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Intellectual Property Rights · IPR Laws
When Does a Claim Stop Being a Thought? Delhi HC’s Section 3(m) Test
Intellectual Property Rights · IPR Laws
Mimicry, not Malice: Calcutta HC draws the line between disparagement and trade mark infringement in the “Balm” dispute
Delhi High Court · GST Litigation
The Doctrine of Obliteration: How SC’s Goodluck India Judgment Unlocks Pending GST Export Refunds
Delhi High Court · GST Litigation
Bridging Law and Execution: How Delhi HC Revived Section 83(2) CGST to End Indefinite Bank Attachments
IBC · Supreme Court
When Does a Contractual Claim Become Operational Debt Under IBC Section 9?
IBC · NCLT Judgement
NCLT Review After Supreme Court Remand: Limits Under Sections 30(2) and 31 IBC
IPR Laws
Beyond Copy-Paste Orders: The Delhi HC Directive on Patent Rejections
Delhi High Court · IBC
When the Moratorium Falls Away: Section 96(4) and Pending Section 95 Applications
Arbitration · Delhi High Court
Section 17 Closure and Appealability Under Section 37(2)(b): Delhi High Court
Arbitration · Delhi High Court
The Consistency Mandate: Delhi High Court Holds Unexplained Flip-Flops by Common Arbitrators Violates Public Policy
Arbitration
Section 9 and Section 14(d): Why the Bombay High Court Refused Interim Restoration of a Terminated PSU Contract
PMLA · White Collar Crime
Can an ECIR Be Challenged Under Article 226 Despite Being an “Internal Document”? Karnataka High Court in Gameskraft Technologies v. Directorate of Enforcement
Arbitration · bombay high court
Arbitrator Cannot Rewrite Contracts: Bombay High Court Strikes Down Interest Granted Outside Partnership Terms
GST Litigation
Can Statutory Building-Plan Approval Attract GST? Karnataka High Court on “Supply” and Regulatory Functions
IBC · NCLAT Judgement
Can a resolution plan proceed to CoC voting when a substantial creditor’s claim remains disputed on limitation? NCLAT in ARC(I)L v. Umesh Garg
IBC · NCLAT Judgement
Can the NCLT Disregard the CoC’s Recommendation While Appointing a Liquidator? NCLAT in Rajesh Mehru v. Punjab National Bank
GST Litigation
Assignment of Leasehold Rights: Is It Taxable under the GST Regime? Supreme Court in Union of India v. Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Negotiable Instrument Act · NI Act · White Collar Crime
Can Section 482 Reopen a Concluded Cheque-Bounce Case?
Enforcement Directorate · FERA · White Collar Crime
Examining the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Mandatory Notice Before FERA Prosecution
GST Litigation
Retrospective Withdrawal of Tax Exemption: Supreme Court’s Ruling in Asia Sugar on Imported Sugar, Penalty and Interest
Enforcement Directorate · PMLA · White Collar Crime
Can PMLA be used to prosecute what is, at its core, a civil or commercial dispute?
GST Litigation
Upstream GST Default, ITC Denial and Section 74: Safecon after Bhandari Scrap Traders
Enforcement Directorate · PMLA · White Collar Crime
The Life of a Seizure: Telangana High Court Reaffirms the Test for Continued Retention under the PMLA
