The All India Bar Exam (AIBE) scheduled for 16 August 2020 has been postponed indefinitely, with the application date extended to 31 August 2020, reported LiveLaw. That is not a surprise: even in May when the Bar Council of India (BCI) had announced 16 August as a date, we had predicted that exam date as
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We are please to bring you a guest post by Sahaja Burde, on the ongoing regulatory efforts surrounding ‘non-personal data’. Sahaja is a third-year student of ILS College, Pune. In this post, Sahaja examines the Personal Data Protection Bill’s provisions dealing with Non-Personal Data and their interplay with copyright and trade secret law in India.
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July 30, 2020 Rajasthan Speaker moves SC challenging the state HC order staying proceedings on disqualification petitions against 19 rebel MLAs [ by Legal Era News Network ] Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C.P. Joshi has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the state High Court’s July 24 order staying proceedings on disqualification petitions against 19 rebel MLAs,
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July 30, 2020 PNB win in UK court may set precedent for Mallya loan recovery [ by Legal Era News Network ] In a judgement which may have implications for the case against fugitive offender Vijay Mallya, the United Kingdom (UK) High Court has ruled in favour of the Punjab National Bank’s international subsidiary in
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July 30, 2020 The National Education Policy 2020 [ by Legal Era News Network ] After 34 years, India gets it holistic, flexible, multidisciplinary education policy. The new Policy aims for Universalization of Education from pre-school to secondary level with 100% GER in school education by 2030. On 29th July, 2020, the Cabinet approved the
... Continue Reading.//www.pathlegal.in/-Socialist-And-Secular–Against-Cultural-Theme-Of-Great-Republic-Of-Bharat:Plea-In-Supreme-Court-blog-2385587 Author: Advocate A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1976, by which the words "socialist" &&nbs… Read More
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July 30, 2020 Efficacy of interim protection in Foreign seated arbitrations – An Indian perspective Although the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, prescribes a wholesome and complete code for the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, it is conspicuously silent on the enforcement of interim measureswhich may be granted in an arbitration seated outside India… Myriad
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July 30, 2020 Mediation takes one more step forward in India While the entire country is waiting for a separate standalone statutory legislation for Mediation in India, the step taken by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs is laudable… The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) vide a Notification dated
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July 30, 2020 A Peek into the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 Is the Bill a step in the right direction towards facilitating the operations and growth of companies in India?… The Government of India introduced various economic measures and reforms on May 17th, 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pursuant to such economic
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This article discusses the latest major amendments to the Consumer Protection Act of 2019 with key insights into the relevance of the term, Consumer, directly addressing the importance of its demands. The Pandemic is taking over the economy, with a number of cases rising each day, extending over to consecutive lockdowns. With talks on provisions
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