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The establishment of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) marks the beginning of a new era in Intellectual Property Rights administration system in India. On September 15, 2003 the Trade Marks Act, 1999 was notified and the IPAB established. However, the IPAB became functional only in December, 2003 with the IPAB Rules being notified in the Gazette.

The Supreme Court of India delivered a scathing critique of judicial conduct in arbitration matters, examining a case where an arbitral award from 2014 remained unenforced for over a decade due to repeated court challenges.

The enactment of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 was conceived as a beneficial and self-contained legislative code designed to safeguard the interests of home buyers and ensure timely...

The court observed that the High Court should examine whether there is a strong possibility of conviction or not.

The Supreme Court of India ("Supreme Court"), vide its Judgement on January 3, 2025, in the case titled ‘Serosoft Solutions Private Limited vs. Dexter Capital Advisors Private Limited...

In HPCL Biofuels Ltd. v. Shahaji Bhanudas Bhad , the Supreme Court of India addressed critical issues concerning procedural discipline and the interplay between arbitration and insolvency proceedings.

In the words of Professor Julian D M Lew QC, "National court involvement in international arbitration is a fact of life as prevalent as the weather.

The President of India promulgated the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 on October 23, 2015 amending the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

The power of the Executing Court under Section 47 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (‘CPC') is microscopic, to be used judiciously and not sparingly. Section 47 of CPC governs the scope of judicial intervention...

The Supreme Court of India has revisited the interplay between consumer protection legislation and arbitration law, examining whether consumer complaints can be referred to arbitration when an arbitration clause exists in the underlying agreement. This landmark judgment interprets the proviso to Section 12(4) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, establishing that once a consumer complaint is admitted, the statutory scheme prohibits its transfer to any other adjudicatory forum, including arbitral tribunals.

A Division Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India (Supreme Court), on 7 February 2018, in the matter of Kandla Export Corporation and Another vs. OCI Corporation and Another, held that Section 13 ...

The Indian judicial system today is burdened with lakhs of pending cases, most of which are pending since long periods of time.

Lately, there has been a lot of confusion on what the Territorial Jurisdiction would be in cases of complaints u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

When a challenge to an arbitral award is filed within limitation but suffers from fundamental defects, can such defects be cured through re-filing after the limitation period expires? This analysis examines the judicial evolution of the non-est filing doctrine under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, exploring how courts distinguish between curable procedural irregularities and fatal substantive defects that render a filing legally non-existent.

The concept of a company's character and legal identity being separate and independent from its members and shareholders...

Under Chapter XX-A, Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, any kind of violence or extortion against a woman by her husband or his relatives, is considered as "cruelty" towards her.

In a recent judgement, passed by the Ld. Single Judge of the Hon'ble Bombay High Court ("HC") rejected the plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ("CPC")...

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court in State of Punjab & Anr. vs M/s Ferrous Alloy Forgings P Ltd. & Ors. (2024 INSC 890) clarified the legal status of sale certificates issued during court-ordered auctions.