To File or Not to File? Divisional Applications in India If applicants were permitted to file divisional applications with claims based on the disclosure of the parent application without such...
Epoch making event- Supreme Court correcting the Course The Supreme Court not only realised and noted the difficulties arising from the judgment of Jayantilal N. Mistri, but even opened the doors for...
REDUCTION OF CAPITAL – CREDITORS' INTERESTS PARAMOUNT Requisite checks have been prescribed to be followed before reduction of capital can be sanctioned under law, by the National Company Law...
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION: PROTECTING YOUR CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS Many businesses often fail to or postpone protection of their brand, business ideas and/or processes due to lack of...
PATENT ILLEGALITY, A GROUND FOR SETTING ASIDE AN ARBITRAL AWARD In a recent judgment the Supreme Court has in State of Chhattisgarh & Anr versus M/s. Udyog Private Limited examined the scope of...
U.S. DISCOVERY IN AN INDIAN LITIGATION? 28 USC SECTION 1782 Because of the width and breadth of US discovery procedure, a number of cases are settled before they go to trial. Such a procedure is...
ENFORCING THE ENFORCEMENT! The Delhi High Court is conscious that to the meet the ends of justice, it is important to put some force behind the wheels of enforcement otherwise the old adage of...
ADR: ARBITRATION VERSUS LITIGATION: WHAT IS THE BEST BET? Both have their merits and demerits and need to be decided based upon several factors including cost, time and confidentiality As we all...
THE LAST-MINUTE INJUNCTION IN IPR MATTERS – CAN URGENCY ITSELF STYMIE THE RELEASE? This Article Examines the Approach of Indian Courts to Nth Hour Applications Seeking Injunction Restraining...
Supreme Court on enforceability of Emergency Awards under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Through this decision, the top court has cemented the concept of emergency arbitration in the Indian...
Costs in Criminal Proceedings In India, most recovery rates for successful litigants are notoriously low, set by old High Court scales that bear no reality to modern economic conditions or the real...
Remedy worse than the disease NCLAT's stand in the Tata-Mistry controversy was a curious mix of over-reach and under-reach In a landmark judgment passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 26 March...
