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The Constitution of India
Legislative Department2024 editionRead documentThe Advocates Act
Bar Council of GujaratRead documentThe Arbitration and Conciliation Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Ministry of Home AffairsRead documentThe Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam
Ministry of Home AffairsRead documentThe Central Goods and Services Tax Act
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and CustomsReference text updated to August 2021Read documentThe Code of Civil Procedure
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Commercial Courts Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Companies Act
NCLATOriginal enactmentRead documentThe Competition Act
Competition Commission of IndiaAct & related updatesThe Consumer Protection Act
Government-hosted text2021 reference editionRead documentThe Copyright Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Environment (Protection) Act
Himachal Pradesh Environment DepartmentOriginal enactmentRead documentThe Family Courts Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Foreign Exchange Management Act
Reserve Bank of IndiaAct & related updatesThe Hindu Marriage Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Hindu Succession Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Indian Contract Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Indian Partnership Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Information Technology Act
Controller of Certifying AuthoritiesAct & related updatesThe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of IndiaAct & related updatesThe Limitation Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Mediation Act
Department of Legal AffairsRead documentThe Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act
Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSMEAct & related updatesThe Motor Vehicles Act
Government-hosted textRead documentThe Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
Central Bureau of NarcoticsRead documentThe Negotiable Instruments Act
High Court of TripuraRead documentThe Prevention of Corruption Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Prevention of Money-Laundering Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Registration Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act
Directorate General Defence EstatesOriginal enactmentRead documentThe Sale of Goods Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Specific Relief Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentThe Trade Marks Act
Legislative DepartmentAct & related updatesThe Transfer of Property Act
High Court of Andhra PradeshRead documentNational Data & Reports
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Current Reading
The Constitution Bench recognised a limited judicial power to modify arbitral awards in defined circumstances, including where an invalid portion is severable, while preserving the narrow scope of review under the Arbitration Act.
The Reading List
The selection is arranged in reverse chronological order and is not intended to be exhaustive.
Showing 15 of 15 decisionsThe Constitution Bench recognised a limited judicial power to modify arbitral awards in defined circumstances, including where an invalid portion is severable, while preserving the narrow scope of review under the Arbitration Act.
The Constitution Bench held that an appointment procedure giving one party exclusive control over the choice of a sole arbitrator, or a dominant role in curating a panel, offends the requirement of equal treatment in arbitral appointments.
The Court confined scrutiny at the appointment stage to the prima facie existence of an arbitration agreement, leaving contested questions of accord and satisfaction, arbitrability and jurisdiction to the arbitral tribunal.
In curative proceedings, the Court restored the decision setting aside the award after finding that vital contractual and safety material had been disregarded, while reiterating that curative jurisdiction remains exceptional.
The seven-judge Bench held that an unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument is inadmissible but not void, and that a stamping objection does not prevent the referral court from examining the prima facie existence of an arbitration agreement.
The Constitution Bench affirmed the group of companies doctrine as part of Indian arbitration law, treating the inquiry as one of consent assessed from the parties’ intention, relationship and conduct.
The Court invalidated an arbitrary pre-deposit requirement in an arbitration clause involving a State entity and considered the appointment mechanism against the governing standards of equality and impartiality.
The Court emphasised restraint in tender disputes, particularly where interruption would delay public works, and distinguished judicial review of the decision-making process from appellate reconsideration of the commercial decision.
The Court held that two Indian parties may choose a foreign seat of arbitration and that an award made at that seat may be enforced in India as a foreign award, with interim relief available under Indian law.
The Court confirmed that a contractual setting does not by itself exclude writ jurisdiction where a State instrumentality’s conduct has a public-law element, while applying the settled limits governing Article 226 remedies.
A nine-judge Bench unanimously recognised privacy as a constitutionally protected fundamental right intrinsic to life and personal liberty and connected to the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.
The Court framed binding safeguards against sexual harassment at the workplace to protect equality, dignity and the freedom to work, filling the legislative vacuum until Parliament enacted an appropriate law.
The Court subjected proclamations under Article 356 to judicial review, emphasised the floor of the legislature as the ordinary place to test majority, and affirmed federalism and secularism as basic constitutional features.
The Court held that a procedure affecting life or personal liberty must be fair, just and reasonable, and read Articles 14, 19 and 21 together rather than as isolated constitutional guarantees.
The thirteen-judge Bench held that Parliament's power to amend the Constitution is wide but does not extend to altering or destroying its basic structure.
These summaries do not constitute legal advice. The judgment, including its facts, issues, reasoning and operative directions, should be read in full before it is relied upon.
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