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Continue reading →: When it rains, it pours!
I don’t think anything has changed from then to now, something uve heard it often. Perhaps appropriate to the lawyer life from d time as a raw junior to a not so raw lawyer. Either every matter has to reach in different courts on the same day or not even…
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Continue reading →: The quote you never quote!
The instructing Counsel (TIC) : Sir, it would be great if you are flexible on the fee. Me: But I have not even quoted the fee as I let the instructing counsel decide. TIC: I was told you are very expensive and so I had to ask you that. The…
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Continue reading →: Can professional platforms ever become political?
Well it always has been I guess given that law is intertwined with politics. The radical change that is happening across the horizon is fascinating! Exciting times ahead filled with hope. P.s: 🙂 at a time where you question everything you stood by or just justify everything that is now!!
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Continue reading →: The (Murphy’s) law and I.
Me: “my lord the position of law is such that the judge ought not to have entertained the plea as the lis is barred by law” Court: “maybe. Stay on deposit (in crores)” Me: “it is the law” Court : “maybe but it is the court’s discretion to impose conditions…
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Continue reading →: Elections amidst the “elite”?
The election season is here , from the Bar council to the Bar association to the state assembly elections. Oh! You may think there is a stark difference between the first two and the last . The “politics” within emerges the winner, unites ‘em all and battle lines are drawn…
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Continue reading →: The distinct District Courts
Some of the best times have been at District Courts. So much so that I am sometimes in awe and sometimes jealous of those who get to practice there. I do have some experiences that I rather forget as well, no doubt. A SC judge recently mentioned that Delhi is…
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Continue reading →: Equilibrium and Equity: the set-off between IBC and Arbitration
Authors: M. Sricharan RangarajanSenior Advocate Krithika JaganathanAdvocate and Associate Partner, Lakshmikumaran Sridharan Attorneys Introduction The interplay between the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“A & C Act”) has been evolving, with issues ranging from the impact of moratorium[1] on pending arbitration proceedings…
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Continue reading →: The Converse
If the Courts interfering with awards and mooting settlement in arbitration is noticed across the board like a regular suit as mentioned earlier, I understand that Supreme Court recently interfered with an award which was a result of settlement between parties (Conciliation) which became final after being confirmed upto the…
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Continue reading →: Unsettling the awards- the novel way to moot settlement.
Here is the new deal in unsettling awards across the country! Don’t interfere with awards normally and god forbid that happens in a case where it shouldn’t have happened, there is an appeal to reverse it or so you think! You are persuaded to buy peace by settlement between parties…
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Continue reading →: Not so young – learning continues
From the youngest SC to a not so young SC, entering the fourth year on 12.1.2026. Sometimes I feel time flew but I shudder to state the same when it comes to the “experiences”. Learning? For sure! #ramblingsofaSC