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Fixing The Record: Section 26 And Expert Evidence In Construction Arbitration
In a highway, metro, transmission line or refinery dispute, what defeats a tribunal is rarely a question of law. It is the state of the record. Fifteen thousand pages of measurement books, hindrance registers, progress reports, material reconciliation statements and joint survey sheets and two delay analyses that cannot both be right, each prepared by an expert retained by the party it vindicates
India Litigation
HS
Hammurabi & Solomon
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When The Wrecking Ball Waits: How The Bombay High Court Unstuck A Bandra Redevelopment Without Trampling Dissent
Redevelopment in Mumbai is rarely just about bricks and mortar. More often, it is about power, memory, and the stubborn mathematics of majority rule. When Polestar Realtors Pvt. Ltd. found itself staring at twenty-six holdouts in a sixty-three-member housing society in Bandra, the dispute landed before Justice Amit Borkar at the Bombay High Court.
India Real Estate
IL
IndiaLaw LLP
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Roadway Solutions India Infra Limited vs National Highways Authority Of India
The Court confined the Section 9 proceedings to the Petitioner’s prayer seeking restraint against the Respondent from acting upon the Notice of Intention to Terminate dated 16.07.2026. It reiterated that Section 9 is protective in nature and aims to preserve the subject matter of arbitration and prevent the proceedings from becoming infructuous. Interim relief depends upon a prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable injury.
India Government
HA
HSA Advocates
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High Court Of Delhi Holds That A Developer Cannot Forfeit Buyer’s Payments And Cancel The Allotment In The Absence Of Proof Of Default Or Actual Loss
The High Court of Delhi, through its judgment dated 18.05.2026 in the matter of M/s R.C. Sood & Co. Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Sharad Maheshwari & Anr., dismissed an appeal challenging the decree of District Judge directing refund of INR 18,00,000/- to the purchasers in a real estate dispute arising out of cancellation of a villa allotment and alleged forfeiture of earnest money.
India Real Estate
Sagus Legal
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Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitral Tribunal Findings On Delay Analysis Using The Critical Path Method And Reiterates Limits Of Section 34 Review
The Delhi High Court (“Delhi HC”), in Ircon International Limited vs. Afcons Infrastructure Limited1, has provided important guidance on the evaluation of critical path analysis and delay attribution in construction disputes. The Delhi HC examined whether an arbitral tribunal’s findings on delay, based on project schedules and critical path analysis, could be interfered with under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”).
India Litigation
J
JSA
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Major Reform In Maharashtra: Sanad Requirement Removed For Land Conversion
The Government of Maharashtra has taken a significant step towards enhancing ease of doing business by rationalising the framework governing agricultural land conversion. As per the recent amendment to the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (MLRC), notified on 31 December 2025, and the Government Resolution dated 10 February 2026, the requirement of obtaining a separate sanad or non-agricultural permission from the Collector has been abolished for permissible non-agricultural uses under the Development Plan or Regional Plan under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP).
India Real Estate
HA
HSA Advocates
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