others

Verdict Of Lower Court Set Aside To begin with, the life term conviction of the Talwar couple – Rajesh and Nupur Talwar by a lower court has been finally set aside by the Allahabad High Court on October 12, 2017. This has queered the pitch for being released from the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad where they were lo..

Let me begin first and foremost with a most candid confession. No report of Law Commission has given me so much of immense satisfaction as this one. Yes, I am talking about Report No. 273 titled 'Implementation of United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment' through Legislation”. Recommending l..

Choosing a neutral seat of Arbitration, is an established and well-recognized practice in the field of International arbitration. But normally parties cannot vest jurisdiction to a court, by consent when the said court does not have a jurisdiction by law. The jurisdiction of a court is generally decided by the cause of action which give rise to the case between the pa..

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed the valedictory session of the function to mark National Law Day – 2017, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.  He described the Constitution as the very soul of our democratic structure. He said the Day is an occasion to pay homage to the makers of the Constitution. H..

Following is the text of the speech made by Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs, Sh. P.P. Chaudhary on the occasion of National Law Day: "We are celebrating 68 years of the adoption of our Constitution – Constitution Day is a fitting occasion to consider the role of the Judiciary in our dem..

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has hailed the exemption granted to “bamboo" from the Indian Forest Act and said the entire North Eastern Region (NER) of India will benefit from this decision which had b..

President to inaugurate the event on 25th November  Prime Minister to deliver the valedictory Address on 26th November  The National Law Day-2017 will be celebrated jointly by the Law Commission of India and NITI Aayog on 25th-26th November at Vigyan Bhawan in the capital. President Shri Ram N..

In a recent Judgement of the Delhi High Court dated 07th November 2017 in a case between Emaar MGF land Limited Vs Aftab Singh reported as 2017 SCC Online Del 11437, High court dealt with an application filed under S.37(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996. In the said matter, there was an arbitration clause in the contract between the parties. But the Re..

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, through FSSAI, has notified amendment to Food Safety & Standards (Contaminants, Toxins & Residues) Regulations, 2011 on 7th November, 2017. This notification contains maximum permissible limits of various antibiotics in meat and meat products including chicken. Maximum permissible limits of 37 antibiotics and 67 other vet..

The Indian National Bar Association (INBA) in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade organized the ‘Bar Leadership Summit on Reforms in the Indian Legal Sector’ in New Delhi recently. The Minister of State for Human Resource De..

It is a matter of deep regret that it took the gruesome murder of a seven year old Pradyuman Thakur within the premises of Ryan International School's Bhondsi Branch and also the following day a rape of a five-year-old girl in a school in East Delhi that now finally we see that both the Haryana Government as also the CBSE have issued new safety guidelines for school..

Let me begin in the beginning itself by pointing out that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has categorically told the Delhi government that it should not implement the odd-even car rationing scheme, unless they can 'satisfy' that it is 'not counterproductive'. This has cast a big question mark over the sustainability of the Delhi government's odd-even scheme. The NGT..

The significance of forensic audit has gained paramount importance as the corporate debtors are moving for restructuring and bidding themselves for stressed assets. The concern has gained momentum particularly after the Essar Steel & Bhushan Steel has undergone Insolvency process and news of their promoters bidding for stressed assets has been in media. The bankru..

Every individual or an entity dealing with pre-packed commodities shall register themselves as a 'Manufacturer'/ 'Packer' or an 'Importer' with the Director/Controller of Legal Metrology in the concerned Jurisdiction. The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 (Rules) completely provide for all statutory requirements to be followed by persons dealing wit..

Traditional marketing may not work for law firms. In fact, law firms in India are not even allowed to advertise. So how can a law firm generate business without advertising? Here are some ways law firms can acquire clients without actually selling. s..