Month: December 2018

Judicial Magistrate accused of Disregarding Madras High Court Orders.

JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE ACCUSED OF DISREGARDING MADRAS HIGH COURT ORDERS- JUDGES CONVINCED THAT HE IS GUILTY OF CONTEMPT OF COURT. Author: Shrestha Banerjee, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. The Madras High court issued statutory notice to S .Gopinathan, a metropolitan magistrate in the city of Madras who was accused of contempt of court. High court justices

Mergers and Acquisition.

Author: Geet Jain, Indore Institute of law, Indore( M.P). Introduction: Merger takes place when two similar sized firms’ entities come together and form a new entity is called merger. When a larger firm buys smaller firms which becomes a subsidiary of it in a target entity is called acquisition, merger provides India had a great year in 2018 in

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018.

LOKSABHA PASSES THE MUSLIM WOMEN (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS ON MARRIAGE) BILL, 2018 Author: Bollu Nikhila, D.S. National Law University, Visakhapatnam. Loksabha passes the Muslim women (protection of rights on marriage) Bill, 2018. The main objective of the bill is to repeal the “The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) ordinance 2018 which was brought after the Supreme

Notice for Cheque Bounce.

Author: Kritika Goyal, Amity Law School, Delhi (GGSIPU). Introduction: Cheque Bounce is a term used in common parlance to refer to issue of dishonour of cheque. We deal with cheque’s every day; it is one of the most widely used instruments for negotiation. What is even more common are the cases of Cheque Bounce and recovering

PIL filed in Supreme Court against govt’s order to snoop on computers.

The recent order of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs authorizing ten security and intelligence agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt information has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The order, issued on December 20, has been challenged by Advocate ML Sharma as being illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to public interest. One of the grounds of the challenge

Executive Magistrate Can’t Order Police to Register FIR: Supreme Court.

“An Executive Magistrate has no role to play in directing the police to register an F.I.R. on basis of a private complaint lodged before him.” – SC The question as to whether an executive magistrate is competent to direct police personnel to register an FIR as per the Code of Civil Procedure was considered by a bench of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Navin

4th Amity National Moot Court Competition, 8th – 10th March 2019.

About the Competition Amity Law School, Amity University, Haryana proudly announces its 4th National Moot Court Competition from 8th – 10th March 2019. It is a fine medium for future legal counsels to engage comprehensively in intricate deliberations to frame their arguments in context with the proposition and learn the art of advocacy to polish their skills. Eligibility All students enrolled

When there is no cross appeal, HC cannot go beyond Decree of Trial Court.

When there is no cross-appeal/objection, HC cannot go beyond the Judgment & Decree of Trial Court while dismissing an appeal against It.   Author: Sudhanshu Paliwal, Btech LLB 5th yr, UPES Dehradun. In the case of AkhilBharatvarshiya Marwari Agarwal JatiyaKosh& Others v. BrijlalTibrewal& Others (civil appeal nos. 12088­12089 of 2018), the apex court has put

Right to Privacy.

Author: Ishu Deshmukh, HNLU Raipur. PRIVACY MEANING According to Black’s Law Dictionary “right to be let alone; the right of a person to be free from any unwarranted publicity; the right to live without any unwarranted interference by the public in matters with which the public is not necessarily concerned”. EVOLUTION OF PRIVACY   Earlier, it was