SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CASE LAW: MITTAL V. WESTBRIDGE VENTURES

Mittal v Westbridge Ventures, the Singapore Court of Appeal reviewed several fundamental arbitration law issues, including the proper law of arbitration agreements and determining whether law determines whether a particular case is arbitrable.

FUTURE OF MEDIATION IN INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS

Being the least expensive and less time-consuming, Mediation is popular ADR in India. The mediator plays the role of a neutral party who helps the parties to have direct communication and assists in exploring the options and a mutually accepted agreement.

Section 33(5) of IBC doesn’t bar legal proceedings against a ship owned by Corporate Debtor in liquidation: Bombay HC

It is evident upon reading Section 33(5) that this clause merely forbids the filing of a lawsuit or other legal action against the Corporate Debtor. It in no way precludes the filing of a lawsuit or starting another legal action against a ship or vessel owned by the corporate debtor.

Whether IBC prevails over Custom Act?

The IBC would prevail over The Customs Act, to the extent that once the moratorium is imposed in terms of Sections 14 or 33(5) of the IBC, as the case may be, the respondent authority has a limited jurisdiction to assess/determine the quantum of custom duty and other levies.

Artificial Intelligence and Insolvencies

Machine learning, deep learning, artificial neural networks, rule-based expert systems, and natural language processing are a few examples of artificial intelligence technologies employed in worldwide insolvency and bankruptcy processes.