THE CONSIDERATION CONUNDRUM; SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS NEW JURISDICTIONAL RULES IN CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

THE CONSIDERATION CONUNDRUM; SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS NEW JURISDICTIONAL RULES IN CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT On April 29 2025, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Manoj Misra, delivered its judgment in Rutu Mihir Panchal &Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (Writ Petition (C) No. 282 of 2021 and Special

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PWD’s Recent Notification : A Setback for Arbitration Reform in India?

[Anvita Sharma is a penultimate year student at Jindal Global Law School] As the cornerstone of resolving complex infrastructure disputes globally, arbitration is valued for its efficiency, confidentiality and enforceability. Against this backdrop, on 21 April 2025, the Public Works Department (‘PWD’) of Delhi issued a notification removing arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism from all future contracts, thereby marking

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Unity in Distress: Intra-Class Distinctions Among Homebuyers in Real Estate Insolvency

[Anushka Aggarwal is a third-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru] The 2018 amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘IBC’) marked a significant evolution, granting the status of financial creditors to homebuyers. As real estate insolvency cases continue to burden the courts, the question of whether homebuyers a class, united

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Skoda’s Customs Dispute: Examining Indian Jurisprudence on Automobile Import Classification

[Parv Jain is a 4th-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad] Late last year, Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited (‘Skoda’) received the largest tax demand ever issued to an automaker in India, amounting to $1.4 billion. The demand challenges the classification of imported parts at its Aurangabad factory. According to the customs

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Goldman Sachs Order: A CCI Precedent Reshaping the PE Investment Landscape

[Shriyansh Singhal is a 2nd Year B.B.A., LL.B (Hons.) Student at National Law University Odisha and Lavanya Chetwani is a 3rd Year B.B.A, LL.B (Hons.) Student at National Law University Odisha]  In recent years, regulatory developments in the realm of competition law in India have increasingly focused on scrutinising of Private Equity (‘PE’) investments, particularly minority stakes. The Competition Commission

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Mediation under the IBC Framework: A Pragmatic Shift or Premature Experimentation?

[Shashyak Roy is a 1st year student and Arima Kaushal a 3rd year student at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata] In November 2024, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) released a discussion paper proposing the introduction of a voluntary pre-institution mediation mechanism for operational creditors (OCs) before they initiate proceedings under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). According to IBBI data,

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Supreme Court Clarifies Limits of Competent Authority under MOFA in Deemed Conveyance Cases Involving Third-Party Rights

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits of Competent Authority under MOFA in Deemed Conveyance Cases Involving Third-Party Rights The Judgment in the Case of Arunkumar H. Shah HUF v. Avon Arcade Premises Co-operative Society Ltd. & Ors. (CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5377 OF 2025 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 5432 of 2021), was delivered by

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