[Kajal Singh and Nikunj Maheshwari are 4th year law students at Institute of Law, Nirma University] The Competition Act, 2002, is a comprehensive piece of legislation intended to identify and curb any anti-competitive practices, which goal is sought to be achieved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). In furtherance of the same, the CCI
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Bombay HC Clarifies Nature of Reliefs Applicable in Cybersquatting Disputes
image from here In an interesting and important order and judgement delivered by Justice Gautam Patel, the Bombay High Court has shed some clarity on the nature of reliefs applicable in domain name cybersquatting disputes – disputes relating to the wrongful or fraudulent use of trademarks as domain names. The order dated June 12, in
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RBI circular allowing moratorium on term loans not applicable to mutual funds and debentures: Bombay HC
July 17, 2020 RBI circular allowing moratorium on term loans not applicable to mutual funds and debentures: Bombay HC [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Bombay High Court has ruled that the Reserve Bank of India’s circular that allows banks to grant moratorium on term loans would not be applicable to mutual funds
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CLAT open to ‘revise, redesign’ after anti-cheating tech leaves online mock exam takers slightly shaken
The CLAT 2020 mock: Working but potentially also still work in progress that may be improved The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020 had rolled out its mock exams today to registered students and apparently it is still a work-in-progress that may take feedback of students’ on board. One particular unwelcome surprise for students taking
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Ikigai Law to become equity partnership, promotes Nehaa Chaudhari, Aparajita Srivastava
Nehaa Chaudhari (l), Aparajita Srivastava promoted at Ikigai Ikigai Law has become an equity partnership, promoting its director of public policy, Nehaa Chaudhari, to equity partner, while also promoting Aparajita Srivastava to non-equity partner level. Chaudhari, a 2013 Nalsar Hyderabad graduate, had been promoted to director in December 2019 after having joined the firm in
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EU antitrust watchdog launches probe into consumer IoT devices
July 17, 2020 EU antitrust watchdog launches probe into consumer IoT devices [ by Legal Era News Network ] The European Commission on July 16, launched an antitrust competition inquiry into the sector of Internet of Things (IoT) for consumer-related products and services in the European Union (EU) that includes smart watches, smart home speakers,
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Dealing with the Dragon
It sounds cliché to blame the British Raj for our present domestic and international problems. Unfortunately thanks to the British legacy, we are still grappling with the problems left by them. The present Indo-china dispute can be attributed to the British Raj, though it is difficult to say if they did it unknowingly or on
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SUPREME COURT HELD THAT ROYAL FAMILY HAS CONTROL OVER KERALA PADMANABHA SWAMY TEMPLE
In a recent case of Sri Marthanda Varma (D) through L.R.s vs State of Kerala, a two-Judge Bench of the #SupremeCourt has passed a Judgment dated 13-07-2020 and held that the #abolition of #privypurses and #derecognition of #Rulers of Indian States under the Constitution (Twenty-Sixth Amendment) Act, 1971, did not take away the rights of the
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[Naman Katyal is a II year B.A., LL.B. (Hons) student at Gujarat National Law University] The conundrum regarding the competence of an operational creditor not incorporated under the laws of India to file a plea for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (‘CIRP’) under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘IBC’) has
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SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES LAW ON ADMISSIBILITY OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE
The #InformationTechnology Act, 2000 which deals with digital and electronic records and documents had brought in its wake amendments in the #EvidenceAct 1872 (‘the Act’) to enable legal recognition of such digital and electronic documents. The law mandates any documentary #evidence by way of an electronic record under the Act, in view of Sections 59
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