In a landmark judgment today, the Supreme Court struck down the 99th Constitutional Amendment for being ultra vires the basic structure of the Constitution. The 99th Amendment was intended to replace the “collegium” system, in which the three senior-most judges...
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Earlier today, the Supreme Court struck down the two Acts that created an independent body for the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary.One of the Acts amended the Constitution to replace the method of appointment of judges by a...
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By Joshita Pai & Sarvjeet SinghThe Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was set up under the chairmanship of Mr. Nandan Nilekani in 2009 by an executive notification to generate and assign unique identification numbers to residents.After persistent protests asserting that a...
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Don’t enter Delhi or pay ECC
First published here on onelawstreet.com.
While the light vehicles have to pay ₹ 700, the heavy vehicles have to pay an ECC of ₹ 1300.
The charges which have to be collected through the toll...
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Supreme Court advocate KV Dhananjay argues that if the Supreme Court would strike down criminal defamation as unconstitutional on the ground that it is an unreasonable restraint on freedom of speech, it must also specify on what will happen...
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INTRODUCTION
In case of an International Commercial Arbitration, at more than a few times, question arises as to what is the law governing the substance of dispute between the parties, the law governing arbitration which includes construction and validity of the...
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The Transactional Net Margin Method (‘TNMM’) is a prescribed method for determining the arm’s length price in some cases. It also enjoins the adjustment owing to capacity under-utilization differences. Sizes of entities and level of activities differ, so does the available...
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In a relief to the meat lovers in Mumbai, Bombay High Court has stayed the notifications of the Maharashtra State Government and the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC) which had directed the closure of...
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Suchitra Vijayan is a writer, lawyer and a political theorist. She studied Law, Political Science and International relations, and was trained as a Barrister-at-Law. She previously worked for the UN war crimes tribunal for Yugoslavia and Rwanda. She co-founded and...
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Introduction
The Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’), has recently issued the Competition Commission of India (Competition Assessment of Legislations and Bills) Guidelines, 2015 (‘Guidelines’)[1]. The Guidelines will come into effect on 1 January 2016. This article intends to provide a brief...
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In a significant judgment delivered yesterday, the Bombay High Court rejected the National Stock Exchange’s application for injunction, in a defamation action, against the journalist Sucheta Dalal (and others), for articles published on the financial news website, moneylife.in. Justice Gautam...
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The Municipal Corporation for Greater Mumbai (BMC) has imposed a ban on the sale of meat in the area under their jurisdiction for four days namely 10, 13, 17 and 20 September 2015. On the other hand, the Mira-Bhayander Municipal...
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Following up the success of the annual GNLU International Moot Court Competition 2015, GNLU is proud to announce a new annual national moot court competition- The GNLU Moot on Securities and Investment Law which is India's first moot court competition on...
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K.V.Dhananjay, an advocate at the Supreme Court of India points to growing ignorance among High Court judges of even the most basic provisions of our Constitution.
Shocking ignorance of our Constitution!
Shockingly, some High Court Judges are writing in their judgments...
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National Law University, Delhi in collaboration with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is set to organise the 2nd edition of the International Negotiation Competition from 11-13 September 2015.
The competition was started last year as the first of its kind in India,...
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