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Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Amendment Rules, 2019 — Notified

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NLUJ adjudged as “Best Mediation Team” at the NALSAR Mediation Tournament

Reported by Srishti Rai Chhabra

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Possession of land taken under Land Acquisition Act cannot be restored to tenure holder even if it is not used for the purpose it was acquired for

Orissa High Court: The Bench of S. Panda and P. Patnaik, JJ., dismissed a petition filed by the petitioner for the cancellation

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Trade Secrets — Intellectual Property’s Underdog

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Event Report | NUSRL organised Foundation Day Celebration from April 26-28, 2019

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Pat HC | Immoral Trafficking: Hotel owner present in room adjacent to rooms from where couples found in semi-naked condition – matter requiring complete trial

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. dismissed a hotel owner’s petition assailing dismissal of the application for his discharge,

Case Briefs International Courts

Euro Patent Office | Ex-post facto analysis with benefit of hindsight knowledge of invention not a correct approach to decide patent application

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Chh HC | Govt. servant cannot make Will of family pension; guiding principles regarding retiral benefits vis-a-vis testamentary disposition recapitulated

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. has held that a Government servant is not entitled to make a Will of the family

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NLUJ wins 2nd Best Combined Memorial award at world rounds of 2019 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

Reported by Srishti Rai Chhabra

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Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Cut-off date for calculating pensionary benefits of a teacher, to be counted from the date of grant of permission for establishment of school

Patna High Court: The Three-Judge Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, Birendra Kumar and Anil Kumar Upadhyay, JJ. dismissed a letters patent appeal

Law School News Moot Court Achievements & Reports

School of Law, CHRIST wins 1st CNLU National Cyber Law Moot, 2019

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SL CoA | Order finally disposing dispute is a final order, but an order that allows action to go on is an interlocutory order

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Del HC | Expenses of the child cannot be equally divided between parents; amount payable by husband under S. 125 CrPC towards maintenance of child increased

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Legislation Updates Notifications

Supreme Court of India | Advocates-on-Record Examination dates changed : [10-06-2019 to 13-06-2019]

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President appointed Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Judge of the Bombay High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court

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President appointed Justice Parappillil Ramakrishnan Nair Ramachandra Menon, Judge of the Kerala High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh