Month: November 2020

By Lalit KumarThe recently enacted Companies Amendment Act, 2000 has legislated corporate law reforms measures announced as part of the stimulus package of government’s ambitious Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.These are being showcased as big reforms that will go a long way in easing business for companies in these trying times. In addition, they are aimed

A single bench of Orissa HC of Justice BT Routray has rejected the petition filed by M/s Odisha Infratech Pvt. Ltd to quash the criminal proceeding against the head of Infratech Pvt Ltd and BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda and his wife Jagi Mangat Panda under section 482 of CrPC in the case of land

The three-judge bench of Supreme Court of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice M. R. Shah resumed hearing in the suo moto case of proper treatment of COVID patients and proper handling of their dead bodies. The court has asked the states to file status and compliance report in the matter in

We all keep hearing the old adages like “Where woman is worshipped, God resides there” and “When you educate a man you educate an individual but when you educate a woman you educate the entire family” so on. But in actual practice we see the stark truth as to how woman has to face discrimination

It is most refreshing, most rejoicing and most rejuvenating to learn that the Karnataka High Court in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Mr. Rakesh Shetty vs. 1. State of Karnataka, 2. Chandrakanth Ramalingam in Criminal Petition No. 5445/2020 has cited the recent extremely laudable order passed by the Supreme Court Bench of Justice

In a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Justin @ Renjith vs Union of India and 3 others in WP (C) No. 15564 of 2017 (U), the Kerala High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Sections 29 and 30 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) which creates a reverse

The plaintiff has to plead and prove two ingredients i.e. existence and discovery of fraud to invoke section 17 of the Limitation Act, observed the Supreme Court. Section 17 of the Limitation Act says that when the suit is based on the fraud of the defendant, the period of limitation shall not begin to run

Anupriya Dhonchak (left), Misbah Reshi are latest Rhodes awardees from NLU-D, CLC At least two Indian law students have secured this year’s Rhodes Scholarship to study for a fully-funded postgraduate degree at Oxford University. Final year NLU Delhi student Anupriya Dhonchak and final year University of Delhi, Campus Law Centre student Misbah Reshi have both

The Supreme Court has observed while dismissing the plea of a man on account of absence of his counsel that “liberty of a citizen cannot be taken away in this manner”. Justices DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee have observed that, the high court was manifestly in error in rejecting the revision order of

Rs.15 lakh as compensation to a man named Santhosh, who was arrested on charges of rape (when he was a College student) and was made to face trial for over 7 years was awarded by a Chennai court (XVIII Additional City Civil Court, Chennai). The XVIII Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai Dr. R. Sathya