The Delhi High Court (Court), in its judgment dated 12 May 2020 in Spentex Industries Ltd v Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan LLP, has inter alia held that the legal relationship between a law firm and client is commercial in nature and accordingly covered by Sections 44 and 45 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act).
On 1 May 2020, the Telangana High Court (Court) passed an order in M/s Pennar Industries Limited & Anr v. The Reserve Bank of India & Anr (IA No 3 of 2020 in WP No 6573 of 2020), granting an interim injunction restraining Yes Bank Limited (Yes Bank), the second respondent from debiting amounts due under letters of credit (LCs) from the account of the Petitioner.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (Supreme Court), comprising Hon’ble Justice N.V. Ramana, Hon’ble Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Hon’ble Justice Ajay Rastogi has, vide its judgment dated 11 May 2020 passed in the matter of South East Asia Marine Engineering and Constructions Ltd (SEAMEC Ltd) v Oil India Limited (Civil Appeal No.
The division bench of the Supreme Court, comprising of Hon’ble Mr Justice UU Lalit and Hon’ble Mr Justice Vineet Saran, in its decision in Quippo Construction Equipment Ltd v Janardan Nirman Pvt Ltd, on 29 April 2020 has inter alia analyzed the provision under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act) regarding waiver of right to object by a party.
The division bench of Kerala High Court comprising of Hon’ble Mr Justice Devan Ramachandran and Hon’ble Mr Justice T R Ravi passed an interim order on 24 April 2020 in the matter of Balu Gopalakrishnan & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors. expressing its reservations towards the foreign jurisdiction clause in an information technology contract between the state of Kerala and Sprinklr, a data analysis company. The High Court also directed the Kerala government to take prior consent from the citizens apprising them that their data will be processed by a third-party foreign entity.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (Supreme Court), comprising Mr Justice Arun Mishra, Mr Justice Vineet Saran and Mr Justice M R Shah has, vide judgment dated 29 April 2020 passed in the matter of Christian Medical College Vellore Association v.
