What is PESA act? The main objective of the Panchayats Extension to Schedule Areas (PESA) authorised by the Indian government is a law that ensures self-governance through traditional Gram Sabhas for people living in the Scheduled Areas of the nation. Madhya Pradesh to implement PESA – On the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas held this
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21st Dinesh Vyas Memorial Government Law College National Legal Essay Competition is being organised by Government Law College, Mumbai About the Organisers About Government Law College Mumbai With a heritage spanning over 150 years and a seemingly endless list of eminent alumni, Government Law College, Mumbai has been considered as a premier institute of legal
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Here is a list of 400 Spellings (Common-Error Words) prepared especially to help the students who are willing to crack CLAT UG. “The law is a profession of words.”…………David Mellinkoff CLAT UG: Spellings (Common-Error Words) A 1. Abac 2. Abacus 3. Abdicate 4. Abhorrence, Abhorrent 5. Abolishment 6. Abominable 7. Aborigines 8. Abscess 9. Absence
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While federal legalization of gambling is still a ways off, state-by-state legalization is accelerating the process and making it possible to gamble legally in most parts of the United States. Despite the many good outcomes it could have on states and municipalities, others still argue that the dangers are not worth it. The tide of
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Table of Contents hide Introduction Wrongful gains obtained through different means are considered to be unjust and it is essential that legal steps must be taken to make sure that the person who obtained wrongful gains is punished by either imposing a fine on him/her/they or through other modes of punishment as followed by the
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Nykaa appoints Sujeet Jain as chief legal and regulatory officer He was earlier working with Ultra-Tech Cement To strengthen its legal and governance frameworks, e-commerce giant Nykaa has appointed Sujeet Jain as its chief legal and regulatory officer. With over 25 years of experience in telecom, media, and technology (TMT) and diversified sectors, he has
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Legal luminaries Dr Lalit Bhasin and Harish Salve conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award in London The ceremony was organized by the UK-India Legal Partnership Well-known legal professionals Dr. Lalit Bhasin and Harish Salve have been conferred with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the House of Lords, Westminster, London. (The venue overlooks River Thames and the
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While reiterating the clear, correct and convincing legal position, the Apex Court has in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled TP Gopalakrishnan vs State of Kerala in Criminal Appeal Nos. 187-188 of 2017 and cited in 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 1039
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In a significant judgment, we saw how none other than the Himachal Pradesh High Court itself in a most remarkable, robust, rational and recent oral judgment titled Alam Chand vs Chaman Lal and Anr in Cr.MMO No. 1232 of 2022 that was pronounced finally on December 22, 2022 has ruled most
... Continue Reading.[Gaurav Mitra is an Independent Practitioner (LLM, University of Cambridge; BCL, University of Oxford), and Lavanya Pathak is an Associate at Chambers of Gaurav Mitra (LLM, University of Cambridge)] Courts have always strived to balance the interests of all parties involved in the proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”). Particularly in reference
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