In a judgment with far reaching consequences, a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India (Court) in the matter of Cox and Kings Ltd. v. SAP India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr., 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1634 provided clarity on the contours and application of the Group of Companies doctrine under the extant arbitration laws of the country
Being one of the three chartered High Courts in the country, the Bombay High Court has original jurisdiction to try suits of a civil nature arising within Greater Bombay i.e., Mumbai district. Parallelly, the city of Mumbai also has two City Civil Courts in Fort (having territorial jurisdiction from Colaba to Mahim and Colaba to Mulund) and Dindoshi (having territorial jurisdiction from Bandra to Dahisar) which have the power to try suits of a civil nature arising within Greater Bombay.
On 31 October, 2023, in Sanjay Kumar Agarwal v State Tax Officer 1, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1406, the Supreme Court of India (SC) in the exercise of its powers of review under Article 137 of the Constitution of India, (Rainbow Review) affirmed the view expressed by another bench of the SC in State Tax Officer (I) v.
Tamarra Sequeira is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group in the Bengaluru office. Tamarra specialises in civil and commercial litigation and appears before the High Court of Karnataka, Civil Courts at Bengaluru, and various statutory authorities and Tribunals. Tamarra has advised multinational and domestic corporations, banks, individuals, proprietary concerns and firms on a variety of legal issues dealing with contract law, arbitration law, company law, property law, labour law, family law, agricultural marketing laws, laws relating to negotiable instruments, etc.
Susanah Naushad is a Counsel in the Dispute Resolution practice group. She previously worked in the U.S., on Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations pertaining to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and sanctions related issues, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations pertaining to breaches of securities law. Susanah has also served as an expert witness on Indian criminal law before the U.S. District Court of Delaware.
Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) had earlier published self-regulatory guidelines for Online Deceptive Design Patterns in Advertising (ASCI Guidelines) in order to address the issue of deceptive design patterns (Dark Patterns) prevalent in online advertising. The ASCI Guidelines are stated to be applicable from 1 September 2023.
