[Rahul Saraswat is a 5th year student at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar and Aditi Nandanwar a 5th year at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur] One of the fundamental principles of arbitration is “Kompetenze-Kompetenze”, which empowers the arbitral tribunal to rule upon its jurisdiction and other related issues. Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act...
Understanding the Scope of Section 238: Overriding Nature of the IBC
[Akhil Kumar is a fifth year BA LLB (Hons.) student and Abhinav Mathur a fourth year BA LLB (Hons.) student, both at NUALS, Kochi] The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 was enacted with the view of bringing a complete code of reorganisation and insolvency resolution of corporate debtors in a time bound manner. The Code being at a nascent stage, has seen emerging disputes regarding its...
Call for Papers: NLIU Forum for Research in Arbitration Law
[Announcement on behalf of the NLIU Forum for Research in Arbitration Law] The NLIU Forum for Research in Arbitration Law (NFRAL) now invites submissions for publication on its platform www.nfral.in. About NLIU The National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU) is a leading law school in India, which was established in 1997 by an enactment of the State Legislature of Madhya Pradesh. About NFRAL...
Does the Confidentiality Provision Pose a Stumbling Block in Arbitration?
[Rose Maria Sebi is a third year student and Sandeep Golani a second year student, both at National Law University Odisha] The Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 intends to make India a hub for international and domestic arbitration. To achieve this ambitious goal, the legislature has introduced a confidentiality provision under section 42A of the Arbitration and Conciliation...
Call for Submissions: NLS Business Law Review
[Announcement from the NLS Business Law Review] The Board of Editors of the National Law School Business Law Review is pleased to invite original and unpublished manuscripts for publication in Volume 6 of the Review. About the Journal The NLS Business Law Review (NLSBLR) is an initiative by the National Law School of India University to recognise and foster academic research and scholarship in...
Director Liability: Nexus with Role and not Position
[Pammy Jaiswal is a Partner at Vinod Kothari and Company, and can be reached at [email protected]] While there have been an increasing number of rulings on the liability of directors, the question that mostly came up for examination related to their involvement in the day-to-day operations of the company. The liability of non-executive directors has mostly been scanned to evaluate their...
Determination of Supervisory Jurisdiction by the Indian Supreme Court: Venue in the Driver’s “Seat”?
[Vivek Krishnani is a student at National Law University, Jodhpur] The judgment of the Indian Supreme Court in Brahmani River Pellets Ltd. v. Kamachi Industries Ltd. has invited diverse opinions from legal researchers and law students (which can be found here and here). While it is appreciated that the distinction between domestic and international arbitration has been correctly identified in the...
Section 26(1) of the Competition Act: Chance for Optimum Utilization of the Resources
[Sumit Jain is at the Centre for Competition Law and Economics (CCLE)] Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 allows the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to order an investigation (Director General’s (DG’s) investigation) in case of ‘prima facie’ violations of the Act. The said investigation is under no circumstance bound to influence the final decision of the CCI, and is only ordered to...
Was the Supreme Court’s Approach in Declaring Consumer Disputes as Non-Arbitrable Outcome-Driven?
[Ganesh A Khemka is a lawyer who graduated in 2019 with a B.A. LL.B.(Hons.) from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore] In 2018 the Supreme Court of India in Emaar MGF Land Ltd v. Aftab Singh considered the question of whether consumer disputes should be referred to arbitration under section 8(1) of the Arbitration Act (“Act”) if there existed a mandatory arbitration clause or...
Rationalization of Participatory Notes: SEBI’s Regulatory Conundrum
[Tushar Oberoy and Rishabh Sharma are 4th Year, BA.LL.B. (Hons.) students at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] In 2017, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had released a circular which practically rendered participatory notes (P-Notes) futile as an instrument for investment in India. The circular stated that foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) could not issue overseas derivative...
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