India: Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

The Calcutta High Court examined whether a bank's application for arbitration, filed 11 months after first appearance and without submitting a written statement, constituted a waiver of arbitration rights under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The case arose from a business loan dispute where the borrower claimed full settlement while the lender demanded additional amounts, raising critical questions about the temporal limits for invoking arbitration clauses in civil suits.

In any corporation, nowadays, Intellectual Property (IP) assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights technical know-how and/or licenses represents a significant portion of a company’s actual value.

Maritime commerce is inherently international, asset-driven, and time-sensitive. Ships move across jurisdictions within days, cargo changes hands rapidly, and contractual relationships often involve multiple parties located in different countries.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has delivered a landmark ruling in a case involving companies linked to former Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, addressing critical questions about loan recall validity...

The interplay between alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and statutory consumer remedies has long been a contested terrain in Indian jurisprudence.

The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, commonly known as the SARFAESI Act...

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In Vijay Kumar Kela & Anr. v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr., 2026 INSC 588, the Supreme Court set aside criminal proceedings initiated by the Central Bureau of Investigation against borrowers after a loan dispute had already been resolved through a compromise settlement approved by the Debt Recovery Tribunal.

The Calcutta High Court has ruled on a critical procedural question in GST law: when goods are detained under Section 129 of the CGST Act, must authorities first determine who owns the goods before ordering their release? The Department had challenged the ownership, quality, and authenticity of tax documents for a detained consignment, raising questions about the scope of adjudication required at this stage.