Month: January 2022

A convict in an Aurangabad prison who had been held in solitary confinement for more than two years has been moved to a regular cell after the Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad Bench ordered a judicial and medical inquiry into the offender’s mental health. The division bench of Justices VK Jadhav and Sandipkumar More ordered the

Bombay High Court has issued practice directions to trial court judges, with respect to the trial of cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. These directions were issued by the Registrar General Mahendra W Chandwani in adherence with the Supreme Court’s directions in the suo moto case on swift disposal of the cases of cheque-bouncing  under Section

ICAI raises worries over CA Act Amendment Bill The apprehensions over the CA Act amendment bill to the Parliamentary panel was raised up by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) The Board’s opinions on the necessities looked into the bill. It includes the one relating to the constitution of the disciplinary committee to

The Supreme Court cancelled the 1-year suspension of 12 MLAs from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, who belonged to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The MLAs were accused of abusing & manhandling then presiding officer Bhaskar Jadhav.  A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & CT Ravikumar ruled that the suspension could only be limited to

Seokchun Yun hired by Peter & Kim He worked with Kim & Chang, the largest law firm in South Korea International disputes firm Peter & Kim has hired arbitration expert Seokchun Yun as a partner in Seoul. Yun had been working as a partner with Kim & Chang since May 2020. Prior to that, he

Freshfields and Linklaters advise on SPAC Partners Gilbert Li and Lipton Li led the Magic Circle law firm’s team Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an international law firm, headquartered in London, is advising Aquila Acquisition Corporation (AAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on its planned IPO in Hong Kong. The Magic Circle firm Linklaters advised the

Rita Ku launches family law boutique Three of her associates at Withers have also joined her firm Rita Ku, a former partner at Withers, has left the firm to set up her own enterprise Rita Ku & Solicitors (RKS) in Hong Kong. The firm specializes in family law. With nearly two decades of experience in

Justices from the Division Bench,  Muhamed Mustaque and Sophy Thomas, held that the law cannot recognize various types of cruelty based on religion. In the instant case, the husband and wife had married each other by taking Christian vows. But their bond fell apart due to constant fights between the couple. The husband alleged that