Image from here [Disclosure: I represent/have represented clients on related and unrelated issues. Views expressed here are personal.] In Part I, I had summarised the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Unwired case. In this Part II, I share my critique of the judgement. While I have several comments, I have restricted myself to the
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September 16, 2020 Supreme Court issues notice to the DGCA and Ministry of Civil Aviation pursuant to Calicut Crash [ by Legal Era News Network ] An aircraft overshot the runway at Calicut International Airport killing 16 passengers and both pilots and rendering over 100 injured on 07.08.2020 A technology known as Engineered Materials Arrestor System (EMAS)
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September 16, 2020 State’s Discretion to decide whether to conduct exams during Covid-19: Karnataka High Court [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition challenging a government order on an evaluation of intermediate semester UG/PG courses amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The Court stated that the government can decide whether
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The Bombay High Court on Monday held that those prisoners or under trials who have already been granted emergency parole as per notification dated May 8 for decongestion of prisons in view of the Covid-19 need not apply for extension of parole once the initial 45 day period is over. The court allowed six separate
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The Jammu & Kashmir HC recently quashed a detention order detaining Surinder Singh under section 8 of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978. The petitioner had challenged the order which was on the ground that Respondent No. 2 had not applied mind properly as the police dossier had been reproduced only while passing
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This Article is submitted by – H.S.Randhawa Rationale and Object Every criminal trial is a voyage in quest of truth for public justice to punish the guilty and restore peace, stability and order in the society. It is for the said reason that for every Judge holding a criminal trial between `may be true’ and
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The 3 Judge Bench of the #SupremeCourt has in a recent case of Abhilasha vs Parkash and Others passed a Judgment dated 15-09-2020 and reiterated the following principles of #maintenance of #wife, #children and #parents under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (the Act) and the Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (#CrPC): 1- That Section 125
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September 16, 2020 ‘Covid-19 not an excuse for delay in slum rehabilitation plan: HC slams Karnataka Govt [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Karnataka High Court warned the state of Karnataka of contempt proceedings if the state government failed to immediately come up with a comprehensive scheme to rehabilitate poor people whose shanties
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The SAB Tool, as we had explained in our previous reporting, appeared to be important. It had been announced as a technological requirement initially, when the exam had only been available on Windows PCs, requiring every candidate to download the piece of separate software. The technical requirements (PDF) for the NLAT had initially announced: “15.
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September 16, 2020 German fintech Monedo files for bankruptcy [ by Legal Era News Network ] Monedo, a Germany-based online lender and one of the most highly valued Fintech startups in Germany with high profile backers like Thiel, JC Flowers and the global media firm Naspers has filed for bankruptcy after it failed to recover
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