In a recent order passed in the matter of
Union of India v.
M/s Associated Construction Co.
1, the Hon ble
Supreme Court highlighted the uncertainty surrounding the period of
limitation applicable on appeals filed under Section 37 of the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (
Arbitration
Act).
In the instant case, an arbitral award was challenged by the
Union of India (
Petitioner) under Section 34 of
the Arbitration Act. The High Court dismissed the objections of the
Petitioner in the application filed under Section 34 of the
Arbitration Act. The Petitioner then filed an appeal under Section
13 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (
Commercial Courts
Act) read with Section 37 of the Arbitration Act before
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And now, Amazon gets SC to stay Future-Reliance deal
23 February 2021
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Future Retail Limited and Reliance Industries Ltd on a plaint filed by Amazon Investment Holdings challenging the Delhi High Court order which had lifted a stay order on the Future- Reliance deal passed earlier by a single judge of the court.
A bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman also ordered that while the proceedings before National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) can go on, it should not arrive at any final order of sanction of the scheme. Issue notice. Dasti in addition. To come up after three weeks. Rejoinder to be filed two weeks thereafter. List thereafter. Meanwhile, the NCLT proceedings will be allowed to go on but will not culminate in any final order of sanction of scheme, the Court ordered.
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Making mediation not mandatory is problematic
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A recent judgement has ruled that provisions for pre-institution mediation before the filing of a suit involving commercial disputes are not mandatory. This judgement sets back a laudable policy initiative for use of mediation to settle commercial disputes.
The Commercial Courts Act, 2015, which identified ‘commercial disputes’ as a class of disputes, established commercial courts and commercial divisions within the civil courts system to adjudicate these disputes. It compressed the procedures in the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, to expedite adjudication of such disputes. In 2018, this law was amended, a Section 12A was added, which required parties filing a suit under this law to fi
If it Was a Bargain, Wouldn t Settle for Rajya Sabha Seat: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi
The former chief justice also said the judiciary was ramshackled .
File photo of Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Ranjan Gogoi, former chief justice of India, whom the government has nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha. Photo: PTI
Law14/Feb/2021
New Delhi: At an event organised by the India Today group, former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi talked about the controversies surrounding him, including his nomination to the Rajya Sabha last year post his retirement and the verdict on the Ayodhya dispute and the Rafale deal.