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Newsletter For March 2026

The dispute arose from a Manning Agreement dated 26 December 2008 between the appellant i.e., M/s ABS Marine Services and the respondent i.e., Andaman & Nicobar Administration, for manning vessels operated by the respondent.

India Litigation

PL

Phoenix Legal

Supreme Court Reiterates That Foreign Arbitral Awards Cannot Be Re-examined On Merits At The Stage Of Enforcement.

The Supreme Court of India, by way of its judgement dated 25.03.2026, in the matter of Nagaraj V. Mylandla v. P.I. Opportunities Fund-I and Others Etc.

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

Supreme Court Holds That The Plea Of Set-off Can Be Raised As A Defence In Arbitration Proceedings Even After Approval Of Resolution Plan.

The Supreme Court of India, by way of its judgement dated 20.03.2026 in the matter of Ujaas Energy Limited v. West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited...

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

High Court Of Delhi Holds That Filing Of An Application Under Order VII Rule 11 Of Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Does Not Extend Or Revive The Limitation Period For Filing Written Statement In Commercial Suits.

The High Court of Delhi, by way of its judgment dated 23.03.2026 in IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd. v. Manish Jain & Ors...

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

High Court Of Delhi Holds That An Objection To Territorial Jurisdiction Cannot Be Raised At A Belated Stage, And Such Objection Is Deemed To Have Been Waived

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

High Court Of Delhi Holds That Amendment Of Written Statement Cannot Be Permitted To Withdraw Clear Admissions And Set Up A Wholly Inconsistent Defence.

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

High Court Of Bombay Affirms That Withdrawal With Liberty Does Not Confer Right To Introduce Fresh Claims

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

APTEL Lays Down Triple Test For An Event To Qualify As A Force Majeure Event

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards And Foreign Judgments In India: A Practical Guide For Contracting With Indian Entities

India Litigation

R & D Law Chambers LLP

Emergency Relief In Indian Disputes: The Operation Of Injunctions And Asset Freezes In Commercial Courts

India Litigation

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

AKP Dispute Resolution Digest March 30, 2026

India Litigation

AP

AK & Partners

Nagaraj v. Mylandla V. PI Opportunities Fund-I: The Supreme Court Tightens India’s Foreign-Award Enforcement Framework

India Litigation

AP

Argus Partners

Unilateral Arbitral Appointments And Their Waiver: Supreme Court Settles The Law

India Litigation

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PSA

Devas v. Antrix: Dutch Enforcement And The Limits Of Seat-Based Annulment

India Litigation

Aceris Law

IT Rules 2026 Deepfake Regulation: Three Hour Takedowns And AI Labelling Obligations

India Technology

LP

Legitpro Law

India Rolls Out CNAP In 2026: Official Caller Name Display To Fight Spam, Powered By KYC Databases And Privacy Opt-Out

India Media & IT

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Deepfakes As Evidence: Authenticity, Chain Of Custody And Section 65B In The Age Of IT Rules 2026

India Technology

LP

Legitpro Law

RBI Releases FEMA 2026 Export-Import Trade Regulations: What Businesses Need To Know

India International

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Gambling Laws And Regulations India 2026

India Media & IT

AL

Aarna Law

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Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

Attorney Client Privilege - Supreme Court Holds In House Counsel Are Not Entitled To Privilege: In Re: Summoning Advocates Who Give Legal Opinion Or Represent Parties During Investigation Of Cases And Related Issues*

In-house counsel employed by corporations are not entitled to attorney-client privilege due to their employment status and lack of professional independence, says the Supreme Court

India Litigation

TC

Tuli & Co

The Unbreachable Sanctum Reinforcing Legal Professional Privilege In India And Its Critical Implications For Competition Law

The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India in Re: Summoning Advocates who give legal opinion is not merely a legal ruling; it is a profound jurisprudential restatement of the very foundations of a robust justice delivery system.

India Anti-trust

DL

DSK Legal

Supreme Court Upholds Advocate-Client Privilege: A Barrier Against Investigative Overreach

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant and far-reaching judgment, has reaffirmed the sanctity of the advocate-client relationship and curtailed investigative agencies' powers...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Admissibility Of Digital Evidence

India Litigation

Diwan Advocates

Scope Of Consideration Of Material In Warrant Cases By Magistrate While Framing Of Charge In Complaint Case

India Litigation

VA

Vaish Associates Advocates

Navigating Interrogatories: Procedures And Rules

India Litigation

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Delhi High Court Clarifies Scope Of Discovery In SEP Suits

India Litigation

SA

Saikrishna & Associates

Discovery And Inspection Of Documents – Crucial Procedural Steps In Law

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

Legislative Immunity For Lawmakers Facing Bribery Charges

India Litigation

NN

Naik Naik & Company

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Newsletter For March 2026

The dispute arose from a Manning Agreement dated 26 December 2008 between the appellant i.e., M/s ABS Marine Services and the respondent i.e., Andaman & Nicobar Administration, for manning vessels operated by the respondent.

India Litigation

PL

Phoenix Legal

High Court Of Delhi Holds That An Objection To Territorial Jurisdiction Cannot Be Raised At A Belated Stage, And Such Objection Is Deemed To Have Been Waived

The High Court of Delhi, by way of its judgment dated 25.03.2026 in the matter of Hanuman Prasad Sharma @ H.P. Sharma v. J. Mithyleshwar , held that objections relating to territorial jurisdiction must be raised...

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

Supreme Court Delivers Justice For A Minor: Setting Aside A Succession Certificate In Deepesh Maheswari v. Renu Maheswari

In a landmark ruling dated April 1, 2026 (2026 INSC 306), the Supreme Court of India upended years of lower court decisions, allowing a minor’s application to set aside an ex parte succession certificate.

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Supreme Court Holds That The Plea Of Set-off Can Be Raised As A Defence In Arbitration Proceedings Even After Approval Of Resolution Plan.

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

Supreme Court Reiterates That Foreign Arbitral Awards Cannot Be Re-examined On Merits At The Stage Of Enforcement.

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

Emergency Relief In Indian Disputes: The Operation Of Injunctions And Asset Freezes In Commercial Courts

India Litigation

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards And Foreign Judgments In India: A Practical Guide For Contracting With Indian Entities

India Litigation

R & D Law Chambers LLP

AKP Dispute Resolution Digest March 30, 2026

India Litigation

AP

AK & Partners

Nagaraj v. Mylandla V. PI Opportunities Fund-I: The Supreme Court Tightens India’s Foreign-Award Enforcement Framework

India Litigation

AP

Argus Partners

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Court Procedure

High Court Of Delhi Holds That Filing Of An Application Under Order VII Rule 11 Of Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Does Not Extend Or Revive The Limitation Period For Filing Written Statement In Commercial Suits.

The High Court of Delhi, by way of its judgment dated 23.03.2026 in IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd. v. Manish Jain & Ors...

India Litigation

Sagus Legal

Judicial Review Of Disciplinary Proceedings: Delhi High Court’s Stance On Hostile Witnesses And Standard Of Proof

The scope of judicial review in disciplinary proceedings continues to be a subject of considerable jurisprudential significance, particularly when it involves the assessment of evidence...

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

The Supreme Court Of India Clarifies The Scope And Ambit Of The Power Regarding Appointment Of A Substitute Arbitrator; Reiterates That Substitution Preserves Continuity, And Prior Proceedings Remain Valid Unless Either Party Objects

Whether the Bombay HC, while deciding an application for substitution of arbitrator, was justified in holding that the proceedings held by the earlier arbitrator were liable to be declared as nullity on the premise that those proceedings were undertaken during the period of moratorium under Section 14 of the IBC?

India Litigation

J

JSA

Supreme Court Holds That A Valuation Report Is Not A Statutory Requirement For Reduction Of Share Capital Under Section 66 Of The Companies Act 2013

India Commercial

Sagus Legal

The New Paper Trail: Proving Your Case Through Electronic Evidence

India Litigation

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Understanding Territorial Jurisdiction: A Closer Look At Section 19 Of The Civil Procedure Code, 1908

India Litigation

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Non-Bailable Warrants Cannot Be Issued Mechanically For Non-Compliance With ED Summons: Delhi High Court

India Litigation

VA

Vaish Associates Advocates

Adoption Outside The Law: Why The Hon'ble Telangana High Court Refused Custody Restoration

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Monthly Update | January 2026

India Litigation

HA

HSA Advocates

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Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

Sidharth Sethi | Conference On Institutional Arbitration: An Effective Framework For Dispute Resolution (Video)

Our Partner, Sidharth Sethi, was invited as a speaker by the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice (DLA MoL&J) and the India International Arbitration Centre...

India Litigation

J

JSA

Stay On Issuance On Expression Of Interest Under Section 9 Of The Arbitration Conciliation Act, 1996: Analysis Of A2Z Infra Engineering Ltd. v. ITI Ltd

The Hon'ble Delhi High Court in A2Z Infra Engineering Ltd. v. ITI Ltd.1 granted urgent interim measures under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("ACA") restraining ITI from termination an Annual Maintenance Contract ("AMC") linked to a BSNL telecom project. The Court

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

Forfeiture Of Gratuity Does Not Require Criminal Conviction As A Prerequisite

In the recent case of Western Coal Fields Ltd. v. Manohar Govinda Fulzele, 2025 INSC 233, the Supreme Court ("SC") held that an employee's gratuity can be forfeited in case of proven misconduct for an offence involving moral turpitude, even if the employee has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding.

India Litigation

MP

Majmudar & Partners

Newsletter For December 2025

India Litigation

PL

Phoenix Legal

Delhi High Court Rules Unilateral Arbitrator Appointment Invalid Without Post-Dispute Written Waiver

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Suing A Foreign Entity In India

India Litigation

SS

Singhania & Partners LLP

International Arbitration Comparative Guide

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

Dawning An Era Of Arbitral Mechanism Over States› Supremacy: A Case Comment On ‘KLA Const Technologies v. The Embassy Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan

India Litigation

SO

S&A Law Offices

Delhi High Court Upholds That A Foreign State Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity Against Enforcement Of Arbitral Award

India Litigation

C

Clasis Law

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Latest Videos

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Not Just Cricket: Rule Of Law Synergies In The Australia–India Relationship And The Commonwealth (Video)

J

JSA

29 Ticking Clock, Sealed Fate: Supreme Court Ends Borrower Redemption Post-Auction Notice (Podcast)

AP

AK & Partners

SC Defines Alimony Factors (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Argus Talks: Decoding The Gayatri Balasamy Verdict: Boon Or Bane For Indian Arbitration (Video)

AP

Argus Partners

ART OF ARGUMENTS - Mastering The Craft | Strategies For Persuasive & Effective Arguments (Video)

HS

Hammurabi & Solomon

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