By Rishabh BajoriaThe Code On 31st May, the European Commission (EC) announced a new Code of Conduct for online intermediaries. This Code was formulated after mutual agreement between the EC and Facebook, Microsoft, Google (including YouTube) and Twitter.[1] It targets...
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The Government of India has eased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms in pharma, aviation and defence sectors at a high-level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi, earlier today.
Under the new norms, 74% FDI would be allowed in...
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Right to advertising of lawyers Featured
“…..the canons of ethics and propriety for the legal profession totally taboo conduct by way of soliciting, advertising, scrambling and other obnoxious practices….”
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Analysis of Model GST Law Featured
Dear Reader,
The Government of India released the draft of the Model GST Law into the public domain earlier this week. The attached booklet contains ELP’s analysis of the provisions of the model law.
ELP-Analysis-of-Model-GST-Law.pdf
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The Indian Government approved the country’s first National Civil Aviation Policy (“New Policy”) yesterday (15thJune, 2016). This update provides a brief summary of the major proposals that are to be implemented under the Policy.
1. 5/20 Rule Abolished
Per the...
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- By Mitali Yadav
In the case of ABC vs. The State (NCT of Delhi), the Supreme Court (a bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen) has held that an unwed mother, in India, can apply to become the sole guardian of a child,...
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by sflc_admin | June 9, 2016A team of researchers, under a grant from ICFOSS, headed by Prof. Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor at IIM Bangalore, published a report on the “Economic Impact of Usage of FOSS in Government”...
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- By Mitali Yadav
The High Court of Delhi, by way of judgement delivered on May 24, 2016, in the case of Rohit Tiwari v. State has held that if a grown woman engages in an act of sexual intercourse, whilst giving her...
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Suresh Kumar Bansal & Others vs. Union of India & Others – Delhi High Court
W.P. (C) 2235/2011 and W.P. (C) 2971/2011 (the judgement was delivered on 3rd June, 2016)
FACTS
Two Writ Petitions were filed before the Delhi High Court...
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As a law student, either in the infancy of the journery or on the cusp of graduation, internships assume a vital role these days - in not only providing oneself with a semblance of experience before being thrown literally in the...
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India has an estimated 426 million Internet users, a number that is estimated to grow to approx. 515 million by the mid of 2017, giving it the second-largest online user base in the world after China. Despite this impressive number, only a...
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We had done three posts on the retrospective operation of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015:a) The blog post titled “Applicability of the 2015 Arbitration Amendment Act to Arbitration Related Court Proceedings: Part I” posted on 04.04.2016 in the Practical...
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-AVINASH GAUTAM, 3rd Semester Student at NLUO
Editor's note: This post had been written
Infrastructure of the college [Hostels (or alternate accommodations), Academic block/class rooms, Library, Mess/Canteen and Other things ]
The campus has 3 huge hostels (2 boys + 1 girls)...
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By: Siddharth Sijoira [Author is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India]
The Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of criminal defamation under sections 499 and 500 is timely and conforms to the larger societal needs.
The court...
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Levy of Krishi Kalyan Cess Featured
Krishi Kalyan Cess of 0.5% has been recently introduced in Service tax and the effective rate of tax is now 15%.
Please find enclosed our alert on various aspects of Krishi Kalyan Cess.
ELP-Tax-Alert---Levy-of-Krishi-Kalyan-Cess.pdf
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