Into Effect”?
[Rashi Kumari is a 4th year law student at the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi and Ananyashree Jaiswal a 4th year law student at the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar] Gun jumping, i.e., a premature implementation of a combination before receiving regulatory approval, has emerged as a significant global antitrust concern. In India, section 6(2A) of the
... Continue Reading.Jurisdictional Overreach and the Illusion of Equity: A Critique of the Delhi High Court’s Intervention in EPI v. MSA Global
[Saksham Agrawal is a third-year B.A., LLB, Hons., student at National Law School of India University, Bangalore] In Engineering Projects India Ltd v. MSA Global LLC (25 July 2025), the Delhi High Court issued an anti-arbitration injunction restraining the continuation of an ICC arbitration seated in Singapore. The judgment purports to protect the integrity of the arbitral process
... Continue Reading.Supreme Court on the NCLT’s Jurisdiction on Matters of Fraud, Manipulation and Coercion
[Umakanth Varottil is a Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore] The “tribunalisation” of company law in India occurred several years ago with the establishment of the Company Law Board (CLB), which thereafter metamorphosed into the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the Companies Act, 2013. The benefits of such tribunalisation are well known,
... Continue Reading.SUPREME COURT REASSERTS PRINCIPLES ON BAIL CANCELLATION AND WITNESS PROTECTION SCHEME
The Supreme Court, in a recent pronouncement in Phireram v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. [Criminal Appeal No. 3830 of 2025], has delivered a detailed judgment clarifying the interplay between Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 (WPS) and the cancellation of bail, particularly when accused persons are alleged to have threatened witnesses. This decision, delivered by
... Continue Reading.WHEN CIVIL WRONGS WEAR CRIMINAL ROBES: THE SUPREME COURT’S REAFFIRMS COMPROMISE IN CHEQUE DISHONOUR CASES
INTRODUCTION In Gian Chand Garg v. Harpal Singh & Anr., [SLP (Crl.) No. 8050 of 2025], decided on 11 August 2025 by Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta, the Hon’ble Supreme Court once again examined the relationship between criminal liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“NI Act”) and the legal weight accorded to compromise between disputing
... Continue Reading.SHADOWS OF COERCION: CORPORATE OPPRESSION AND JUDICIAL INTERVENTION
INTRODUCTION Corporate disputes are rarely confined to financial ledgers; they often expose deeper struggles of power, trust and fairness. The Supreme Court’s ruling in the matter of Mrs. Shailja Krishna v. Satori Global Limited & Ors. (Civil Appeal Nos. 6377–6378 of 2023) (Date of Judgement 2 September 2025) (Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice K. Vinod
... Continue Reading.SUPREME COURT RULES: NO ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN SC/ST ATROCITY OFFENCES IF PRIMA FACIE CASE EXISTS
Introduction In a significant Judgment delivered on September 1, 2025, a Three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, Justice K. Vinod Chandran, and Justice N.V. Anjaria in Kiran v. Rajkumar Jivraj Jain & Anr. (SLP (Crl.) No. 8169 of 2025) reinforced the statutory bar on anticipatory bail under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
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