by Mara Malagodi Nepali legislators are currently striving to promulgate the country’s seventh constitution and conclude the peace process that began in 2006 after the ten-year long Maoist People’s War. By 2001 a new constitution drafted ‘by the people’s elected representatives’ had become the Maois...
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In a recent judgement in East India Udyog Ltd. v. Maytas Infra Ltd ., a Full Bench of the Hyderabad High Court had to decide whether a court hearing a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 could dispose of the same ex parte. The entire list of questions that was refe...
Call for Submissions - National Law School of India Review, Vol. 28(1) The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) is now accepting submissions for its upcoming issue- Volume 28(1). The most recent issue of the NLSIR, Vol. 27(1), will feature contributions by Dr. Catherine Seville, Reader, Newnh...
M thumb_flavia_agnes_1024 s. Flavia Agnes is a lawyer who has worked in the field of women’s rights for over two decades. She is a co-founder of Majlis Legal Centre, Mumbai, that provides socio-legal support to women and children on issues of matrimonial rights, domestic violence, sexual abuse, etc....
One of the most closely watched cases in the recent times from a commercial law perspective is the case of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi pending before the UK Supreme Court. The hearings were complete on 23.07.2015 and the decision of the court is awaited. The issues involved in th...
(Editor’s Note: This is fourth and final in a series of blog posts on the Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill. Part I, II and II are here , here and here respectively. This post is a continuation of Part III, by Ayani Srivastava and Arpita Sengupta) We comment on matters relating to voluntary r...
(Editor’s Note: This is third in a series of blog posts on the Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill. Part I and II are here and here . This post is written by Ayani Srivastava and Arpita Sengupta, and deals with definitions, change in conditions of service and compounding of offences) I. Definit...
Call for papers from the IJAL (Indian Journal of Arbitration Law) Call for Papers The Indian Journal of Arbitration Law is a biannual, student reviewed Journal by the Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law of National Law University, Jodhpur. National Law University, Jodhpur , ...
The Hon’ble Bombay High Court in a recent judgment has ruled that a widow, even after she has remarried, has the rights over her former husband’s properties. The petition was filed by a man against his former sister-in-law who had claimed the right over her deceased husband’s properties after she ma...
Recently, the English High Court (Commercial Court) had the occasion to consider the question whether delay in publishing the award after completion of hearings was a ground for setting aside the arbitral award under Section 68 of the English Arbitration Act, 1996. In BV Scheepswerf Damen Gorinchem ...
(Editor’s Note: This is second in a series of blog posts on the Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill. Part I is here . This post is written by Raktima Roy and Arpita Sengupta) In this post, we comment on matters relating to Standing Orders in Chapter IV of the Labour Code on Industrial Relations...
A ruling, if upheld through appellate judicial scrutiny can change the structure of modern-day technology driven enterprises. On 3 rd June, 2015 the California labour commissioner’s office held that a driver for the ride-hailing service Uber should be classified as an employee, not an independent co...
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in a landmark judgment delivered on 6 th July 2015 held that unwed mother is not required to specifically notify the putative father of the child whom she has given birth to. The judgment was passed in an Appeal directed against the Judgment delivered by the High C...
The President of India has promulgated the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 (6 of 2015) on 15 th June 2015. The amendments to the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“The NI Act”) are focused on clarifying the jurisdiction related issues for filing cases for offence committed u/s 138...
Editor’s Note: A group of faculty and students of the National University of Juridical Sciences, led by Prof. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, prepared a report on the Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill, 2015. In a series of blog posts, the authors analyze the draft bill based on their report. This post...
by Mansi Binjrajka Although there is much discussion and awareness about sexual violence against women, the same is not the case with child sexual abuse. In Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s words, a “conspiracy of silence” surrounds the subject. This is partly a result of the deep-seated belief that child...
The Chinese honor the memory of Qu Yuan, a poet and political activist (3-4 Century BC) on the 5th day of 5th lunar month of every year. Yuan took part in a fight to save his state against hostile take over by a neighbouring state but had to retreat and be in exile owing to orchestrated maligning of...
A Company in the course of business obtained financial assistance from financial institutions and banks. For securing the debt, the said company had mortgaged its immovable properties and thus created security interest in the said properties. The Company defaulted in repayment and the banks and fina...
The CLAT Committee continues to make blunders as if it is CLAT 1.0. In their desperate efforts to hide the skeletons tumbling out, they end up letting some more out. Shakespeare would have written sequel of comedy of errors had he been alive. The latest in the line is about university/college allotm...
Through this post I would like to bring to the light certain questions in the CLAT PG exam which have been answered wrongly in the answer key and whose answers have remain the same even after revision of the answer key by the exam committee. The following answers have been marked wrongly in the CLAT...