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Somewhere in a District and Sessions Court this week, a bail application will be argued on a Tuesday that was drafted on a Sunday night. An appeal will turn on an authority someone found at eleven o'clock, three days before the hearing. A High Court matter will be filed on time because a pleading got redrafted twice after the first version did not hold. This is the part of litigation nobody photographs. It is also the part that decides cases. For most advocates in India, that

Transnational Issue Estoppel in Foreign Arbitral Awards: What the Supreme Court Just Decided The doctrine of Transnational Issue Estoppel in Foreign Arbitral Awards finally has a home in Indian jurisprudence. For years, losing parties in international arbitration had a quiet escape route exhaust remedies at the seat, then walk into an Indian court and reframe the same losing argument as a "public policy" violation. The Supreme Court, in Nagaraj V. Mylandla v. PI Opportunities

Introduction: The Karnataka High Court recently stepped into a debate that sits right at the crossroads of privacy and matrimonial fairness. The question before it was simple but loaded can a wife use the Right to Information Act, 2005 to get hold of her husband's Income Tax Returns during a maintenance dispute? The Court said no. And the reasoning it gave is worth unpacking carefully. According to the judgment, ITRs and related financial papers fall squarely under "personal

Introduction: In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India confirmed that Article 21 of the Constitution pertains equally to foreigners, guaranteeing their right to life and individual freedom. The matter concerned a Ugandan woman charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, who stayed in prison even after the Delhi High Court granted her bail. Her failure to provide a reliable guarantee kept her imprisoned. The Supreme Court, acknowledging