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In 2015, the enactment of the Commercial Courts Act marked the culmination of a decade-long debate on commercial courts. A recent independent study explores its legislative history, and evaluates its impact on commercial litigation in India.
The 188th report of the Law Commission (2003) was the seminal document on this issue, triggered by growing international criticism of the Indian justice system. According to judges in the US and the UK, inordinate delays faced by litigants in Indian courts were egregious enough to leave such claimants without an adequate remedy. Consequently, in several cases, these judges appropriated jurisdiction over civil
The 188th report of the Law Commission (2003) was the seminal document on this issue, triggered by growing international criticism of the Indian justice system. According to judges in the US and the UK, inordinate delays faced by litigants in Indian courts were egregious enough to leave such claimants without an adequate remedy. Consequently, in several cases, these judges appropriated jurisdiction over civil
