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A tussle between two separate jurisdictions in international arbitrations can lead to an undesirable entanglement.

This newsletter summarizes the key points discussed in the judgment that could impact contracts between an Indian and a non-resident party.

Caught up in the grid lock of a massive dispute making headlines every day, Amazon, Future Group and Reliance continue their battle all the way to the Supreme Court of India.

When a recession strikes often litigation booms! It is not uncommon for parties to be in breach of contractual terms during times of an economic slowdown.

We often underestimate the time and effort that goes in to pre-production in the film-making process. During this time, producers determine the preliminary budget of the film, and the production...

The Delhi High Court recently in the case of B.L. Kashyap and Sons Limited vs. Mist Avenue Private Limited held that when a new contract novates the original contract, the arbitration clause...

On 3 August 2022, the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance issued its clarificatory Circular No. 178/10/2022-GST which primarily addresses the taxability of liquidated damages and penalty.

Liquidated damages are damages which an injured party is entitled to receive on account of breach by the other contracting party.

The Government of India in its continuous efforts of improving the parameters for ‘ease of doing business in India' has undertaken to amend the Specific Relief Act, 1963 ("Act").

The Supreme Court of India ("SC") in the case Welspun Specialty Solutions Ltd. vs. ONGC1, ("judgement") recently held that, merely having an explicit clause in a contract...

In a recent judgment passed on 27th June 2022 in the case of Orbit Towers Pvt. Ltd. v. Sampurna Suppliers Pvt. Ltd., (hereinafter the "Case"), ...

n a recent decision in Cox and Kings vs SAP India, the Supreme Court, after undertaking a detailed review of the evolution of jurisprudential position on the ‘group of companies...

An Arbitration clause is designed to set out the procedure that shall govern any dispute arising from or in connection with the contract.

The Delhi High Court examined whether an arbitration agreement existed when the arbitration clause appeared only on the reverse side of commercial invoices and was never separately signed by the receiving party. The Court's determination centered on whether acceptance of goods and part-payment of invoices could constitute acceptance of arbitration terms printed on those invoices, raising fundamental questions about contract formation in commercial transactions.

The decision frames the inquiry under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act as a threshold assessment of commercial urgency from the plaintiff's standpoint, while preserving safeguards against tactical avoidance of mediation.

Arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism has gained a lot of traction due to its flexibility, convenience, cost efficiency and especially as a faster mode of resolution of disputes.

On 2 June 2026, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) directed the Director General (DG) to investigate a legations against Mrs. India Inc., a beauty pageant organiser for married women, for aleged contraventions of Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act). The information was filed by a participant and first runner-up in the 2024 edition of the Mrs. India Inc. pageant.

India attracted nearly $58 billion in foreign direct investment in FY 2025–26. Behind every major investment lies an assumption that, once a regulator has examined a transaction...