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The Supreme Court in its recent Judgment, has issued certain directions related to tariff under the Electricity Act, 2003. The Court was hearing a batch of Writ Petitions and Civil Appeals, challenging the manner in which the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) determined the tariff for retail supply of electricity over the years, leading to…
Illustrative: Assembly of EV battery packs Indian law firm Trilegal advised SUN Mobility on its $60 million fundraise from Helios Climate in partnership with the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). The investment round brings the total capital raised by the company over the past year to approximately $135 million. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Goodwin Procter…
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has held that restraining a breaching party through an interim award passed under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act from engaging in certain activities, as per the terms of Shareholders’ Agreement (SHA), to prevent the subject matter of arbitration from being rendered futile, is…
Illustrative AZB & Partners is advising TataAutoComp on its 50:50 joint venture with Japan’s Ichikoh industries to acquire Valeo’s automotive lighting business in India from Valeo India. Valeo, which holds 61.2 percent stake in Ichikoh, was advised by Trilegal. The joint venture will focus on serving the automotive lighting market in India. The companies are…
Public anger is mounting over a controversial citizenship law that was passed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. But what is the law and why is it so controversial? Indian citizenship: The law promises to fast-track Indian citizenship for religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and…
The Supreme Court emphasised that the Courts must follow the mandate of Section 11(6A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) and their scrutiny must be confined to the examination of the existence of arbitration agreement. The Court was deciding a batch of various Civil Appeals arising out of the Judgment of the…
Should the law decide when a woman is too old to become a mother? This question is now before the Supreme Court, which is hearing a petition challenging the age restrictions imposed by India’s Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021. At stake is not just one woman’s reproductive dream but a larger debate about autonomy, medical ethics,…
Himachal Pradesh High Court: In the present petition, the constitutional validity of Section 163-A of the H.P. Land Revenue Act, 1954 (‘1954 Act’) was challenged on the grounds that the provision encouraged illegal occupation of Government land. The Division Bench of Vivek Singh Thakur and Bipin Chander Negi*JJ., while observing that the provision defeated the…
The Supreme Court today directed all States and Union Territories to issue notifications within four weeks identifying orphaned children as a “disadvantaged group” under Section 2(d) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act). The Court also directed them to conduct a survey to identify orphaned children who were…
The Delhi High Court has held that a married woman’s right to reside in a shared household under Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act cannot override or nullify the lawful entitlement of husband to seek partition or enforcement of ownership rights in civil proceedings. A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan…
