Articles and Updates

• Vasanth Rajasekaran and Harshvardhan Korada - 01-10-2021

The High Court of Delhi (High Court) in its recent decision in S.P. Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. v. Construction and Design Services, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam1 reiterated that the choice of a venue in an arbitration agreement is also a choice of the arbitral seat in absence of a contrary indication. In this article, we navigate through the facts and findings of the High Court in the aforementioned judgment.

• Vasanth Rajasekaran and Harshvardhan Korada - 28-09-2021

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in a recent judgment in Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd. v. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.1 reiterated the principle of judicial non-intervention in the arbitral process while upholding the validity of a multi-billion arbitral award rendered in the said matter. In this article, we briefly discuss the facts and circumstances which led to the aforementioned judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

• Vasanth Rajasekaran and Harshvardhan Korada - 28-09-2021

In a recent order passed in Re: Cognizance for extension of limitation1 the Hon'ble Supreme Court has recalled the suo motu order dated 27 April 2021 that had granted further extension on the limitation period for filing cases in view of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. In this article, we briefly navigate through the background of the matter, and the order passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

• Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava - 23-09-2021

n May 2021, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a discussion paper on the consolidation of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-convertible Redeemable Preference Shares) Regulations, 2013, with the intent to ease compliance obligations, and to harmonise and ensure consistency with other listing related regulations.

• Vasanth Rajasekaran , Nayantara Narayan and Harshvardhan Korada - 21-09-2021

On 25 August 2021, the Indian Government introduced the Drone Rules 2021 (New Rules) in a swift response to the industry feedback in relation to onerous red tape that was present in the Unmanned Aircraft System Rules, 2021 (Old Rules).