The Apex Court has amended its norms for accreditation of journalist or correspondents reporting on the proceedings of the cases. The amendment norms confer on the Chief Justice of India, to exercise his discretion, in the appropriate case, to waive the condition for possessing Law degree, in case a working [...]
The government has advised banks to start a common platform for auctioning defaulters’ seized properties to attract competitive bids and increase recoveries from the sale of such assets. Public sector banks, along with the Indian Banks’ Association, are steering the initiative to launch an e-auction website which will have standardized [...]
The Competition Commission of India will probe super-specialty hospitals in New Delhi for possible unfair pricing in services and products provided to their patients. After finding that “huge profit margins” are being earned by super-specialty hospitals through “sale of products to the locked-in in-patients”, the fair trade regulator has decided [...]
IDBI Bank Ltd. has moved the National Company Law Tribunal against Reliance Naval and Engineering Ltd. seeking debt resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Reliance Naval owes Rs 5,349.17 crore to a clutch of lenders as on March 2018 of which the dues to IDBI Bank alone is about [...]
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the proposal made by UIDAI (Unique identification authority of India), which handles over 1223,827,192 Aadhar cards, to hire a social media agency to monitor various social media platforms. Dealing with the PIL filed by Trinamool Congress MLA Mohua Moitra, a bench of Chief Justice [...]
The world of color marks is as fascinating as it is outrageous, where well-established brands pick a fight to ensure that no one piggybacks on his or her reputation and success or rather, he or she does not sail under false colors! While many products are recognized by the distinct [...]
As the Reserve Bank of India’s deadline of August 27th looms closer, as many as 60 loan-stressed accounts stare at insolvency proceedings. More than 3 lakh crore worth of loans of 70-80 companies is likely to come in for resolution under Insolvency and Bankruptcy code (IBC). The Reserve Bank of [...]
In order to make judicial proceeding more transparent and accountable, the Bench of Justices Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar, and D.Y. Chandrachud reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas related to the issue of live streaming of court proceedings. A petition filed by Swapnil Tripathi, a student of National Law University, [...]
It’s been five years since the Muzaffarnagar riots erupted in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh which left 60 people dead, rendering over 50,000 homeless. The investigation that followed these riots resulted in 175 FIRs. Out of these 175 FIRs, Muzaffarnagar High Court only delivered a verdict on 40 cases [...]
Stating that the Right to Retire is not above the Right to save lives, the Apex Court ruled that the State can now stop government doctors from taking voluntary retirement in public interest. A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and S. Abdul Nazeer said in its judgment that the fundamental [...]