The Odisha State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission found Amazon India guilty, after issuing a confirmation receipt of ‘unfair trade practice’ for retracting an offer for sale of laptop at Rs. 190. The President of the Commission, Dr. DP Choudhury, ordered the company to pay an amount of Rs. 40,000/- to the Complainant, an aggrieved law
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On Wednesday the Supreme Court admitted a Special Leave Petition filed by BS Yediyurappa (Karnataka Chief Minister) and Murugesh Nirani (Former State Industries Minister) against the order of Karnataka High Court which allowed the restoration of a criminal case against them in the alleged land de-notification case. The Karnataka High Court had refused quashing of
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Introduction In the Sociological school of jurisprudence, Law was considered a social phenomenon as it is an expression of human society that is concerned with the external relation of its members. Roscoe Pound, the most noted American Sociological jurist propounded the theory of social engineering. According to him, an analogy of engineering is applied to
... Continue Reading.[Bhavisha Sharma and Gayathri Pillai are IV year BA.LLB. (Hons.) students at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] On 22 January 2021, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) released a Market Study on the Telecom Sector in India (“Report”) which summarises the recent trends witnessed in the telecom sector (“Sector”). This post summarises the key competition
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CAM opens up a shop in Singapore (screenshot of CAM video announcement) Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) is expected to become the latest Indian law firm to set foot in Singapore from 12 February 2021 with a representative office in Singapore, which in recent years had fallen out of favour with firms in terms of having
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This blog carried a piece on the Delhi High Court’s recent judgment in IPRS v. Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. last week. As pointed out there, the judgement distinguishes between cases where underlying works (lyrics/musical composition) are used in the context of the broadcast of sound recordings versus other situations (e.g. live performances). In the latter
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The Youth Bar Association of India has moved the Supreme Court to appeal the Bombay High Court’s recent “skin-to-skin” judgment that groping the breasts of a girl without “skin-to-skin contact” would not amount to “sexual assault under the POCSO Act. Advocate Manju Jetley, the special leave petition filed notes that such findings would have a
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NLS promises to set 10th+ student on path to law (via official website) NLSIU Bengaluru has announced online four-week classes for high schoolers to help them become a lawyer, called the Foundations for a Legal Education (FLE) Certificate Course costing up to Rs 7,500. The FLE is open to high schoolers at tenth standard grade
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Law Bloom, Hoot Welfare Society is organising a two days workshop on Citation Methods on 12th and 13th February 2021. About Hoot Welfare Society Hoot Welfare Society is a Non-Governmental Organisation dedicated to nurturing students for a better world. It aspires to facilitate students to harness their knowledge and intelligence in a smart way for
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Ask any traders in India about the legality of Forex trading, chances are they will tell you it is illegal. Even professional traders who are based in India don’t really have a full understanding of the law here, and to play it safe they usually avoid trading forex all together or stay under the radar.
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