Month: September 2020

September 18, 2020 Legal Era Virtual General Counsel Meets (West & South) Conclude Successfully [ by Legal Era News Network ] The topics discussed included attributes of a good General Counsel; Corporate Governance before and after the pandemic; virtual hearings in Alternate Dispute Resolution; crisis management by corporates and their GCs, crisis preparedness and strategies

Image from here Latest in the Ibrutinib patent saga is IPAB’s order maintaining the interim stay over the revocation of the anti-cancer drug patent. This comes at an interesting time, as a recent report by I-MAK suggests that US-based Biopharma Company AbbVie might be attempting to build a patent wall around Imbruvica (Ibrutinib’s market brand),

Attorney General KK Venugopal has rejected an application seeking his consent for the initiation of contempt proceedings against Consulting Editor of the India Today Group, Rajdeep Sardesai for his tweets in relation to Prashant Bhushan Contempt case. The petition for initiation of contempt proceedings was field by one Astha Khurana claiming that Sardesai had willingly

In a well-worded, well-drafted, well-articulated, well-reasoned and well-analysed judgment titled Jeet Ram vs. Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh in Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 688 of 2013 in exercise of its criminal appellate jurisdiction delivered as recently as on September 15, 2020, a three Judge Bench of the Apex Court has laid down in no uncertain

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking action against Bollywood Actress, Kangana Ranaut, for putting a post on social media, allegedly to promote the consumption of beef. Justice Manoj Bajaj observed that a perusal of the alleged post does not prima facie suggest that it amounts to commission of an

Imposes Rs 25K Costs On Wife For Frivolous Plea For Protection From Husband and In-Laws Let me not hesitate to begin by first and foremost stating that I very strongly feel that the time is ripe now for making many radical changes in our penal laws and treating woman on the same platform as man

“What has been happening does not do credit to our democratic system. India is a melting pot of civilizations, cultures and values, etc. Any attempt to vilify a community must be viewed with great disfavour by this court, which is the custodian of constitutional right. Its duty to enforce constitutional value demands nothing less. Every

About Aditya BIRLA Scholarship Programme The Aditya Birla Scholarships cover a large part of academic fees as well as the hostel fees for law streams. The scholarship amount for the law is Rs. 1,80,000 per annum or fees at actuals, whichever is lower. About the Organisation The Aditya Birla Scholarship Programme is the Group’s way of

Justice Naidu dismissed a writ petition filed before the High Court of Bombay at Goa ruling that principles of natural justice are not violated if the Institution of Lokayukta decides to implead certain persons as parties to a proceeding in exercise of its suo moto power. The Court held that giving notice to every proposed

Lok Sabha passes two agricultural sector bills for Inter-State Trade, Contract Farming. Lok Sabha passes The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 to transform agriculture in the country and raise farmers’ income. The reforms will accelerate