Tag: Bombay High Court
No arbitration for time-barred issues
The Bombay High Court, in Shriram EPC Ltd and Anor v Gaja Trustee Co Pvt Ltd, held that it would not be right for the court to foist unwarranted arbitration on the parties when clearly on the facts the cause was a dead letter
No disqualification when arbitrator assists on unrelated matter
The Bombay HC ruled that an arbitrator's acceptance of a brief from a law firm representing a party in an arbitration won't disqualify them if it's unrelated to the case
Separate cotton contracts do not unravel dispute decision
The Bombay High Court recently heard a petition under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Time not of the essence in sale of immovable property agreements
The Bombay High Court has held that as a general proposition of law, in the case of the sale of an immovable property, there is no assumption as to time being the essence of the contract
Juris represents CCI over broadcasters’ writs against probe
Juris Corp successfully represented the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in opposing the writ petitions filed by three broadcasting companies before the Bombay High Court
High court upholds injunction for Trilegal client Wipro
Trilegal assisted Wipro Consumer Care to uphold an injunction in a commercial intellectual property suit involving its flagship soap brand Santoor being disparaged in a Sebamed advertising campaign by rival company USV
Solomon & Co promotes Putta, Maniar, Aikin to partnership
Mumbai-based law firm Solomon & Co Advocates & Solicitors, founded in 1909, elevated associate partners Soniya Putta, Shruti Maniar and Jacqueline Aikin to the firm’s partnership
Court not obliged to remit matters to arbitral tribunals
In a Supreme Court judgment it was held that section 34(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 can be used to record reasons for findings already produced in an award
CCI’s hands tied in debt trustee dispute
India’s antitrust probe into the alleged collusion over fees charged by debt trustees of the State Bank of India, Axis Bank and IDBI Bank took a back seat following an intervention by the Bombay High Court after the banks challenged the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in April this year