Case: Shraddha Tripathi v. Election Commission of India Thru Secy. Nirvachan Sadan Newde Citation: [P.I.L. CIVIL No. – 26259 of 2020] Coram: Hon’ble Govind Mathur, Chief Justice and Hon’ble Ramesh Sinha, J. Allahabad High Court entertained a PIL challenging the Elections Commission’s power to allot symbols and directed the commission to respond to the petition
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A Special CBI Court on Tuesday convicted Manoj Goyal and his associate Karan Veer Singh for illegally selling adulterated petrol to the public and government departments. The two were charged with cheating and criminal conspiracy under the IPC and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act,1955. Mr. Goyal and his associate has been illegally selling adulterated
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United Nations Conference on Human Environment gave birth to the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) in the year 1972. It is known as the coordinating body for the United Nations’ environmental activities. It identifies and analyses the global environmental problems by developing regional and international environmental programs and conventions, early warning and assessment of environmental
... Continue Reading.[Sumit Chatterjee and Rajashri Seal are students at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore] On 14 December 2020, the Indian Supreme Court delivered its judgement in Vidya Drolia v. Durga Trading Corporation (‘Vidya Drolia’), addressing a host of issues pertaining to the domestic arbitration framework in India. By laying down a definitive checklist
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INTRODUCTION: In India, there is a concept of Joint Hindu family and their collective properties. There are two kinds of Joint Hindu family those are Mitakshara and Dayabhaga Joint Hindu Family. Generally Mitakshara Joint Hindu family prevails all over India and Dayabhaga Joint Hindu Family prevails only in West Bengal and few North-Eastern states. In
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Deeksha Manchanda becomes partner at C&M Delhi-based corporate, competition and disputes firm Chandhiok & Mahajan (C&M) has promoted counsel Deeksha Manchanda to its partnership and as its second partner specialising in competition law. She specialises in competition law, particularly in merger control, cartel investigations and abuse of dominance cases before the Competition Commission of India
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Image from here There has been a recent development in the context of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (‘BDA’), which I thought was interesting to share and discuss on the blog. Back in 2018, the Central Government issued the direction to the National Biodiversity Authority (‘NBA’) purportedly under Section 48 of the BDA. According to
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On Monday, Kerala state High Court granted medical termination to a minor rape victim who is 26 weeks pregnant. A single bench of Justice P.V Asha considered the writ petition and reported that the protraction of the pregnancy is against the will of the victim and unsafe for the 15-year-old victim. According to section 5
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A defamation suit was recently filed against Bollywood celebrity Kangana Ranaut for a recent tweet she made. In the tweet, she compared one of the lady farmers (Mahinder Kaur) to Bilkis Bano, an 82-year-old famous Indian activist who protested against the Farmer Bills and CAA. The tweet also made false claims that she was available
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There has been rising concern about the growth of the unfair business over the digital space. The Chairperson for the Competition Commission of India (CCI) Ashok Kumar Gupta has said that a “one size fits all” approach would not be possible for the digital market. A case to case assessment is required based on the
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