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The Hon’ble Supreme Court (“SC”), in Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Sunil Krishna Khaitan and Others [Civil Appeal No. 8249 of 2013], examined the question of delay and laches in initiating proceedings and held that in the absence of any period of time and limitation prescribed by the enactment, every authority is to […]

The Hon’ble Supreme Court (“SC”) in M/s. Tantia Constructions Limited v. Union of India [Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 10722/2022] (“SLP”) observed that it is of the “firm opinion that there cannot be two arbitration proceedings with respect to the same contract/transaction”. The SC stated that when a dispute has earlier been […]

The National Company Law Tribunal, Hyderabad (“NCLT/Adjudicating Authority”) has in its judgement dated July 7, 2022 (“Judgement”), in the matter of State Bank of India v. Shri Ghansham Surajbali Kurmi [CP (IB) 297/95/HBD/2021] held that the guarantor cannot enjoy the ‘right of subrogation’ after corporate insolvency resolution process against the principal debtor gets concluded under […]

The Hon’ble Supreme Court (“SC”) has in its judgment dated July 12, 2022 in the matter of Vidarbha Industries Power Limited v. Axis Bank Limited [Civil Appeal No. 4633 of 2021] held that it is not mandatory for the adjudicating authority to admit an application to initiate Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (“CIRP”) even if the […]