Tag: Supreme Court of India
Reshaping employment bonds and restrictive covenants
Indian courts now emphasize fairness and proportionality in employment bonds and restrictive covenants
Trends and challenges in employment law
Evolving worker classifications and stricter rules on dismissal highlight the challenges businesses face in navigating labour laws in these jurisdictions
Online Gaming Act, 2025: Game over for RMG?
India’s new Online Gaming Act bans all real money gaming, triggering industry collapse and regulatory disputes
Judicial perspective of covenants in Indian work contracts
Indian courts uphold fair employment bonds but consistently strike down post-employment non-compete clauses as restraints on trade
Consider enforceability in drafting cross-border arbitration contracts
Cross-border disputes show how the choice of law, seat, and institutional rules in arbitration can determine enforceability
Patent disuse and delay kill injunction application
Delhi High Court refused Conqueror’s bid for a temporary injunction against Xiaomi
ELP’s Mumtaz Bhalla elected as new SILF vice president
ELP partner Mumtaz Bhalla has been elected vice president of the Society of Indian Law Firms
Powering arbitration with consent
Courts are favouring arbitration where all parties agree, even non-signatories to a contract
Cross-border medical products dispute ruling
Supreme Court clarifies arbitration jurisdiction in Disortho v Meril Life, ruling that Indian law governs the arbitration agreement despite a foreign venue
Court comes to Hyderabad forest’s rescue
The Supreme Court halts Telangana’s forest clearance for IT park, citing environmental and legal violations
Greater access to credit greater chance of fraud
The Companies Act boosts powers to investigate corporate fraud and mismanagement
Directorate attaches INR5.5bn in Amtek assets over fraud
The ED has attached Amtek Group assets worth INR5.5 billion for fraud
Homebuyers first in line in developer insolvencies
The Supreme Court ruled that insolvency proceedings under the IBC do not stay penalties under the Consumer Protection Act
Agreement to sell does not transfer proprietary rights
The Supreme Court of India upheld possessory rights in the Ghanshyam v Yogendra Rathi property dispute, clarifying that an agreement to sell does not transfer proprietary rights
Ankur Singh, Riddhima Murjani now partners at Samvad
Principal associates Ankur Singh and Riddhima P. Murjani have been promoted as partners at Samvad Partners
Judging retirement
Retirement from work, or full-time work, is something that happens to everyone. For some people, retirement from the work that constitutes their main career in life is mandatory once they reach a certain age
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan assists merger of two warehouse PSUs
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) advised public sector undertaking (PSU) Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) acquire the business of counterpart Central Railside Warehouse Company (CRWC) via a slump sale
Navigating commercial disputes in India
No one likes the idea of having to dispute outside one’s known territories. However, when a corporation takes on a global footprint, it needs to anticipate being dragged into litigation in unfamiliar waters
IP protection in India for Japanese businesses
India is the second-largest country in the world by population, the world’s largest democracy, and the largest English-speaking nation in the world
