ShareChat, an Indian local language social media service, is once again in the middle of a copyright storm. Readers may remember ShareChat’s tussle with TikTok from last year, regarding its status as an intermediary and protections against copyright infringement claims. This time, it’s ShareChat facing the proverbial music, with T-Series and a related entity Lahiri
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Repercussions of lockdown on migrants workers
Co-Authored by: Aniket Sachan, 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons), at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow “The future of COVID-19 and the lockdown will be determined by the status quo of densely populated districts in India. The aggressive actions is the need of the hour” Government strategy to impose nationwide Lockdown to combat
... Continue Reading.How Judges Are Addressed in Courts of Different Countries?
INTRODUCTION: In order to have law and order in the society and to protect the rights of every individual, different institutions are established, one of them being the court system. While appointing judges, it is ensured that they are morally upright, courageous, intelligent, and compassionate so that the sanctity of law is upheld in every
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//www.pathlegal.in/Covid-19:-District-Court-Employee-Dies,-Judge-Tests-Positive-legalnewscopied-2384425 Author: Adv Rose NEW DELHI: Even as Delhi high court and the subordinate courts remain suspended due to the lockdown, the staff members and judges are not untouched by the corona scourg… Read More
... Continue Reading.Trilegal, AZB, SAM, Tatva act on $22m Series D in Ummeed from Morgan
Bengaluru: Ummeed Housing Finance Pvt. Ltd has raised ₹164 crore in a Series D equity round led by a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia. — Mint Trilegal advised Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia led by a team of partnerKunal Chandra, counselHarshil Dalal, senior associateAkshat Shrivastava, and associatesShraddha Jha, Chandni Ochani, Debarati Sengupta,
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(This post has been authored by our intern, Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlight Our Fellowship applicant, Anupriya discussed the copyright-related issues thrown up in light of the recent ‘Genda Phool’ row. She begins by stating that an absolute right to claim authorship exists under the Indian copyright law, and
... Continue Reading.Supreme Court modifies its April 8 order stating that private labs can charge for COVID-19 tests
April 14, 2020 Supreme Court modifies its April 8 order stating that private labs can charge for COVID-19 tests [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Apex Court has on April 13, modified its earlier order stating that free testing for COVID 19 would be available to persons eligible under the Ayushman Bharat scheme
... Continue Reading.Do Magistrates Have Power to Direct Police to File FIR?
Throughout the past times, the powers of a Magistrate specifically an Executive Magistrate included the power to direct the police to file a FIR on grounds of a private complaint which is lodged with him. But recently the Supreme Court has held that an Executive Magistrate is not vested with the power to direct the
... Continue Reading.Whether an Order of the Chief Justice under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act is Subject to Review
[Pinak Parikh is an Associate at Singhi & Co, Ahmedabad, and a B.A L.L.B (Corp Hons) graduate (2019) from the Institute of Law, Nirma University] On 18 February 2020, a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court in Antikeros Shipping Corporation v. Adani Enterprises Limited observed that the order passed by the Chief Justice of
... Continue Reading.Step by Step Procedure for Company Registration in Singapore
Singapore is Considered as one of the best Countries in the world, Singapore is among the top countries in the list of Ease of doing Business Rankings published by world bank. It takes around 2-3 days to fully incorporate a company in Singapore, In this article we will talk about the detailed procedure on how
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