Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

The Electricity Act, 2003 (Act) provides a comprehensive statutory framework that empowers the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERC/State Commissions) to regulate the power sector—with CERC exercising jurisdiction over inter-state matters and SERCs overseeing intra-state affairs.

The CESTAT Chennai has held that laptops, desktops and monitors cleared from SEZ to the DTA, to individual customers for their personal use...

In Hamsaanandini Nanduri v Union of India, the Supreme Court examined whether adoptive mothers could be denied maternity benefit merely because the adopted child was older than three months. The challenge was first mounted against the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (“the Act”), but after the Code on Social Security, 2020 (“the Code”) came into force on November 21, 2025, the Court treated the Code as the operative provision.

In a recent judgment of the High Court of Kerala, in Pravin Kumar Vs. State of Karala1, undertook a detailed examination of the scope and application of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.

A bench comprising Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.V.N. Bhatti emphasized that trauma manifests differently in different individuals and rigid assumptions about how a victim ‘should' behave are both unrealistic and unjust...

Order XXXIX, Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), 1908, empowers Civil Courts to grant Temporary Injunctions in situations where any property in dispute is in danger of being wasted, damaged, alienated, sold, removed or disposed off (from the possession of the Plaintiff) or otherwise causing injury to the Plaintiff, upon proof of such danger by Affidavit or otherwise produced by the Plaintiff.

In a significant ruling with wide implications for employer-employee relations and insurance liability, the Supreme Court of India has held that an insurance company cannot...

When an athlete wins a medal, spectators usually see only his or her hard work and dedication. However, modern sport is no longer confined merely to the playing field.

The decision of the Hon'ble Punjab and Haryana High Court in Vijay Kumar Dhawan and others v. Gurpreet Singh...

‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’ (ADR) mechanisms are adopted by parties for speedy and cost-efficient resolution of dispute. ‘Arbitration’ is one of the ADR mechanisms, which is based on the principle of ‘Party Autonomy’, a well-recognized principle by ‘The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996’, (‘the 1996 Act’).

(An Analysis of - RAJIA BEGUM V. BARNALI MUKHERJEE)

Every time a new highway is announced, or a metro line gets the green signal, there's a wave of excitement faster commutes, reduced congestion, economic growth. The government holds press conferences. Banners go up. And then, somewhere down the line, years pass, cases pile up, and the infrastructure springs beneath the graveyard of taxed money.