Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 7, 34 and 37 — Arbitration agreement — Bindingness of, on non-signatory — Group of Companies Doctrine — Applicability of: The “Group of Companies” doctrine is premised on ascertaining the intention of the non-signatory to be party to an arbitration agreement and the doctrine requires the intention to be gathered from additional factors such as direct relationship with the signatory parties, commonality of subject-matter, composite nature of the transaction, and performance of the contract, [OPG Power Generation (P) Ltd. v. Enexio Power Cooling Solutions (India) (P) Ltd., (2025) 2 SCC 417]
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 313 — Examination of accused — Legal position that needs to be kept in mind by courts, summarised — Effect of non-putting material circumstance(s) to accused: Stage of leading defence evidence, held, arises only after recording statement under S. 313. Resultantly, unless all material circumstances are put to the accused, he, held, cannot decide whether he wants to lead any defence evidence, [Ashok v. State of U.P., (2025) 2 SCC 381]
Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302, 364 and 377 — Abduction, sodomy and murder of minor — Circumstantial evidence: Death sentence substituted with that of fixed term without remission of 25 yrs, in case of abduction, sodomy and murder of minor, as possibility of reformation of accused not completely ruled out, [Sambhubhai Raisangbhai Padhiyar v. State of Gujarat, (2025) 2 SCC 399]
