Month: March 2021

Underlining that a judicial officer having good knowledge of the law but lacking in ethics or having a doubtful character, is a great danger to the smooth functioning of the Judiciary, the Orissa High Court last week held the mandatory retirement passed in contact with a Judicial officer of the subordinate courts in the State

Calcutta High Court: Immoveable Property Can be used as Security for Stay of Decree under CPC & Arbitration Act The Calcutta High Court (HC) on 19 March 2021, held in the case titled Nitu Shaw (Petitioner) v. Bharat Hitech (Cement) Pvt. Ltd. (Respondent) that there is no bar in the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC)

Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways – A Robust Regime Under New Guidelines The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the exercise of its powers under Sections 18 and 10(2) of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 decided to regulate the activities of Payment Aggregators and also issued technology-related recommendations for Payment Gateways… After confronting

     It is quite significant to learn that the Calcutta High Court has most recently on March 19, 2021 in a latest, learned, laudable and landmark judgment titled Nitu Shaw vs Bharat Hitech (Cements) Pvt. Ltd. in AP/82/2021 IA No. GA/1/2021 in exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction has held that there is

While the Supreme Court found a big scam in allocation of 2G spectrum, the Special Court did not find any manipulation of FCFS Policy and criminality in the allocation of spectrum “I may also add that for the last about seven years, on all working days, summer vacation included, I religiously sat in the open

Society of International Law and its Affairs is organising an Online SAIL Certificate Course on International Relations. About the Course This certificate course aims to enhance the proficiency of students in the discipline of International Relations. This course illustrates how ‘conflict’ and ‘co-ordination’ are the two tenets of International Relations shaping law and policy. Further,

I. Introduction The dichotomy of a live in relationship is a very debatable topic, especially after various judgments of the Apex Court in its favour. The courts held this form of a relationship to be legal and not to be labelled as an offense. Beliefs such as marriage and custom of the Indian traditions are

The concept of ‘cyber-crime is a misnomer. Both the terms, conventional crime, and cyber-crime, are not largely distinct from one another. The ingredients to both of these have an act or omission, resulting in the breach of rules and a counterbalancing action from the state. Before digging deep into the concept of cyber-crime, one needs

Appeal filed before Delhi High Court Against Single Judge Order Upholding Emergency Award in Amazon v. Future Case An appeal was filed against the order of a Single Judge of the Delhi High Court (HC) Justice JR Midha which had held that Future Retail, Future Coupons, Kishore Biyani, and other promoters, directors violated the Emergency

CESTAT: Claim for Refund of Deposits Lying With Department Is Beyond Scope of Sec.11B of Central Excise Act The Customs, Exercise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held in the case titled M/s KEC International Ltd. (Appellant) v. Commissioner of Central Excise & CGST (Respondent) held that a claim for refund of deposits lying with