The Indian society has not been always conducive to the growth of woman and she had to face hurdles at every step of her life, though legislations were being introduced for improving the position of women. In 1980’s there was increasing cases of immoral representation of woman and to curb the problem, a bill was
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September 02, 2020 IBBI proposes market for illiquid assets [ by Legal Era News Network ] According to the statistics by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), one in 18 companies undergoing liquidation have been fully dissolved under the process. And more than one-third of the 914 such companies breach the statutory timeline
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September 02, 2020 Appeal against NCDRC order passed in the course of Execution Proceedings not maintainable under CPA: SC [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Supreme Court has observed that an appeal against an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) passed in the course of execution proceedings would not be
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A three-judge at Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court (HC) has held that a convict is not entitled to the benefit of section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) under which under trials are entitled to bail on undergoing detention of up to half of the maximum sentence prescribed for the offences
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Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, while hearing two separate bail petitions filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the same petitioner, directed the Registrar General of the court to evolve a software wherein filing of more than one bail petition in this court by the same petitioner during the pendency of the
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Earlier in June, the Centre had blocked 59 apps which had links to China, including Tik Tok, cam scanner, etc. because of security reasons. The big move was made following the Indo-China tensions at the Galwan valley in Ladakh. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday blocked 118 mobile apps, including the gaming
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September 02, 2020 “SC has come to such levels where Judges are afraid of the Bar”: Dushyant Dave writes to the CJI on not being allowed to speak at Justice Arun Mishra’s farewell [ by Legal Era News Network ] Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave – President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) wrote a
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September 02, 2020 Justice AM Khanwilkar to become a member of the Supreme Court Collegium [ by Legal Era News Network ] Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar is set to become a member of the Supreme Court Collegium after the retirement of Justice Arun Mishra. He is the fifth senior-most among the Judges of the Supreme
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Nawneet Vibhaw joins SAM as environment law partner Khaitan & Co environment law practice partner Nawneet Vibhaw has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) in Delhi as a partner. Vibhaw is a pureplay specialist in environmental law, making him one of only a small number of partners in India and an even smaller number of partners
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Namita Mathews joins Algo for litigation offering Until-now pureplay corporate and private equity / venture capital boutique Algo Legal has expanded its service lines into litigation with the hire of Namitha Mathews as a partner in Delhi. The 2006 Symbiosis Law School graduate had been running her own independent practice, Samvid Legal, since 2017 in
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