From Basmati rice cultivation to mining licences, here're key court orders

Bombay High Court last week ruled that once an arbitrator is appointed at the request of a disputing party and he recuses from the post, the opposite party cannot recommend a name as a substitute

Insurer can’t change surveyor at its whim

An insurance company cannot appoint one surveyor after another till it gets a report favourable to it, the Supreme Court asserted in its judgment last week in the case, New India Assurance vs Luxra Enterprises. An insurer can reject a survey report, but it must give cogent reasons for doing so, pointing out inherent defects in it or it was arbitrary or excessive. In this case, there was a fire in the garment factory. It claimed Rs 55 lakh under the insurance policy. New India appointed a surveyor who allowed the full claim. Then