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’
Sushma Swaraj belonged to all of us, she leaves behind a lasting legacy. Meenakshi Arora & Payal Chawla Every once in a generation, there comes a leader who provides a beacon of hope. For our generation that leader was Sushma Swaraj. As women lawyers, her journey was so personally inspiring to us. But the truth is…