Supreme Court move to function online will make the judiciary within reach of people in remote parts of country Payal Chawla Imagine you didn’t need to go to the Supreme Court. Imagine the Supreme Court came to you. Imagine you could access justice from any corner of the country. You may say I am a…
Meenakshi Arora and Payal Chawla. Ashok Bhai was a highly accomplished lawyer – having served both as Solicitor General and Attorney General – but he never let his achievements define him. He was undoubtedly brilliant. But it was his pleasant disposition, warmth and wit, that has left an indelible imprint in our hearts. Some years…
Payal Chawla While the lockdown has been extended, it is unlikely to continue indefinitely. A phase-wise opening of the economy is anticipated. But the crisis is neither over nor is the virus disappearing. Not until a vaccine is developed and accessible to all. The lockdown by the government was timely to ensure the virus’s containment.…
By Women’s Era Magazine How is JusContractus coping with the changes to the work regime due to the Covid-19 pandemic? Obviously, this is a difficult time emotionally. But on the work front, we are actually doing quite well. The shift to remote working is a challenging transition for some, but for JusContractus, the work-from-home regime isn’t…
Women’s upliftment and the sisterhood: A Women’s Day special with Payal Chawla, founder of India’s only all-women law firm Bar & Bench, Pallavi Saluja Payal Chawla is the founder of India’s first and only all-women law firm, Juscontractus, which was recently photographed by Lynn Johnson of National Geographic as part of their coverage of the centenary of women securing the right to vote…
Payal Chawla & Hina Shaheen This article was first published in Bar and Bench on : 27 Dec, 2019 , 11:17 am In TRF Limited v. Energo Engineering Projects Ltd. [(2017) 8 SCC 377], a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court had, to our mind, decisively ruled against unilateral appointments of arbitrators. However, the Delhi High Court had…
Payal Chawla This article was first published in Bar and Bench on 25 Nov, 2019, 10:10 am The validity of unilateral arbitration clauses remains a vexed issue worldwide and is the subject of nigh ubiquitous jurisprudential discourse. Jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, United States, and Singapore generally uphold unilateral clauses with certain riders. Indian…
Honorable Justice Dr. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Tom Ginsburg, and Arvind Datar in conversation with Payal Chawla Tom Ginzburg and Aziz Haq are the authors of the book – ‘How to save a Constitutional Democracy’