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2019 SCC Vol. 5 June 7, 2019 Part 3 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 11(6) r/w S. 11(6-A) — Appointment of arbitrator: Appointment of arbitrator is not permissible in the absence of an arbitral dispute. Appointment of arbitrator is a judicial power and is not a mere administrative function, thus leaving room for some degree of judicial intervention. When it comes to the question to examine existence of prima facie arbitration agreement, it is always necessary to ensure that the dispute resolution process does not become unnecessarily protracted. [United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Antique Art Exports (P) Ltd., (2019) 5 SCC 362] Banking Regulation Act, 1949 — Ss. 21, 35-A, 35-AA, 35-AB and Ss. 36-ACA(1), 36-AE and 36-AF, 45-Y, 52(1) & 55-A and S. 45-L(3) of RBI Act — RBI Circular dt. 12-2-2018 for Resolution of Stressed Assets — Validity of:  Without the authorisation of Central Government to RBI to issue directions to a banking company/compa...

2019 SCC Vol. 5 May 28, 2019 Part 2 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 48 — Enforcement of foreign award — Limited scope of interference with — Objections to enforcement of foreign award — Constructive res judicata — Applicability:   Issue of maintainability of execution case concerning foreign awards and issue of enforceability thereof cannot be segregated and considered piecemeal. Court is expected to consider both these aspects simultaneously at threshold. [LMJ International Ltd. v. Sleepwell Industries Co. Ltd., (2019) 5 SCC 302] Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 7(5) r/w S. 11(6) — Arbitration clause — Incorporation by reference:  Arbitration agreement need not necessarily be in the form of a clause in substantive contract itself and it could be an independent agreement; or it could be incorporated by reference either from a parent agreement, or by reference to a standard form contract. [Giriraj Garg v. Coal India Ltd., (201...

2019 SCC Vol. 5 May 21, 2019 Part 1 Bihar  Civil Service (Judicial Branch) (Recruitment) Rules, 1955 — R. 5-A — Prescription of fixing 10% of candidates who had appeared in preliminary examination to be called for final examination — Validity:  The Supreme Court in Malik Mazhar Sultan (3), (2008) 17 SCC 703 specifying ratio of 1: 10 of available vacancies to be maintained. It was held that R. 5-A is clearly arbitrary and violates Supreme Court decision in Malik Mazhar Sultan (3) case, and restricts competitive field unreasonably. No useful purpose is served by restricting number of candidates for final written examination. Besides, no minimum passing marks are prescribed in preliminary examination, which is another glaring error since candidates with minimum passing marks can only be permitted to state their claim in final examination. Assurance given by all stakeholders that they would ensure fixation of minimum marks in preliminary examination, taken note of. ...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded the status of “legal person or entity” to animals in Haryana, granting them the “corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person”. The verdict comes nearly a year after Uttarakhand High Court passed a similar order “to protect and promote greater welfare of animals”. Both the orders were written by Justice Rajiv Sharma, who was transferred from Uttarakhand to the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh last year. Justice Sharma was also part of the bench in Uttarkahand that had in 2017 declared rivers Ganga and Yamuna as living entities, a verdict that was later stayed by the Supreme Court. Stating that animals cannot be treated as “objects” or “property” and are “entitled to justice”, Justice Sharma, in the order pronounced in a criminal revision plea on Friday, said, “The corporations, Hindu idols, holy scriptures, rivers have been declared legal entities and thus, in order to protect and promote gr...

LEGAL UPDATES Latest Judgements in India Latest Judgements by High Courts in India :- Administrative law - Administrative authority has inherent power to correct accidental mistakes committed by it, in ignorance of or overlooking of facts. (Kerala) (DB) Execution - Maintainability - Execution application at behest of co-sharer, whose land is acquired, seeking enhancement of compensation, without filing reference u/s 18 of Land Acquisition Act, is maintainable. (P&H) Registration - Agreement acknowledging a mistake in oral exchange is not required to be compulsorily registered, as such document cannot be considered as a document of title transferring immovable property for more than Rs.100/-. (P&H) Succession - Caveatable interest - If a person is entitled to succeed to estate of testator, it could be said that he has a caveatable interest. (Kerala) Will - Suspicious circumstance - Merely because original Will is not produced, it cannot be said that Will is surrounde...