Indian Laws to Protect Orphans

The article ‘Indian Laws to protect orphans’ extensively covers the present legal scenario relating to orphans’ legal rights, the laws governing the said subject matter and a comparison to the position relating to this in other countries. The author feels sorrow for the orphans and suggests that there is a sheer need to develop a

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Significance of Significant Contribution – Particularising ‘Investment’ Under India’s Model BIT

[Priyansh Dixit is a second-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore] Defining what constitutes investment is an important task for any investment treaty. By contributing to the establishment of the jurisdiction of a tribunal, the definition effectively determines the rights and obligations of each  party by establishing the

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IBC: AN ASSIGNEE IS a financial creditor under ibc and can continue CONTINUING PROCEEDINGS initiated under SECTION 7 by the assignor – nclat

Wednesday December 28, 2022. BY Purva Birla and Uditi Singh | Insolvency & Bankruptcy The Hon’ble Division Bench, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, (NCLAT) comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chiarperson) and Baru Mitra, Member (Technical) in Siti Networks Ltd. vs Assets Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd. & Anr (Comp. Appl. (AT)(Ins.) No. 1449 of 2022.)

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CLAT UG: One-Word Substitution

Here is a list of one-word substitutions prepared especially to help the students who are willing to crack CLAT UG. “The power of the spoken word is one of life’s greatest mysteries. All you will ever be or accomplish hinges on how you choose to govern what comes out of your mouth.”……………….Cindy Trimm CLAT UG:

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Indian Patent Office Comes Up with Revisions Fixing Durations of Adjournments Among Other Things

The pendency of oppositions and applications before the Indian Patent Office is an issue about which we have written extensively in the past (see here, here and here). Unclear timelines to adjudicate on, multiple adjournments by the parties contribute immensely in the soaring number of pending patent applications. (indicatively see here for Namratha’s post on

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Accused’s Refusal To Get A Search Conducted Under Section 50 NDPS Act Would Be Vitiated If He Misunderstands Questions Put To Him: Delhi HC

                While not leaving even an iota of doubt, the Delhi High Court has in a most remarkable, robust, rational and recent judgment titled State vs Denis Jauregul Mendizabal in CRL.L.P. 241/2020 that was reserved on December 15, 2022 and then finally pronounced on December 22, 2022 has minced just no words to observe

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