Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

WIPO | Philip Morris USA wins right over disputed domain name registered with ‘GoDaddy.com’ as it was confusingly similar to their trademark and was being used in bad faith

World Intellectual Property Organization: M. Scott Donahey (Panelist) transferred the disputed domain names to Philip Morris USA Inc. as these were confusingly

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Interference with issuance of process under S. 138 read with S. 141 NI Act declined where Directors had resigned, but the resignation was not approved

Bombay High Court: S.S. Shinde, J. refused to interfere with the order of the Magistrate whereby process was issued against the applicants (directors

Law School News Others

GLC, Mumbai | Policy Debate 2019

Reported by Anjali Kumari

Call For Papers Law School News

Call for Papers | NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review

Reported by Suzann Dinu

Law School News Moot Court Achievements & Reports

AMU wins Runners Up trophy in 7th UPES Dehradun Client Consultation Competition

Reported by Wardah Beg

Hot Off The Press News

CBDT inks the 300th Advance Pricing Agreement

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has signed the 300th Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) during the month of September, 2019. This

Legislation Updates Notifications

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act extended in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh till 31-03-2020

Union Ministry of Home Affairs issues notification declaring Tirap, Changlang, and Longding districts in Arunachal Pradesh, and areas under four other police

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Rape victim denied compensation in light of turning hostile during trial

Karnataka High Court: Alok Aradhe, J. dismissed a petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India with respect

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Appellate Tribunal | Tribunal quashes ED’s order for attachment of assets of the company, subject to furnishing of indemnity bond

Appellate Tribunal for FEMA, PMLA, NDPS & PBPT Act: Justice Manmohan Singh, Chairman and G.C. Mishra, Member, quashed provisional orders for attachment

Law School News Others

Prof (Dr) Sarasu Esther Thomas appointed as the Registrar of NLSIU

Prof. (Dr.) Sarasu Esther Thomas has been appointed as the Registrar of NLSIU with effect from 1st October 2019. The appointment took place

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2019 SCC Vol. 8 September 21, 2019 Part 2

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Release from Acquisition — Development charges: Imposition of development charges, in terms of S. 17(1) proviso of

Law School News Moot Court Achievements & Reports

SLCU wins 7th National Moot Court Competition held at IMS Unison University, Dehradun

Reported by Anirudh Kulkarni

News Treaties/Conventions/International Agreements

National e Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology signed an MoU with National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal

National eGovernance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) & The National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal have signed an

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Evidences gathered by Investigating Officer cannot be looked under Inherent powers; Consent for sexual intercourse on promise to marry, held to be subject matter of evidence

Allahabad High Court: Applicant filed an application under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code which was contemplated by Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | S.378(1)(b) CrPC bars appeal in HC against acquittal order passed by Magistrate in a cognizable and non-bailable offence, reiterated

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Goutam Chourdiya, JJ. dismissed an application filed by the State seeking leave

Law School News Others

Institute of Law, Nirma University | 2nd National Essay Writing Competition 2019 “Mission Sangharsh”

Reported by Aastha Srivastava

Call For Papers Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

Call for Papers | Competition Law Seminar, 2019

Reported by Suzann Dinu

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Delhi Govt. to formulate guidelines to mitigate adverse impact on environment and public health; regulation of banquet halls

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Bench comprising of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Justice S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member), Justice K. Ramakrishnan

Op Eds OP. ED.

Informant Mechanism — SEBI’S latest scheme to tackle Insider Trading

by Utkarsh Jhingan† and Rakshit Raj Singh††