If a party fails or refuses to pay the fees of an arbitral tribunal, several options are available to the tribunal to enforce the payment of its fees. For instance, an “arbitral tribunal has the discretion to apportion the costs (including arbitrators’ fees and expenses) between the parties in terms of section 31(8) and section…
DetailsThe Delhi High Court recently delivered a split verdict on the legality of marital rape. The constitutional validity of the Marital Rape Exception (MRE) embodied in Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) was under challenge before the Delhi High Court, in the matter of RIT Foundation & others v. Union of India.…
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DetailsIn the run-up to the repeal of the three farm laws, the debate has centred around the potential cost of MSP on the taxpayer. The numbers have ranged from “trillions of rupees” in the coming decade, to “Rs. 17 Lakh crores” to “Rs. 3.8 Lakh Crores” to “Rs. 1.4 Lakh Crores” to “Rs. 36 Thousand…
DetailsPayal Chawla No recovery of drugs was made from the person of Aryan Khan. There is no evidence of consumption. The entire case sought to be made out against Khan is on the basis of alleged WhatsApp chats. These are the facts, as we know them from publicly available information. In these circumstances Khan’s detention…
DetailsSexual intimacy is between consenting adults. An act without consent is an act of violence. Consent can be withdrawn at any stage. No means no. ‘No’ is not a ‘yes’. ‘Maybe’ is not a ‘yes’. Watch my insights on the meaning of sexual consent in conversation with Meeta Gutgutia of #SippingThoughts Sukirti (Suki) Gupta
DetailsIndian arbitration is on a slow road to death, like much around us. As we struggle to grasp the enormity of the unfolding human tragedy, there is no mind-space, even to spare a thought to the monetary calamity set to befall us. The economy will require many measures for its revival in the time to…
DetailsPayal Chawla, said the judgement was “not just character assassination, it’s a massacre of her character. The woman partying in a bar and dancing with a drink in her hand seemed to have irked the judge. It seems like the young woman’s morality was on trial, and not whether there had been a rape. It…
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