Barnali Mukherjee v. Rajia Begum The Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment on February 2, 2026, Introduction In a significant ruling reinforcing the foundational principle of consent in arbitration, the Supreme Court of India in Barnali Mukherjee v. Rajia Begum held that disputes alleging forgery of the very document containing an arbitration clause strike at the root of arbitral jurisdiction and cannot be referred to arbitration. The judgment draws a clear do

CHEMCO PLAST v. CHEMCO PLASTIC INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. (Bombay High Court, decided June 9, 2024) Introduction In CHEMCO PLAST v. CHEMCO PLASTIC INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD., the Bombay High Court examined the contours of mandatory pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, particularly in the context of intellectual property disputes involving urgent interim reliefs. The Court dismissed the defendant’s application under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) is a statutory body established under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of India,...