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Our newsletter, Counselence Connect, released every week, gives a crisp, succinct update on changes in laws brought about by actions of legislature, government, and courts. Each Connect will be relevant for corporates and would not take more than 5 minutes to read.

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Limit of Surety’s Liability Upon Variation of Guarantee

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgement of the Supreme Court, in the Bhagyalaxmi Co-operative Bank Ltd. case, wherein it held that the liability of a surety is discharged only in respect of transactions subsequent to an unauthorised variance in the terms of the contract under the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.

Apr 20, 2026

Contractual and Statutory Limits of Interest in Arbitration

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgement of the Supreme Court in the Larsen & Toubro case where it examined whether an arbitral tribunal could award pre-award/pendente lite interest despite an express contractual bar and whether post-award interest is governed by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Apr 13, 2026

Employee Defamation Claims

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgment of the High Court of Delhi in the Rohan Book Company case, wherein it clarified various legal principles required to sustain a defamation claim in employer-employee disputes.

Apr 6, 2026

Termination Valid On Acceptance of Notice Pay

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgement of the Delhi High Court (HC) in the Pankaj Vaid vs. ICICI Bank case, where it held that if an employee accepts the termination of his services and applicable notice pay. Then such termination shall be held valid and cannot be challenged by the employee accepting the notice pay.

Mar 31, 2026

Probationary Termination and Workman Status

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgment of the High Court of Delhi in the Sarita Tiwari case, wherein it clarified that a probationer qualifies as ‘workman' under Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and affirmed that wages paid under Section 17-B are non-recoverable even if the termination is eventually upheld.

Mar 23, 2026

Employer’s Refusal To Accept Resignation amounts to Bonded Labour

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgement of the Kerala High Court (HC) in the Greevas Job Panakkal case, where it held that an employer cannot reject an employee’s resignation unless the resignation is in non-compliance with the employment agreement or disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against such employee.

Mar 16, 2026

Entitlement To Retiral Benefits

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Ashok Kumar Dabas v. Delhi Transport Corporation where it partially allowed an appeal filed by the legal heirs of a deceased employee, Ashok Kumar Dabas. The apex court reaffirmed the legal distinction between resignation and voluntary retirement, holding that while resignation entails forfeiture of past service for pensionary purposes as per Rule 26 of the Payment of Gratuity Rules, 1972, it does not deprive an employee of statutory gratuity.

Mar 9, 2026

Arbitral Interest Rate & Party Autonomy

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the December 2025 judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the BPL Limited case, wherein it affirmed the primacy of party autonomy in determining arbitral interest rate under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Mar 2, 2026

Ex-Parte Decree Invalid Without Proper Service Of Summons

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This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgement of the High Court of Rajasthan in the Devkrishna and Others case where it examined whether an ex-parte decree can be sustained where summons was allegedly refused but the Process Server and Witnesses were not examined to verify valid service under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

Feb 23, 2026

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