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Bom HC | Stamp duty cannot be avoided on arbitration agreement, even if the rest of the contract is executed outside state
Bombay High Court: G.S.Patel, J., held that an arbitration agreement must be stamped in the state where the arbitration is to take place,
Bom HC | Dishonour of a cheque issued as a mere guarantee does not attract punishment under S. 138 NI Act
Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby the accused was acquitted
P&H HC | No substantive issue raised when parties at consensus to resolve the matter with the competent authority
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Krishna Murari, C.J and Arun Palli, J. disposed of the writ petition after
Clauses stipulating ‘deposit-at-call’ before invoking arbitration defeats the purpose of ADR process
Supreme Court: In the case where a Notice Inviting Tender had a clause asking the parties invoking arbitration to furnish a “deposit-at-call”
Utt HC | State can choose lead contractor in a composite contract based on nature of work
Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. stated that if the major part of the work was of civil nature
SCOTUS | Court cannot override the arbitrability clause in a contract
Supreme Court of the United States: The appeal lies before the Bench of Kavanaugh, J. The facts of the case were such
Relationship, by itself, does not prove extent of interest of candidate in contract under Section 14(1)(g) of Maharashtra Panchayats Act
Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.B. Shukre, J. dismissed a petition filed challenging the orders of Collector, Gadchiroli
Bank Guarantees are separate contracts not bound any other contractual relations between parties
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ravindra Bhat and A.K. Chawla, JJ., dismissed a First Appeal against an order declining
Property developer has to respect the contractual commitment so that the people who dream of houses can repose faith in him
Supreme Court: Stating that a property developer has to respect the contractual commitment, the 3-Judge Bench of Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and
Disputes between Government Owned Corporations should not go through long expensive trials but be quickly resolved by way of Arbitration
Supreme Court: Considering the sad state of affairs of long drawn expensive and cumbersome trials to resolve disputes between two Government owned