Can Bitcoins lead to drug trafficking and terrorism? Are cryptocurrencies safe? Can conventional banks go out of business? What is Indian law on the issue? We are glad to have Mr. Sidharth Sogani, CEO of CREBACO which is a global cryptocurrency research organization, to give us an insight into one of the most important inventions of the 21st century and what does India has to gain or lose by drafting or not drafting a legal framework around it.

An intriguing interplay of FEMA, Arbitration Act and CPC: the widely hailed pro-arbitration judgement raises several questions on the powers of regulators, public policy in enforcement proceedings and the extent of contractual freedom available to parties in India. We also discuss Vijay Karia( SC 2020) and Cruz City (Del HC 2017) which dealt with the same questions. Follow our LinkedIn page for more updates and insights.

Reading is essential in legal profession. But what do you read? In the golden age of information, this is the important question. Most of us do no have a proper plan as to what do we consume online. No blog list. No reading plan. We read whatever our LinkedIn feed throws upon us. In this episode, I talk about 3 strategies a law student should consider for optimising learning law using the internet.

EPISODE 9: There is an outbreak of COVID-19 in the world, declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. This has affected over 180 countries resulting in severe market disruptions due to complete lockdowns in severly affected countries. Companies, businesses have been invoking force majeure clauses of their contracts. In this episode we are going to discuss: 1. What is a force majeure clause? 2. What happens when an event is not covered by the force majeure clause? 3. What is the doctrine of frustration and which Indian statutory provision covers that? 4. What is the impact of the frustration of a contract? 5. Can commercial hardship be a ground to frustrate a contract?

EPISODE 9: There is an outbreak of COVID-19 in the world, declared as global pandemic by the World Health Organization. This resulted in severe lockdowns of the affected countries & companies, businesses have been invoking force majeure clauses of their contracts. In this episode we are going to discuss: 1. What is a force majeure clause? 2. What happens when an event is not covered by the force majeure clause? 3. What is the doctrine of frustration and which Indian statutory provision covers that? 4. What is the impact of frustration of contract? 5. Can commercial hardship be a ground to frustrate a contract?

Can A.I. ever come within the definition of a legal person? Can A.I. have rights and liabilities? Can it be questioned in the court of law? More importantly, with the current legal framework, can you survive the A.I. ? This series is all about the Artificial Intelligence. Stay tuned!

When parties cannot agree on choice of an arbitrator, they approach the court under S.11. How the Court moved from Patel Engineering's wide interpretation of power under section 11 to be striked by S.11(6A) and then holding the latter view even when the amendment was denotified by deletion in Mayavti trading case: it has been quite a journey !

I have discussed four major issues of the widely noticed NCLAT judgment: 1. What is the scope of Section 241 and 242 of the Companies Act, 2013 for relief against oppression and mismanagement 2. Whether the tribunal can hold any Article illegal on the ground that it is illegal 3. Whether the termination of mr Cyrus Mistry was illegal 4. Whether the conversion of the public company Tata Sons Ltd. into a priavte company was legal.

What made Jet fail despite years of flying and a good service record? Is India a poor regulator of her industries? Should the promoter founder chairman be made somewhat liable for poor management decisions that led to colossal mess? Or it was someone's else fault? TBP will analyse these questions in the series 'The Jet Saga' and would try to initiate discussion on reforms, specifically in civil aviation industry and generally in the corporate world.

Bonus tip for drafting LD clauses in contracts: Limit the pre-estimate damage in LD clause to less than 10%. The court would likely to upheld it without interference.

In this episode, we analyse the legal position of LD clauses in light of four important judgements in India.