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Can Indian Courts Modify an Arbitral Award Under Section 34 or 37?
The Supreme Court's 2025 Constitution Bench decision in Gayatri Balasamy recognises a limited power to modify arbitral awards under Sections 34 and 37, reversing the strict no-modification rule in M. Hakeem.
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IBBI

GLAS Trust v. BYJU Raveendran: The Supreme Court Case That Closed the Section 12A Door

An edtech unicorn, $1.2 billion in cross-border debt, and a 61-page Supreme Court judgment that tightened Section 12A withdrawals. Section 12A withdrawals fell from 296 in 2022 to 59 in 2024.

Sushant Shukla· ·5 min read
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IBBI

Lalit Kumar Jain v. Union of India: When Personal Guarantors Came Onshore

A 21 May 2021 Supreme Court judgment upheld India's personal-guarantor IBC regime. Before it, 29 cases in 2019. After it, 547 in 2022. The story of the IBC's second front.

Sushant Shukla· ·5 min read
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IBBI

The Supreme Court's IBC Docket: 643 Orders Analysed (2017-2024)

643 Supreme Court orders in eight years. The apex court handles 0.4% of all IBC volume but writes the doctrine for everyone else. A close reading.

Sushant Shukla· ·7 min read
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IBBI

The 25 Supreme Court Cases That Shaped India's IBC Jurisprudence

Mobilox to GLAS Trust — the precedent backbone of India's insolvency law, ranked by citation count across 25,106 orders. Five Supreme Court rulings account for over 1,400 citations.

Sushant Shukla· ·7 min read
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IBBI

Kalyani Transco v. Bhushan Power: India's Longest-Running IBC Saga in the Supreme Court

Civil Appeal No. 1808 of 2020 has produced more Supreme Court orders than any other IBC matter in the eight-year corpus — twenty-eight of them, four years of \"early hearing\" applications, and the doctrine that never landed.

Sushant Shukla· ·5 min read
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Buzz

Red Flagged: Why the Supreme Court Panel Just Told the Centre to Scrap the 2026 Transgender Amendment Bill

Mar 28 ·3 min read →
Columns 8 min read

The Supreme Court’s Red Line on Environmental Oversight

In T.N. Godavarman case, SC sets constitutional boundary: Govt can't dissolve CEC sans court nod. This judicially born, statutorily backed panel upholds unbiased eco-monitoring against exec erosion.

Anish Sinha
Contributor
Nov 26
In Re case-study

Case Study: The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Balveer Singh

The Supreme Court ruled that a child witness’s credible and consistent testimony can form the sole basis for conviction without corroboration. It held that mere delay in recording the statement does not render it unreliable, reaffirming legal standards for child testimony.
2025 · 7 min read Held
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Columns 6 min read

Transferred Malice in Criminal Law: The Doctrine and Its Judicial Interpretation

The doctrine of transferred malice holds that intent to harm one person applies even if another is harmed instead. Recognized under Section 301 IPC (now Section 102 BNS), it ensures criminal liability despite unintended victims.

Anish Sinha
Contributor
Feb 12
Columns 8 min read

The Supreme Court’s landmark judgment in Arif Azim Co. Ltd. v. Micromax Informatics FZE: A Deep Dive into the Distinction between 'Seat' and 'Venue' in International Arbitration

The Supreme Court in Arif Azim Co. Ltd. v. Micromax Informatics FZE clarified the distinction between the 'seat' and 'venue' in arbitration, reinforcing party autonomy and defining Dubai as the seat under UAE law, limiting Indian courts' jurisdiction.

Anish Sinha
Contributor
Dec 21
In Re case-study

Case Study: State of NCT of Delhi v. Mohd. Jabir

The Supreme Court in State of NCT of Delhi v. Mohd. Jabir upheld procedural compliance under Section 50 NDPS Act, ruling that using "any" instead of "nearest" Gazetted Officer doesn’t invalidate the search if substantive rights aren’t prejudiced. Bail was revoked.
2024 · 7 min read Held
Judgment