4th Amity National Moot Court Competition [8th –10th March]
aasavri RaiAmity Law School, Amity University, Haryana, is organising the 4thNational Moot Court Competition. Dates: 8th–10th March 2019 Eligibility: All students enrolled in three-year LL.B. or...
View ArticleRajya Sabha To Consider Triple Talaq Bill Tomorrow
Live Law News NetworkThe Rajya Sabha will consider the "Muslim Women(Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2018", commonly known as Triple Talaq Bill, for passing tomorrow. The Bill was cleared by Lok...
View ArticleIBC – Two Years On – The Game is On
mukesh chand“Curiouser and Curiouser” – Hon’ble Justice R.F. Nariman quotes from “Alice in the Wonderland” to describe the tactics adopted promoter of Essar Steel in the case of Arcelormittal India...
View ArticleMotor Accident Claims : 2018 Annual Round Up
Manu SebastianThis is a compilation of major judgments of 2018 in the field of motor accident claims compensation. Owner as per RTO records liable for accident, if transfer is not recorded In Naveen...
View ArticleLegal Luminaries Reflect On Law & Story Telling At IDIA Annual Conference
Zia AhmedThe recently held IDIA Annual Conference on “Law and Story Telling” saw legal stalwarts share riveting insights on storytelling within courts and in the practice of law. The panel was...
View ArticleAgusta Westland : Christian Michel Passing Chits To Lawyers Seeking Tips To...
Live Law News NetworkThe Enforcement Directorate on Saturday told a Delhi court that alleged middleman Christian Michel, arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, was misusing the liberty of...
View ArticleNo Change In Sight For Allahabad High Court’s Name After Prayagraj: Govt In...
Apoorva MandhaniThere is no proposal to change Allahabad High Court’s name in view of the decision to rename Allahabad to Prayagraj, the government has said in response to a Right To Information (RTI)...
View ArticleShare Profits With Local Communities Under Biodiversity Act: Uttarakhand HC...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Uttarakhand High Court has directed Divya Pharmacy, owned by Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, to share its profits with local and indigenous communities, as part of the Fair and...
View ArticleNCLT, Mumbai Says CoC Not Right In Rejecting Resolution Plan Only Coz It Was...
akanksha jainTribunal says Code is paramount, not the Regulations Observing that when there is a conflict between the Regulations and the Insolvency Code, the object of the Code is paramount and not...
View ArticleGive Special Care And Attention To Students From Backward Communities In...
ashok kini“We are of the view that students like that of the petitioner, if so requires, are required to be given some special care and attention in the institute so that they are able to overcome...
View ArticleInsolvency & Bankruptcy Code – 2018 Annual Round Up
Manu SebastianThe year 2018 also witnessed major changes in the field of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(IBC). While the year 2017 witnessed SC explaining the basic concepts of the nascent legislation,...
View ArticleAmul Vs Kwality Wall’s: Bombay HC Grants Some Relief To Amul, Modifies...
nitish kashyapThe Bombay High Court recently granted relief to Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)-run Amul and allowed it to run two TV advertisements after it removes portions...
View ArticleSuch Outrageous Conduct Need No Tolerance: Bombay HC Issues ‘Contempt Notice’...
ashok kini“It is a threat to the independence of Judiciary. Rule of law is being undermined.” The Bombay High Court has registered a suo motu criminal contempt case against an Assistant Public...
View ArticleLack Of Injury On Rape Victim’s Body Is Of No Help In Determining Consent:...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Bombay High Court has overturned a 21-year-old trial court verdict and has convicted a 41-year-old man in a rape case of a girl in 1996. In doing so, the bench comprising Justice...
View ArticleCabinet Approves Death Penalty For Aggravated Sexual Assault Of Children,...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Union Cabinet, on Friday, approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The changes prescribe stringent punishment, including death...
View ArticleDr Shashi Tharoor Introduces Freedom Of Literature Bill In Lok Sabha [Read Bill]
Live Law News NetworkDr Shashi Tharoor MP introduced a private bill titled "Freedom of Literature Bill" today in the Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to amend the provisions in the Indian Penal Code, Code of...
View ArticleCabinet Approves Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2018 With Relaxed...
Live Law News NetworkThe Union Cabinet has approved the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2018 which seeks to replace the existing CRZ Notification of 2011. Salient Features: FSI Norms Eased...
View ArticleRagging A Barbarous Practice; Should Be Abolished: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]
ashok kini“It [Ragging] has become a wide-spread virulent disease prevalent in all educational institutions and more in the Professional colleges and hostels. It causes deep sorrow and anguish that in...
View ArticleSeeking Information Under RTI Act Can’t Put Question Mark On One’s Integrity,...
akanksha jainThe administration of Union Territory of Chandigarh has come in for severe criticism from the Punjab and Haryana High Court for being vindictive towards one of its employee of the...
View ArticleMultiple Proceedings On Same Issue Not Permissible Under RERA 2016;...
nitish kashyapIn an important ruling, the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has held that multiple proceedings on the same issue cannot be allowed under the Real Estate...
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