Article by Chintan Chinnappa is the Co-Founder and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Partner. Also published on www.barandbench.com With COVID- 19 having been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, the lockdown that ensued has disrupted industries all across the globe and impacted existing contractual obligations. Given the disruption of supply chains, many contracts will…
Karnataka High Court permits non signatories to the contract to invoke the arbitration clause on the principle of devolution The Petitioners, Siddharth Infotech Pvt. Ltd. and Everonn Education Ltd. had filed writ petitions challenging the orders of the State Government and Cabinet to terminate/cancel a project on various grounds including re-modelling of the same The…
Telugu Cinema (Tollywood) superstar Vijay Deverakonda and his company Rowdywear Pvt. Ltd. have filed a suit against Amazon and a few manufacturers before the Civil Court at Bengaluru, aggrieved by the fact that counterfeit Rowdy merchandise of inferior quality were being sold by certain manufacturers through the Amazon platform. In addition, the Plaintiffs’ were aggrieved…
Article by Chintan Chinnappa, Co-Founder and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Partner, Spectrum Legal, Bangalore The Supreme Court in Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. vs. Union of India and Ors. (“Swiss Ribbons”)[1], rejected the multi-pronged challenge on the constitutional validity of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (the “Code”), while consciously harmonizing the legislative intent with the expanse…
The producers of the film “Kaala”, Wunderbar Films Pvt. Ltd. and its directors/shareholders, Mr. Dhanush K and Ms. Aishwarya filed a writ petition before the High Court of Karnataka in relation to the controversial ban on the release/exhibition of the film “Kaala” in the State of Karnataka owing to certain statements made by the lead…
Biopharmaceutical company PlasmaGen BioSciences has raised $25 million (Rs 160.4 crore) from investors led by private equity firm Eight Roads Ventures India. Spectrum Legal Partner Vaishnavi Bhaskaran advised PlasmaGen. J. Sagar Associates advised Eight Roads and the team was led by Partners Manvinder Singh and Nalin Bawa along with Senior Associate Upasana Gupta. The investment will…
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Vaishnavi Bhaskaran graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2010. She is currently a partner at Spectrum Legal where she heads the Corporate-Commercial and Employment Law Practice. In this interview, she talks to us about: Her experience at NLU, Jodhpur and decision to pursue law Her view on internships and augmenting a CV Her professional…
Four Bangalore-based associates from Dua Associates and K Law have started up the law firm Spectrum Legal in Bangalore. The firm’s litigation practice is headed by former Dua senior associates Chintan Chinnappa and Mahesh Arkalgud (respectively 2009 and 2008 graduate from Bangalore University). Chinnappa started his career at Poovayya & Co, while Arkalgud began at…
Chintan Chinnappa, Mahesh Arkalgud, Poornachandra B. Pattar, and Vaishnavi Bhaskaran have set up a full service law firm “Spectrum Legal” in Bangalore. Chintan Chinnappa and Mahesh Arkalgud, both of whom were Senior Associates at Dua Associates, will co-head the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice of the firm. Poornachandra B. Pattar, who started his career with…
