Delhi High Court:
Reaffirms the criteria to deem a foreign arbitral award valid under section 44 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Awards, 1958.
A contract containing an arbitration agreement must...
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In April 2016, two directives issued by two separate state governments in India made social media group administrators (‘administrators’) liable for content circulated by other members of the group. This came in the wake of a series of arrests in India for content posted...
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On its last working day of the year 2016, Supreme Court of India would, among other matters, hear two interesting fresh matters:1. PIL for ‘National Liquor Policy’.A petition has been filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking framing of a...
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by Dhruv Somayajula*In this second part of our two post series on the Internet of Things, Dhruv examines the policy framework in India to analyse its applicability to the Internet of Things. In a previous post, we discussed the definition of...
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Contents:
1. COMPAT penalizes automobile manufacturers for anti-competitive practices
2. COMPAT penalizes public sector insurance companies for bid rigging
COMPAT penalizes automobile manufacturers for anti-competitive practices
Facts of the case In August 2014, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had...
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Sachin & Anr v. Jhabbu Lal & Anr
RSA 136/2016 & CM No. 19123/2016
High Court of Delhi
Date of decision: 24th November 2016
Facts:
Jhabbhu Lal and his wife (respondents) owned a house, which they sold to purchase a...
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Introduction
More than three years ago, the Companies Act, 2013 (“2013 Act”) was passed by both Houses of Parliament and received assent of the President of India. The 2013 Act seeks to replace the Companies Act, 1956 (“1956 Act”). The different...
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In March 2015, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) constituted a standing Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC) under the chairmanship of Shri. N. R. Narayana Murthy. AIPAC submitted its first report in January 2016 and its second...
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There comes a time for redemption?
Ramesh K.C was a driver with L Bheema Naik, KAS, a Tahsildar earlier and now, the Special Land Acquisition Officer at Bangalore, Karnataka. This driver, Ramesh K.C. committed suicide on 6-Dec-16. He left behind a...
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This post discusses the regulatory challenges that emerge from the changing nature of Facebook and other social networking websites Facebook has recently faced a lot of criticism for circulating fake news and for knowingly suppressing user opinions during the 2016 U.S....
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Earlier, all online transactions through credit / debit cards issued in India were subject to a mandatory ‘second factor authorization’.
Reserve Bank of India directs that this additional factor authorization requirement may be relaxed, at the option of the customer,...
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Author: Sandeep Dave
Money oils the wheels of commerce.
Since the 1970s, high denomination notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 had become the usual legal tender in India: inflation had virtually made the lower denomination notes “loose change”! The...
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SEBI on compensation agreements Featured
SEBI has been expressing its concerns over certain agreements
entered into between private equity funds ("PE investors") and employees of listed
companies ("Listed Companies") for incentivizing/boosting the performance of the
employee, including key managerial personnel (KMPs), director or promoter of the...
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We've not been blogging for some time but the period of lull is over. In this post, we intend to bring to the readers a few developments in Indian arbitration law and provide link comments on those developments. Raffles Design Intl....
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By Smitha Krishna PrasadMedical and health records are increasingly digitised, and ease of access is considered one of the key benefits of this trend. However, patient privacy and security of such records are important concerns that need to be addressed...
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The National Crime Records Bureau released their annual “Crime in India” report for the year 2015 earlier this year. This post analyses the trends in cybercrime traced through the report. The National Crime Records Bureau (“NCRB”) released their annual “Crime...
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*Vijay Pal Dalmia, Advocate Partner Vaish Associates Advocates Mobile: +919810081079 Email:
* The author is a senior litigator with 30 years of experience in court trials and deals with cases relating to prosecution under the Income Tax...
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By *Vijay Pal Dalmia, Advocate & Partner Vaish Associates, Email: Mobile: 09810081079 & Rajat Jain, Advocate, Email: Mobile: 09953887311
As a measure to curb black money, money laundering, corruption and counterfeit currency in India, the Government of India has demonetized the currency...
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by sflc_admin | December 3, 2016Free speech should not be restrained, unless it is transcending from talk to action: MP Baijayant Panda at SFLC.IN report launchNew Delhi, 30th November: Mindless abuse and threats of violence are commonplace on online...
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by sflc_admin | December 3, 2016The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a multi-stakeholder public policy dialogue initiated by the United Nations Secretary-General, has been an annual affair for more than a decade. The 11th IGF is set to take place...
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