The Justice Law PartnersNew Delhi · Established 2010
Legal representation in New Delhi and before the Supreme Court
Legal help for civil, criminal, family and property disputes, and Supreme Court matters.
Led by Binay Kumar, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India. The firm handles matters before the Supreme Court, High Courts across India, and District Courts in Delhi and NCR.
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Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India Mediator trained by the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), Supreme Court of India
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Explore all practice areas →Disputes
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Corporate & Commercial Law
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Family and Matrimonial Disputes
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Banking, Finance & Insolvency
View practice →Representative Supreme Court matters
Explore selected constitutional and larger-Bench proceedings in which Binay Kumar represents a party as Counsel and Advocate-on-Record. The library distinguishes historical decisions, references and connected proceedings. View the matter library →Latest legal developments
Read Supreme Court updates →Supreme Court judgment · 29 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1176
An arbitrator cannot rewrite the contract: Supreme Court on Section 28(3) and Article 142
The limits of an arbitrator’s authority to depart from contractual terms.
Read legal analysis →Supreme Court judgment · 27 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1159
When does a lender become a related-party creditor under the IBC? ECL Finance and CoC voting rights
When a financial creditor’s policy-making rights bar participation in the insolvency committee.
Read legal analysis →Supreme Court judgment · 28 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1167
Award won, recovery delayed: Supreme Court calls for a study of arbitral award enforcement
Why enforcement of arbitral awards deserves attention after the award is made.
Read legal analysis →Supreme Court judgment · 28 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1171
Reassessment without Section 143(2) notice: why participation does not cure non-issuance
Why participation cannot cure failure to issue a mandatory reassessment notice.
Read legal analysis →Supreme Court judgment · 27 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1161
Can a court impose two consecutive life sentences? Supreme Court clarifies the rule
Multiple life sentences, concurrency and the separate consequences of remission.
Read legal analysis →Supreme Court judgment · 28 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1166
War injury pension and Operation Rakshak: when must a notified operation qualify?
The statutory treatment of war injury pension arising from notified operations.
Read legal analysis →View all 16 legal analyses from 27–29 October 2026
- An arbitrator cannot rewrite the contract: Supreme Court on Section 28(3) and Article 142
- When does a lender become a related-party creditor under the IBC? ECL Finance and CoC voting rights
- Award won, recovery delayed: Supreme Court calls for a study of arbitral award enforcement
- Reassessment without Section 143(2) notice: why participation does not cure non-issuance
- Can a court impose two consecutive life sentences? Supreme Court clarifies the rule
- War injury pension and Operation Rakshak: when must a notified operation qualify?
- Disproportionate assets prosecutions: what must the State prove before the burden shifts?
- Can legislation restore a recruitment process already invalidated by courts?
- Cheque dishonour and unlicensed money lending: why state law matters
- Miyapur land title dispute: why long historical records and proof of title mattered
- Who can extend an arbitrator’s mandate under Section 29A? Supreme Court clarifies jurisdiction
- Must grounds of arrest always be given in writing? What the Jhabra Ram bail ruling actually says
- Related commercial suits transferred to Ahmedabad: a procedural case note
- UAPA and default bail: can a foreign national lose bail because a visa later expired?
- Can tax authorities disallow unpaid excise duty that was never claimed as an expense?
- Reopening an income-tax assessment: tangible material versus a mere change of opinion
Earlier judgments — 26 October 2026
Legal analysis · Published
RTI and Co-operative Bank Records: Supreme Court Clarifies Members’ Access
A co-operative bank’s member may obtain specific records through the Registrar’s statutory access powers; the Supreme Court explains why this is not blanket public access.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published
Fraudulent Land Acquisition and Public Purpose: Supreme Court in N. Arasappa
The Supreme Court examines prior approval of co-operative housing schemes, fraud in acquisition, and why delay and earlier litigation did not defeat relief on these facts.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published
Atibir Industries–SBI Assigned Debt Dispute: Supreme Court Orders Additional Payment
The Supreme Court directs a further ₹125 crore payment to resolve a debt-assignment dispute, expressly leaving broader NPA and assignment issues open.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published
Electricity Theft Assessments and Reconnection: Supreme Court Clarifies the Remedies
A distinction between provisional assessment for restoration, statutory appeal, and final civil liability in electricity-theft proceedings.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published
Waqf Property, Gazette Records and Injunctions: Supreme Court Restores Relief
The Supreme Court considers the evidentiary significance of survey and Gazette material in a property dispute and restores an injunction.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published
Third-Party Property Rights in Execution: Supreme Court Explains Order XXI CPC
A person not joined in the original suit can seek adjudication of rights during execution under Order XXI Rules 97–101; tax receipts do not establish ownership.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published
Approved IBC Resolution Plans: Creditors Cannot Simply Change Their Minds
The Supreme Court explains the binding effect of CoC approval and the NCLT’s role when a debtor’s finances improve while the resolution plan awaits confirmation.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published
Supreme Court Awards ₹6 Lakh After Six Years of Undertrial Custody: Arun @ Deepak
A six-year undertrial detention, failed proof of electronic and forensic evidence, and the Supreme Court’s exceptional direction for State compensation.
Read the article →Legal analysis · Published 22 October 2026
Can a WhatsApp Message Prove Murder? What the Supreme Court Actually Held
Can WhatsApp messages prove murder? The Supreme Court’s 2026 ruling explains electronic evidence, witness testimony and reasonable doubt. Kusumlal Sao v. State of Chhattisgarh · 2026 INSC 1148 · Judgment dated 13 October 2026 Read the article →Judgment · 16 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1136
Supreme Court on Disciplinary Proceedings: Findings Based on “No Evidence” Remain Open to Judicial Review
The Supreme Court has clarified that disciplinary findings unsupported by evidence remain reviewable under Article 226, while also explaining the proper limits of interference by a Letters Patent Bench. Read the legal analysis →Judgment · 15 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1135
Supreme Court: A Broad No-Interest Clause Can Bar Pre-Reference and Pendente Lite Interest in Arbitration
The Supreme Court has held that a sufficiently broad contractual no-interest clause can bar both pre-reference and pendente lite interest under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration Act. Read the legal analysis →Judgment · 15 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1134
Supreme Court Clarifies Proof of Default Under Section 7 IBC — and Flags AI-Generated Non-Existent Judgments
The Supreme Court has clarified that an authenticated Information Utility Record of Default carries high evidentiary value in Section 7 IBC proceedings and that admission does not require a forensic reconciliation of accounts. Read the legal analysis →Latest insights
View all insights →Legal commentary · 29 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1173
Can legislation restore a recruitment process already invalidated by courts?
The limits of validating legislation where public recruitment has already been judicially scrutinised.
Read the article →Legal commentary · 28 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1165
Who can extend an arbitrator’s mandate under Section 29A? Supreme Court clarifies jurisdiction
Which court can extend an arbitrator’s mandate under Section 29A.
Read the article →Legal commentary · 28 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1169
Must grounds of arrest always be given in writing? What the Jhabra Ram bail ruling actually says
Communication of arrest grounds, the issue of prejudice, and the scope of bail relief.
Read the article →Legal commentary · 29 October 2026 · 2026 INSC 1174
Cheque dishonour and unlicensed money lending: why state law matters
How applicable money-lending law affects proceedings for dishonoured cheques.
Read the article →Further insights and practice notes
Article · Family Law · 17 October 2026
Maintenance Has Been Ordered but Not Paid: How to Prepare an Effective Recovery Case
Prepare an arrears ledger, reconcile payments and identify the appropriate enforcement route under the operative maintenance order. Read article →Case Note · Tax & Property
Stamp duty: valuation or fraudulent intent?
Read case note →Case Note · Commercial & IP
Trade mark suits and the Commercial Court forum
Read case note →Article · Disputes
Drafting dispute-resolution clauses that work
Read article →Practice Note · Litigation
Preparing for commercial litigation
Read note →Article · Family
Family disputes: litigation and mediation pathways
Read article →Practice Note · IP
Protecting brands in India
Read note →Arbitration research collection
Selected Supreme Court decisions on arbitral authority, mandate extensions, interest and award enforcement.