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Flight status delayed or cancelled due to heavy rain? Here's when you can claim a refund, free meals and hotel accommodationIndian passengers have rights during monsoon flight disruptions. Airlines must offer refunds or alternative flights for cancellations due t...
Rented house damaged in a flood or earthquake? Do you still have to pay rent to your landlord? Here's what the law saysCan tenants stop paying rent after floods, earthquakes, or other natural disasters? Here's what the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and the...
STT, Tata Delhi data centre fire leaves clients fearing decades of data lost; Google hitA devastating fire at a New Delhi data centre, a joint venture between ST Telemedia and Tata Communications, has crippled Google Cloud serv...
Tata unit says 'extensive damage' from fire at Delhi data centre hampers recoveryA devastating fire at a New Delhi data center, co-owned by Singapore's ST Telemedia and India's Tata Communications, has caused extensive d...
Tenant or landlord: Who is responsible for repairs in a rented home? Here's what the law sayWho pays for repairs in a rented home? A leaking tap, damaged wall or broken fitting can quickly turn into a dispute between tenants and la...
What does force majeure mean? Why Bahrain’s Bapco declared it amid rising crude oil prices and can it disrupt the global oil supply?Bahrain's state oil company, now under Bapco Energies, has declared force majeure for its shipments after an Iranian attack set its refiner...
NHAI assures fuel, bitumen supply for developers amid Middle East tensionsHighway developers received assurances from NHAI regarding essential material supply. The ongoing Middle East conflict raises concerns abou...
Word of the day: Force MajeureForce majeure is a legal term used in business contracts. It talks about sudden and uncontrollable events like war, floods, earthquakes, or...
In crypto world, the hacker is GodWhen a cyber villain affects a system, it's as unstoppable as an earthquake or pandemic. Traders, for example, who have had their cryptocur...
Force Majeure: How successful has the law been post Covid in IndiaLaw relating to force majeure is quite settled and one requirement of law that when the contract itself provides for the force majeure and ...
What is force majeure? The legal term everyone should know during Covid-19 crisisThe term that has assumed relevance in contractual context today for businesses is “force majeure”.
How and when the force majeure clause can protect financial contractsThe force majeure clause includes the phrase ‘act of god’ to mean situations that are uncontrolled by human intervention and could not have...
State discoms end Force Majeure period, restart power purchasesHowever, private power companies have started exploring legal options to contest non-payment of fixed charges by states for about 60 days o...
Force majeure clause won't apply to coronavirus death claims in life insurance policiesThe Council also confirmed that the clause of ‘Force Majeure’ will not apply in case of COVID-19 death claims. This step was taken to reass...
How coronavirus may cause legal wranglesUnlike few nations where the term is coded in civil laws, the Indian Contract Act is silent on 'force majeure'.
Adani Power says it falls under 'composite scheme'The promulgation of Indonesian Regulation and non-availability/shortfall of domestic coal are force majeure event and remanded the matter t...
- A force majeure clause is quite critical in commodity contracts
The event and the causal connection must be outside the control of the parties and should typically be seen as ‘unforeseeable’ and ‘impossi...