Non-Signatories to Arbitration I

The legal position as to when a Non­-Signatory to an Arbitration Agreement can be impleaded and subjected to Arbitration Proceedings is no more res integra. Three-Judge Bench in Chloro Controls India Private Limited, (2013) 1 SCC 641 opined, invoking ‘Doctrine of Group of Companies’, Arbitration Agreement entered by a Company, being one within a Group […]

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The 1976 Poona

Anirban Bhattacharya, The Deadly Dozen – India’s Most Notorious Serial Killers, (Penguin, 2019) has been praised by John Abraham, Ayushmann Khurana, Kiran Rao and correctly so, possesses several Bollywood references. The following is an excerpt from a lesser-known territory. “The Poona of 1976 did not boast of any major, horrific crimes. Life seemed perfect in […]

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The Nature of Judicial Power: Constitutional Ethos I

“Judicial Review, as is well known, lies against the decision-making process and not the merits of the decision itself. If the decision-making process is flawed inter alia by violation of the basic principles of natural justice, is ultra-vires the powers of the decision maker, takes into consideration irrelevant materials or excludes relevant materials, admits materials […]

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