JusContractus: Pioneering law-from-home in times of Covid Interview with Payal Chawla, Founder JusContractus

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…

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Women’s Day Special

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…

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The validity of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in unequal Contracting Relationships

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…

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An Inspiring Life

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…

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The Court’s Conscience

Meenakshi Arora & Payal Chawla This article was first published in the Indian Express in the print edition on 02.05.2019 and Bar and Bench on 03.05.2019 As the world watched with horror the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, in the face of accusations of sexual assault by the credible and poised…

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