Arbitration Law

The Supreme Court on Thursday held the fixed tenure of an arbitral tribunal to pass an award can be extended even after the expiry of term, saying the courts must strive to give "meaningful life" to a law to "avoid cadaveric consequences" leading to

The Bar Council of India in new rules issued on Wednesday said foreign lawyers and law firms can also advise on international arbitration cases on a reciprocal basis.

Twitter on Tuesday was hit by legal complaints by 100 employees, accusing the company of legal violations from targeting women during companywide layoffs and not paying severance to fired workers. The microblogging platform now faces 100 demands for arbitration making similar claims to four class action lawsuits pending against the company in a fed...

Amazon and BoI have presented their arguments in the Future Retail Deal, following which the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has reserved its order on the petition filed by e-retailer opposing the bank's plea to initiate insolvency resolution proceedings against debt-ridden FRL. The tribunal directed the Amazon to submit its written response b...

Britain's Cairn Energy has said it has complied with all rules of retro tax repeal law to now become eligible for about Rs 7,900 crore refund of taxes

U.S. retail giant Amazon and India's Future Group have been locked in a legal battle for more than a year now. The stand-off has halted Future's Rs 24,500 crore ($3.4 billion) deal with Reliance Industries. Adding more twists, Amazon has filed fresh legal challenges in its long-running dispute with Future after the antitrust agency Competition Comm...

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the central government will introduce a bill on arbitration in the winter session of Parliament.

The draft rules say the Centre will not proceed with demands related to retrospective tax levy, provided that all companies withdraw cases against it

The Government of India and British oil major Cairn Energy have had a long face-off. It has its origin in a retrospective tax amendment law, under which the company was asked to pay a tax liability by India. Cairn contested against the demand and this led to an arbitration case.

On Wednesday, the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed through voice vote in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on February 12, 2021.

Facebook said it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news pages "in the coming days," after the government agreed to amend a world-first media law fiercely opposed by the tech giant.

Australia will not change proposed laws that would make Google and Facebook pay news outlets for content, a senior lawmaker said, despite vocal opposition from the Big Tech firms.

"We have proactively reviewed and modernised our arbitration legislation reflecting international best practices to make sure that our laws stay up-to-date," Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.

India's Future Retail communicated with Reliance Industries on an arbitration order related to its dispute with Amazon for a "legitimate purpose."

Telecom giant Vodafone on Friday won a significant ruling against the Indian government in an international court over Rs 20,000 crore in dues which it had described as unfair.

The Supreme Court on Thursday held the fixed tenure of an arbitral tribunal to pass an award can be extended even after the expiry of term, saying the courts must strive to give "meaningful life" to a law to "avoid cadaveric consequences" leading to

The Bar Council of India in new rules issued on Wednesday said foreign lawyers and law firms can also advise on international arbitration cases on a reciprocal basis.

Twitter on Tuesday was hit by legal complaints by 100 employees, accusing the company of legal violations from targeting women during companywide layoffs and not paying severance to fired workers. The microblogging platform now faces 100 demands for arbitration making similar claims to four class action lawsuits pending against the company in a fed...

Amazon and BoI have presented their arguments in the Future Retail Deal, following which the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has reserved its order on the petition filed by e-retailer opposing the bank's plea to initiate insolvency resolution proceedings against debt-ridden FRL. The tribunal directed the Amazon to submit its written response b...

Britain's Cairn Energy has said it has complied with all rules of retro tax repeal law to now become eligible for about Rs 7,900 crore refund of taxes

U.S. retail giant Amazon and India's Future Group have been locked in a legal battle for more than a year now. The stand-off has halted Future's Rs 24,500 crore ($3.4 billion) deal with Reliance Industries. Adding more twists, Amazon has filed fresh legal challenges in its long-running dispute with Future after the antitrust agency Competition Comm...

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the central government will introduce a bill on arbitration in the winter session of Parliament.

The draft rules say the Centre will not proceed with demands related to retrospective tax levy, provided that all companies withdraw cases against it

The Government of India and British oil major Cairn Energy have had a long face-off. It has its origin in a retrospective tax amendment law, under which the company was asked to pay a tax liability by India. Cairn contested against the demand and this led to an arbitration case.

On Wednesday, the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed through voice vote in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on February 12, 2021.

Facebook said it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news pages "in the coming days," after the government agreed to amend a world-first media law fiercely opposed by the tech giant.

Australia will not change proposed laws that would make Google and Facebook pay news outlets for content, a senior lawmaker said, despite vocal opposition from the Big Tech firms.

"We have proactively reviewed and modernised our arbitration legislation reflecting international best practices to make sure that our laws stay up-to-date," Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said.

India's Future Retail communicated with Reliance Industries on an arbitration order related to its dispute with Amazon for a "legitimate purpose."

Telecom giant Vodafone on Friday won a significant ruling against the Indian government in an international court over Rs 20,000 crore in dues which it had described as unfair.