Women are the most important members in our society. Since independence they have always struggled to gain an equal status in the society. There have been legislations and laws for them but still it is seen that women do struggle a lot. But there is a section of the society which is against the women’s
... Continue Reading.[Shreya Dagar is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law University Jodhpur] The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”) on 18 June 2020 decided in favour of the liquidator in Srikanth Dwarakanath v. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). The case dealt with the liquidation of Surana Power Limited (“SPL”). The tribunal imported
... Continue Reading.[Yash More and Hitoishi Sarkar are II year students at Gujarat National Law University] On 26 June 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller ruled on the validity of unconscionable arbitration clauses. The Court found two elements to determine the arbitration clauses’ unconscionability – inequality of bargaining power and improvidence of
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It is most shocking, most disgusting and most disheartening to read that once again criminals are ruling the roost and making the headlines in UP. The latest incident pertains to kidnapping cum murder of a 28 year-old technician named Sanjeet Yadav who worked in a private lab. What is worse is that criminals even took
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The three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the recent case of Pyare Lal vs State of Haryana passed a Judgment dated 17-07-2020 and held that restrictions imposed under Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on the powers to grant special #remission to certain category of #convicts, would not apply to the #constitutional powers exercised
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The Supreme Court has in a recent case of V. Kalyanaswamy (D) by Lrs and Another vs L. Bakthavatsalam (D) by Lrs. And Others passed a Judgment dated 17-07-2020 and held that the Will dated 10-05-1955 (#Will) executed by Late Mr Rangaswami Nadu (#Testator) was valid and lawful in nature. In this case, Late Mr
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Recently, the #Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs, has notified the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 (‘E-Commerce Rules’), vide Notification dated 23.07.2020. It is understood that #electroniccommerce includes the production, advertisement, sale and distribution of products via telecommunication networks. The Government has notified new rules for such e-commerce entities
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Good news for CLAT hackers: You can now change your answers to questions and take sections in any order Following our report on 17 July of a particularly test-taker-unfriendly format in the first mock exam, the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) has tweaked its software for the second mock exam that has been made live
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This article argues whether lockdown entitles the tenants for suspension of rent during COVID 19 and the legal impact of the lessor lessee relationship in consequence of such conditions. Owing to the uncertain nature of the pandemic, it has become imperative to foster mutual co-operation while seeking for legal avenues whenever it becomes inevitable. Introduction
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VC denies news reports that he sexually harsassed neighbours NLUJAA Guwahati vice-chancellor (VC) Prof JS Patil has vociferously denied and said he filed a counter-FIR over a sexual harassment FIR that had been reportedly been filed against him by neighbours, as first reported by and TV news (see image above, in Assamese). When we asked
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