In a civil suit, the defendant has to file a written statement within a specified time period. The limitation for filing a written statement has undergone several changes since the CPC came into force. This article endeavours to examine the limitation of filing the written statement and judicial pronouncements on the same. I. Limitation to
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill would have a huge bearing on the stability of the financial sector and would release large amounts of locked up capital in the banking system for onward lending. Bilateral netting refers to offsetting the claims arising from dealings between two parties to
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In the Supreme Court of India Citation: AIR 1978 SC 1613 Petitioner R.G. Anand Respondents M/S Delux Flims & Ors. Date of Judgement 18th August, 1978 Bench Hon’ble Justice S. Murtaza Fazal Ali; Hon’ble Justice Jaswant Singh; Hon’ble Justice R.S. Pathak Introduction: The infringement of the copyright of an owner by another party is always
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In the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir at Srinagar Public Interest Litigation 24/2018 Petitioner Suhail Rashid Bhat Respondents State of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. Date of Judgement 25th of October, 2019 Bench Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal Background The Government of Jammu and Kashmir formulated The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Beggary Act, 1960
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September 24, 2020 Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks, to pay $920 million penalty over money laundering scandal [ by Legal Era News Network ] Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks, has agreed to pay a record-breaking penalty of 1.3 billion Australian dollar ($920 million) for systematically allowing money laundering. Westpac also admitted as part
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September 24, 2020 Rajasthan HC stays arrest warrant issued against Arun Shourie in the Laxmi Vilas Udaipur Disinvestment case [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the arrest warrant issued against Arun Shourie by a CBI Court Judge on September 15 in relation to cases registered over the disinvestment
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Two days after the Lok Sabha gave its approval, the Rajya Sabha too on Wednesday passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 by virtue of a voice vote after discussion. The Bill was moved by Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, in the Upper House of Parliament. The Lok Sabha had
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A total of 1,15,925 cases were settled in the State of Karnataka following the Mega e-Lok Adalat organized by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, Bengaluru and the High Court Legal Services Committee. More than 1,33,000 cases were identified for the E-Lok Adalat relating to criminal compoundable offences, bank matters, money recovery, MACT cases, Labor disputes, matrimonial
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The SC on Wednesday issued notice on Facebook India Vice President Ajit Mohan’s Plea, challenging the summons issued by Delhi Assembly’s Peace and Harmony Committee which is looking into Facebook’s alleged complicity in Delhi Riots. A bench comprising of Justices SK Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari issued the notice after hearing Senior Advocates Harish
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The Orissa high court (HC) has turned down the plea to abort the 25-week pregnancy of a mentally challenged rape survivor (22) because it violated the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. A single-HC bench of justice Biswanath Rath said the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 applied to rape on minor, minor and mentally challenged, minor
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