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A Critique On The Territorial Jurisdiction Of Courts In India

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It would be imperative to take into cognizance the concept of jurisdiction which is a conglomeration of two terms, such as juris (meaning “law”) and diction (meaning “to speak”), which can be translated as presuming the appropriate forum that has the potential to “speak the law.”

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Relevance of Indian Limitation Law vis-à-vis Foreign-seated International Arbitration With Indian Law As The Applicable Substantive Law

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This post is prompted by a recent decision of the Delhi High Court (“DHC”) in Extramarks Education India v Shri Ram School (“ Extramarks case”), which although on domestic arbitration, makes various obiter observations on the nature of limitation and flexibility of parties to contract out of the same. This issue could not be simpler in India.

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Amendment of Pleadings | Order VI Rule 17 [CPC]: A Critical Analysis

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Considering this principle, parties in a civil suit enjoyed unrestricted access to modify their pleadings under Order VI Rule 17 of the Indian Civil Procedure Code, 1908. Keywords- Amendment of Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code 1908. Introduction. Order VI Rule 17 applies to such situations. However with the case Cropper v.

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UK Supreme Court in Jalla v Shell: the claim in Bonga spill is time barred

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The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. The relevant facts are summarized by the UK Supreme Court as follows at [6] and [7]: (…) The Bonga oil field is located approximately 120 km off the coast of Nigeria.

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Smith v Fonterra: A Common Law Climate Litigation Breakthrough

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A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. In this most recent ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Court of Appeal’s decision.