A petition was recently filed before the Supreme Court challenging the BCI’s decision to abolish the one-year LLM course. The BCI last week called for certain changes to the LLM course in India. It included LLM being only law students, differences in practice if LLM degree is from a foreign university, and finally, LLM to
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Case: In re: Overcrowding in prisons Citation: [WPA 7252 of 2018 With WPA 4510 of 1997 With WPA 5440 of 2020 IA No. CAN/1/2020 (Old No. CAN 3147 of 2020) With WPA 8573 of 2018] Coram: The Hon’ble The Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan & The Hon’ble Justice Arijit Banerjee While stressing that even prisoners
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With several months delay, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) has announced its annual partnership promotions. A total of 10 principal associates got the nod to salaried partner, growing the firm’s total partnership size to 125. In September 2020, the firm had promoted 85 associates up the rank – a larger number than the previous year –
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Anuja Tiwari joins AZB from DSK AZB & Partners Delhi has hired DSK Legal partner Anuja Tiwari as a partner in its energy and infrastructure team, according to Bar & Bench and her Linked-in profile. The 2008 CLC Delhi graduate is joining with her team of three lawyers. DSK managing partner Anand Desai commented: “[We]
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A #foreign arbitral #award refers to the decision of an #international #arbitral #tribunal which also includes interim awards made thereunder. In India, enforcement and execution of arbitral awards are governed both by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the Act), the
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The Supreme Court has adjourned a recent plea seeking an extra chance for civil service aspirants in giving the UPSC exams due to the current pandemic situation. Due to the age limit and ongoing pandemic, many other pleas were made since it may be the last exam for many aspirants. Therefore, an exception needs to
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The Delhi High Court last week, decided to hear the Delhi Nurses Union plea. This plea is seeking the release of all the nurses’ salaries from October 2020 onwards. A divisional bench comprising Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh will be judging the case through a video conference. The plea stated that the
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GS Bajpai ends registrar tenure at NLU Delhi, to have hands full with criminal law reform NLU Delhi registrar Prof GS Bajpai, who has been in the role since 2014 under previous vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Ranbir Singh, has stepped down from the position. In the interim, until a full search can be conducted for his
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The Competition Commission of India has approved the 100% shareholding of Columbia Asia Hospitals Private Ltd. (CAHPL) by Manipal Health Enterprises Private Ltd. (MHEPL). MHEPL is a part of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) and a multi-specialty healthcare provider of it. It is not into any business activity outside of India except Malaysia. CAHPL
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Topical Highlight Issues in Sci-Hub Case ‘A Matter of Public Importance’ Image from here In this post, Swaraj highlighted some issues that came up during the hearing of the recent litigation, involving Elsevier, Wiley, and ACS suing Sci-Hub and LibGen for copyright infringement. He observed that it was a positive step for Justice Midha of the
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