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A lawyer from Chhattisgarh, Faizan Khan, was taken into police custody on Thursday for allegedly making a death threat to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. The incident has raised serious concerns about threats against public figures...
Supreme Court recently raised concerns about a practicing lawyer who was also working as a journalist, pointing out that Bar Council rules prohibit such dual roles that could create conflicts of interest...
The Delhi High Court has issued a circular urging lawyers to avoid unnecessary delays and to file status reports promptly in bail, interim bail, furlough, and parole cases to ensure timely justice...
A consumer forum in Karnataka has ordered food delivery company Zomato to pay ₹60,000 to a woman for not delivering her momos order worth ₹133.25. The decision highlights consumer rights in digital transactions...
The Madras High Court recently addressed the issue of lawyers advertising their services online, emphasizing that the legal profession should not be treated as a commercial business venture...
India is set to open its legal market to lawyers and law firms from the United Kingdom (UK) with the Bar Council of India (BCI) expected to notify and implement new rules by the end of July...
The Supreme Court has approved the demolition of an illegal Shiva Temple situated on the Yamuna floodplains. This decision upholds the May 29 ruling by the Delhi High Court...
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently directed the Jammu and Kashmir Land Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA) in Srinagar not to harass tea sellers...
Before the Second World War, the only protection available to foreign investments was under customary international law. Due to the absence of a framework that offered protection to foreign investments coupled with the lack of an effective dispute resolution mechanism between foreign investors and States, host states resorted to espousal indiscriminately against foreign investment.
The Court Marriage procedure in India is relatively simple. In this blog, we talk about how to do a court marriage in India in 6 Easy Steps with all the legal formalities required for a court marriage, required documents & witnesses, the process for marrying a foreign national in India, the process of an Indian getting married outside India, issue pertaining to a court marriage, advantage of a court marriage and a lot more.
The previous bankruptcy regime in India was highly fragmented, lacking coherence and regularity and there was no clear legal system to recognise the priority of claims.
The divorce procedure in India starts from the filing of the divorce petition and ends with the pronouncement of the final order of the divorce. The procedure of divorce is divided into six stages which are - filing of the petition, service of summons, response, trial, interim orders, and final order.
Intellectual Property Rights are legal rights granted to a person for his work that includes his invention of creative designs, literary works, symbols, or phrases for a fixed duration of time. Copyright is one of the Intellectual Property Rights. It protects original works of authorship such as literary, musical, and artistic works.
Lay-Off, Retrenchment and Closure are three case scenarios contemplated in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, which essentially results in employees losing their jobs. Nonetheless, this is not a pressure tactic from the part of the employer. These are rather scenarios where situations compel an employer to resort to denying employment to their employees. The Industrial Disputes Act has come up with formal definitions and has set out laws which govern these case scenarios.
The Trump 2.0 administration's 'reciprocal' tariffs wreaked havoc on the global economy. The move not only challenged the already fragile rules-based multilateral trading system but also caused market fluctuations and fear of supply chain disruptions, triggering uncertainty across businesses. While much has been written about these tariffs, this piece focuses on the bigger problem caused by such unilateral governmental actions, which represent a shift from multilateralism to bilateralism in international trade.