In a recent decision of the Hon’ble Division Bench compromising of Hon’ble Justice Shri. G. S. Patel and Smt. Neela Gokhale, in the case of Adityaraj Builders v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. & Group Matters, wherein several Petitions were decided on a common question of law under the Maharashtra Stamp Act 1958, relating to […]

A Petition was filed before the Hon’ble Gujarat High Court, in the matter of M/S Abaj Foods Private Limited vs The Authorized Officer, Punjab, challenging the actions/measures taken by the Bank under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (“SARFAESI Act”). The Petitioner contended that the Notice under […]

An Appeal was filed before the Hon’ble National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), in the matter of Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Pvt. Ltd. vs Korba West Power Company Ltd. & Ors., challenging the Impugned Order passed by the Learned Adjudicating Authority (NCLT, Ahmedabad Bench) allowing the Interlocutory Application filed by the Resolution Professional (“RP”) of […]

The Delhi High Court recently passed an omnibus order restraining the world at large from using the name, image, voice, likeness, and goodwill of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. The Plaintiff in Amitabh Bachchan v. Rajat Negi & Ors. alleged violation of his publicity rights as a celebrity. Mr. Bachchan approached the Court to restrain various persons […]

Introduction The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest Act, 2002 (“SARFAESI Act”) was brought into effect to regulate the process of recovery of debts through enforcement of security interest, in the event of default by the borrower(s), and to further regulate the securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets of a […]

The Hon’ble Supreme Court recently decided 7 Appeals in the case of Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. v. Mahakali Foods Pvt. Ltd., though factually distinct, however, involving common questions of law. Upon hearing and considering the submissions, both in favour and against the proposition that ‘the provisions regarding delayed payments under the MSME Act […]

The Accused No. 3 being the Managing Director of the Accused No. 1 Company filed a Petition before the Hon’ble Madras High Court under section 482 of Cr.P.C. for quashing of the Criminal Complaint filed inter alia against him by the Respondent being the Complainant therein, for an offence under section 138 of the Negotiable […]

The National Payments Corporation of India (“NPCI“) vide its operating circular dated July 5, 2022 (“Circular“) has issued fresh guidelines in relation to collection and usage of geo-tagging data by Unified Payments Interface (“UPI“) applications and third-party service providers. The Circular is issued in addition to the existing customer data collection guidelines of NPCI in respect to UPI transactions and […]

Ever wondered if you could be in trouble because of your opinion, feedback, review, statement, comment and/or post on any social media platform viz. LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, etc. By trouble, we mean posting malicious content that can harm the reputation of a person including an entity. This is known and termed as ‘Defamation’, which is […]