India: Personal Injury

In accordance with the amended definition of the 'evidence', documentary evidence has been amended to include electronic records. The term 'electronic evidence' has been given the meaning as assigned in the IT act, which means 'data, record or data generated, image or sound stored, received or sent in an electronic form or micro file or computer generated micro fiche

The word "Evidence" is only used in Sections 244 to 246 of the Cr.P.C. / Sections 267 to 269 of BNNS and not used under Section 228 of the Cr.P.C. / Section 251 of BNNS...

Discovery under Civil Procedure means a pre-trial procedural aspect where each party is given an opportunity to obtain evidence from the opposite party or parties. The main purpose of discovery is to make the parties aware...

The Karnataka High Court in the case of Smt. Manjula v. Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd[1] has reaffirmed the primacy of procedural fairness and the rule of law in arbitration.

In a recent ruling in Gayatri Balaswamy vs. M/S. ISG Novasoft Technologies Ltd[1], a Constitution Bench of five judges of the Supreme Court considered a reference made by a three-judge Bench to determine...

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is an important piece of statutory legislation governing arbitration and conciliation proceedings in India and providing a framework for the resolution of disputes outside the courts in a time-bound manner.

In any litigation or court case, Civil or Criminal, the lawyer-client relationship is intricate. It is part exercise in teamwork and part close relationship requiring...

Order VI Rules 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (the ‘Civil Procedure Code') forms the cornerstone of the law on the amendment of pleadings.

In a significant development in the ongoing case of Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI & Anr. (Miscellaneous Application No. 2034/2022 in MA 1849/2021 in SLP(Crl) No. 5191/2021 ), the Supreme Court of India has issued critical directives ...

In an era marked by globalization and economic integration, India stands as a beacon for foreign investors seeking lucrative opportunities.

International Arbitration Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of India, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

The intricacies involving the principle of sovereign immunity from the lens of enforcement in arbitral proceedings have been dealt for the first time by the Hon'ble Delhi High Court...