TO BE OR NOT TO BE: An Assessment of a Pathological Arbitration Clause
The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, placing reliance on a catena of judgments, has reiterated that the main attribute of an arbitration agreement is consensus ad idem to refer the disputes to arbitration. In the matter of “Sapna Gupta v. Ajay Kumar Gupta & Ors[1].”, it has been held that in case the same is …
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New Directives on Securitisation of Standard Assets – Revamping the Securitisation Landscape?
The Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) on 24th September 2021, issued the Reserve Bank of India (Securitisation of Standard Assets) Directions, 2021 (“Master Directions”). These Master Directions repeal the existing RBI guidelines on securitisation of standard assets. The Master Directions apply to the following entities:
Acceptability of e-Execution – A long way ahead
Technology has been an enabling factor in resuming businesses and closing transactions during the pandemic era while parties involved in such transactions are sitting miles apart from each other. In order to be in arms with the rise of digitization, the Indian Government has introduced and amended legislations to bring in electronic records and electronic …
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CCI order on WhatsApp policy: Is CCI filling up the vacuum of the Data Protection Regulator?
In a recent order dated 24th March 2021, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) has taken suo-motu cognizance of the updated privacy policy and terms of services of WhatsApp which were rolled out by WhatsApp on 4th January 2021 (“Updated Policy”).[1] It directed the Director General to investigate the anti-competitive issues in relation to the …