The Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran (2025 INSC 804) marks a watershed moment in the jurisprudence surrounding Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. This landmark decision addresses a critical procedural question that has long plagued complainants seeking redress for dishonoured cheques: whether they can file appeals against acquittal […]
Recently, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in a Criminal Appeal bearing no. 3831 of 2025 decided on 2nd September 2025, dealt with an order passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. bearing No. 12607 of 2016 by which the petition filed by the appellant […]
The order of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in the case of Vineet Kapur v. Registrar of Trade Marks passed on April 25, 2025, is a noteworthy progress in Indian trademark law, specifically with regard to the registrability of number marks. The case involved the appeal made by the appellant for registration of the mark […]
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (hereinafter “the Act”), passed by the Parliament of India in August 2025, represents the most significant and disruptive legislative intervention in the nation’s digital economy to date. The legislation introduces a bifurcated policy framework: on one hand, it seeks to actively promote and regulate nascent sectors […]
The Delhi High Court (“Delhi HC”) has, vide its judgement dated May 13, 2025 (“Ruling”), in the case of Oravel Stays Private Limited v. Zostel Hospitality Private Limited, set aside an arbitral award that treated a non-binding term sheet as a binding document and granted the specific performance of certain obligations thereunder. Case History. This matter arose from a dispute […]
In a significant decision with far-reaching consequences for the financial and insolvency ecosystem, the Kerala High Court (“High Court”) in J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Kerala adjudicated upon the levy of stamp duty on assignment agreements executed under Section 5 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of […]
