Month: March 2021

The Hon’ble SC while quashing the FIR registered against Shillong Times Editor Patricia Mukhim over his Facebook Post on violence against non-tribal people in Meghalaya also said that the Indian Constitution grants freedom of Free speech to its fellow citizens residing in the country. Which cannot be restrained by involving them in criminal cases, unless

What do you understand by “bail is a rule, jail is an exception” “A person is not guilty until proven”, which ensures that a person who is not guilty should not be detained. There are certain rules regarding granting the bail, for that the court follows the doctrine of “bail is a rule, jail is

The Patna High Court on Wednesday (March 24), after inspecting the inspection report submitted by the court-appointed committee, said that there is a lack of basic facilities, such as toilets, etc. in girls’ educational institutions in Patna. The High Court on March 9 constituted a committee of three women advocates to visit a list of

asia blogs Symposium invites papers from scholars from the Global South and elsewhere who are interested in critical international law scholarship on development aid, with the ultimate goal of finding reformative solutions that will ensure self-reliance of the Global South.  The Symposium invites contributions on the following themes and discussions points: About asia blogs ‘asia

CESTAT Frees M/s Shree Holding Need Cogent Evidence for Removal of Charge for Clandestine The Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) New Delhi held in the case titled M/s Shree Rolling Mill (Appellant) v. Commissioner, Raipur (Respondent) that for clandestine removal cannot be confirmed without cogent evidence or based on third-party documents. The

Supreme Court Sets Aside NCLAT Order in the Tata-Mistry case: Big win for Tata Sons The Supreme Court (SC) on 26 March 2021, has allowed the appeal of Tata Sons Limited wherein the company had challenged the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that had directed for the reinstatement of Cyrus Mistry

The Hon’ble SC on 25th March 2021, Thursday approved and granted interim protection from arrest to the prime accused in the West Bengal coal scam probe, Anup Majee, conditional on him joining in the investigation before the CBI and cooperating in the same.  The Hon’ble SC bench further clarified that the interim protection order in

About Webinar Indore Institute of Law, Indore is organizing a Free Webinar on “Rule & Procedure of Model United Nations” on 30th March 2021 at 7.00 PM. The idea behind the webinar is to help out students from various schools and colleges to understand the basic rules and procedure of Model United Nations (MUN). About Indore Institute

Udayan Choksi joins Khaitan Khaitan & Co adding VoxLaw managing partner Udayan Choksi as a partner in indirect tax. He will be based in Mumbai with an indirect tax team of one principal associate and one associate, and will work with the wider tax teams at Khaitan. “With effect from 1st April 2021, I will

With regard to the matter of Rohingya refugees, an additional testimony has been tabulated before the Supreme Court, against the alleged transportation of the members of the Rohingya community, who have undergone maltreatment in Myanmar and taken shelter in India. The appellant has also mentioned that the deportation of Rohingya refugees would not only violate