Month: March 2021

Maharashtra govt. has ordered a judicial inquiry into the allegation regularised by the former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh against the state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. This inquiry will be conducted by a high-level committee of a single member of the retired Bombay HC judge, justice Kailas Uttamchand Chandiwal. The Government resolution framed the

Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Sherlyn Chopra In Obscenity Case Chopra’s told the Court that she did not grant consent to anyone to publish her image and obscene videos; the content in question was stolen The Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory bail to actress Sherlyn Chopra after an FIR was lodged at

Bombay High Court allows re-release of movie ‘V’ after deletion of objectionable scene The decision is significant in acknowledging the privacy right of an individual Bombay High Court has allowed the re-release of the Telugu film ‘V’, after passing an interim order to take down the movie from Amazon Prime. The defamation suit was filed

SC Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Seeking Guidelines For Police On Seizure, Preservation Of Personal Digital Devices And Their Contents. The Hon’ble SC on  Supreme Court on 26th March 2021, Friday issued notice to the Union of India (hereinafter referred to as “UOI”) for receiving its response in a PIL seeking guidelines concerning seizure,

Postponed AIBE 16 The next All India Bar Exam (AIBE) 16 that was optimistically scheduled for 25 April, has been postponed indefinitely. The replacement date would be “intimated soon” according to a notification on the official website. As we had predicted only last month, the revised AIBE XVI schedule was rather “ambitious (and unlikely)“, after

Franklin Templeton Case: Madras High Court Hears Plea Stating Economic Offence Wing Not Well-equipped to handle Probe The Madras High Court (HC) in the case titled Premnath Shanker v. State of Tamil Nadu and ors. stated that the probe in the Franklin Templeton case must be conducted by appropriate personnel and considered the expertise of

Introduction:  In common parlance, the word jurisprudence avowed to be the ‘knowledge of the law’ qua it was derived from the Latin word ‘Juris prudentia’. But it has a broader connotation at times, as it must be considered beyond a mere knowledge of the law. It is a science, which endeavors to ascertain the underlying

While dealing with a petition filed by a same-sex couple for granting protection, Hon’ble Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of Madras HC on Monday 29th March 2021 detected that the Hon’ble Justice while hearing the petition filed by the couple “was trying to break his preconceived notions about the issue and the Hon’ble court was in

 Ram Nath Kovind,  The President of India, gave approval to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021, which reinforces the powers of the Lieutenant Governor and limits the power of the elected government in Delhi. The law was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday, last week and by the Rajya

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advises ICICI Securities and JM Financial Limited to invest in Poly Medicure Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advised on the Rs. 400 crore qualified institutions placement by Poly Medicure Limited. ICICI Securities Limited and JM Financial Limited acted as Book Running Lead Managers. The transaction team was led by Prashant