Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Bom HC | If the wife is earning something for livelihood, can the same be a ground to refuse alimony under S. 24 of Hindu Marriage Act? Read Court’s ruling reiterating SC’s decision

Bombay High Court: Mangesh S. Patil, J., in the present application directed the husband to pay an amount of Rs 10,000 towards alimony

OP. ED.Practical Lawyer Archives

Compliance Checklist for Preparing Minutes of Board Meeting Conducted through Videoconferencing

Gaurav N Pingle, Practising Company Secretary, Pune

Cite as: (2020) PL (CSP) December 61

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Metamorphosis of FDI Regime in India: FERA to FEMA

Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner, Corp Comm Legal and Namrata Singhal, Third year BBA LLB student, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

Cite as: (2020) PL (CL) December 69

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Court enlists factors to be considered while deciding question of harassment of girl whose photos are posted on social media without consent/for revenge

Allahabad High Court: Rahul Chaturvedi, J., held that the age of the girl, her personality, her upbringing, the social and financial status of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Can real estate developers rely on ‘force majeure’ clause to deny possession to homebuyers? Court explains

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., held that a real estate developer cannot rely on usual ‘force majeure’ clause to deny possession to

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

IFSCA notifies International Financial Services Centres Authority (Bullion Exchange) Regulations, 2020

In the Union Budget 2020, Union Minister of Finance Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman had made an announcement for setting up an International

Hot Off The Press News

RBI | India becomes one of the few countries in the world to operate its RTGS system round the clock throughout the year

Reserve Bank had announced in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 09, 2020, that the Real Time Gross Settlement System

Law School News Others

Lucknow University | National Article Writing Competition

Reported by Saman Rahman

Call For Papers Law School News

Call for Papers | NLUO Human Rights Law Journal

Reported by Toshika Soni

Interviews

In conversation with Uttara PV, alumnus NLUJ on Clerkship and Internships with Judges

Interviewed by Suzann Dinu

Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

NLIU & JLU | One-Day e-Conference on Twenty Years of the Information Technology Act

Reported by Vivek Badkur

Legislation Updates Notifications

Handicraft and GI Toys exempted from Quality Control Order

Taking steps towards the Prime Minister’s vision of making India a global manufacturing hub for sale & exports of toys, Department for

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | State Govt. declares ATMA, XAT, MAT, GMAT entrance tests not to be valid eligibility for MBA/MMS courses, instead only MS-CET, CMAT and CET to be valid: Read HC’s decision on Government Circular

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and G.S. Kulkarni, J., observed that “…any action on the part of the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | If an applicant finds the finding of a Judgment to be erroneous, can he be permitted to seek rehearing of appeal under R. 11 of NCLAT Rules, 2016? Tribunal considers

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT): The Division Bench of Justice Bansi Lal Bhat (Acting Chairperson) and Shreesha Merla (Technical Member), while addressing the

Legislation Updates Statutes/Bills/Ordinances

Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2020 issued for Public Consultation

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has circulated a draft of Indian Ports Bill 2020 for public consultation which will repeal and

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Court should not be too technical when it feels convinced about trustworthiness of dying declaration, which if inspires confidence, can be acted upon, without any corroboration

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of B. Amit Sthalekar and Shekhar Kumar Yadav, JJ., held that dying declaration can be acted upon

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Liability of Non-Executive Directors of a Company in light of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis from an Indian law Perspective

by Aseem Sahni*

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | S. 65 of IBC is not meant to negate process under S. 7 or 9 of IBC; Penal action under S. 65 can be taken only when provision of Code has been invoked fraudulently, with malicious intent

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Bench of Justice Venugopal M. (Judicial Member) and V.P. Singh (Technical Member) and Shreesha Merla (Technical

Case Briefs High Courts

[Flashback] Pendency of Cases being a pressing issue, Madras HC in its 2018 decision had issued guidelines highlighting: Cases of Absconding Persons || Detailed Report

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J., issued guidelines pertaining to deal with cases wherein accused persons are absconded leading to the pendency

Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

NLIU | 6th International Conference on Law and Economics, 2020

Reported by Vivek Badkur