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Ajar Rab and Shubham Joshi

Stamping Arbitral Awards: An Illogical Fallacy?

– Ajar Rab and Shubham Joshi† India aims to be an arbitration hub, and businesses are opting for arbitration as the preferred mode of...

Rahul Singh and Prannv Dhawan

Lawyers as Norm Entrepreneurs

- Rahul Singh and Prannv Dhawan† In popular culture, a commercial lawyer is perceived as a self-oriented professional providing...

Rajat Sethi

An alternative approach to a Code of Conduct for the Committee of Creditors in an IBC Process

Rajat Sethi† Recently the Standing Committee on Finance in a report placed before the Parliament on 3 August 2021 stated that “there is...

Rahul Singh & Tatheer Fatima

De-encrypting Crypto: (Plain old) Jamtara or White Hat?

Rahul Singh & Tatheer Fatima† Here’s a quiz: if your bank account gets swindled by Jamtara folks, what are the chances you will negotiate...

Ajar Rab and Madri Chandak

Promoting Arbitration and Killing it: The Curious creation of ‘Statutory Arbitration’

Ajar Rab & Madri Chandak† The cornerstone of a voluntary mechanism to adjudicate disputes outside the court system is parties’ consent or...

Rajat Sethi

The Videocon Insolvency Resolution Process: Is reading between the lines warranted?

NCLAT appears to have been influenced by the observations of the NCLT on two points, a substantial haircut and a breach of confidentiality.

Ajar Rab

‘Suit For Price’ Under the Sale of Goods Act, 1930: Specific Performance in Disguise?

– Ajar Rab† Traditionally, the term ‘specific performance’ means the original entitlement due under a contract.[1] In simpler terms, a...

Rajat Sethi and Sarangan Rajeshkumar

PNB Housing Finance – The (Missing?) Registered Valuer Report

- Rajat Sethi and Sarangan Rajeshkumar† On June 15, we had written about a proposed preferential issue by PNB Housing Finance to certain...

Rajat Sethi, Aditi Agarwal and Sarangan Rajeshkumar

Sharing of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information on WhatsApp and “Innocent Tippee” Liability

-Rajat Sethi, Aditi Agarwal and Sarangan Rajeshkumar† In November 2017, a story published by Reuters reported that there were private...