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The Road Often Taken — An In-Depth Analysis of Section 65 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

by Ridhima Verma†

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The Case of Unconventional Trade Marks — Does the Trade Marks Act, 1999 Need Reform?

by Mridula Bhat†

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Right of Self-Incrimination in Digital Age: Whether Compelled Disclosure of Password/Biometrics is Unconstitutional?

by Ankur Mody† and Siddharth Sijoria††

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Unilateral Appointment of Arbitrator — Whether Absolute Prohibition Contrary to the Scheme of the Act?

by Prashant Tripathi† and Sanjeev Singh††

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Invocation of Urgency Clause in Land Acquisition — Hazy Contours of Judicial Review

by Anamika Mishra*

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Emerging Technologies and Law: Legal Status of Tackling Crimes Relating to Deepfakes in India

by Shubham Pandey† and Gaurav Jadhav††

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2023 SCC Vol. 3 Part 1

Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — Monetary Laws and Norms — Demonetisation 2016 — Demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2023 SCC Vol. 2 Part 4

Constitution of India — Arts. 14, 12, 266, 136 and 32 — State action in a matter arising from non-statutory contract: Scope

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2023 SCC Vol. 2 Part 3

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 11, 8 and 16 — Arbitrability — Accord and Satisfaction — Plea of claims being

Case Briefs High Courts

“Police cannot be accused of human rights violation at the drop of a hat”, Madras High Court quashes SHRC order

Madras High Court said that there are instances of human rights violation in police stations, but every instance of a casual police enquiry cannot be termed as human rights violation.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Some contradiction and infirmities in evidence not enough to vitiate prosecution story’; Jharkhand High Court reiterates

Jharkhand High Court concurred with the Trial Court’s decision and held that the prosecution has proved the charge beyond all shadow of doubt which cannot be said to suffer from an error.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court examines the scope and ambit of S. 174 of CGST Act in context of Notifications issued under the repealed tax regime

The practice and procedure, both pre and post GST are consistent and involve participation of the officer of the DGGI in issuance of show cause notices.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC upholds UGC’s rights and primacy to impose Regulations for conduct of distance education programmes

Madras High Court upheld the right of the UGC to impose Regulation for territorial jurisdiction referring to the primacy given to the UGC under the UGC Act, 1956, as well as Entry 66 of List 1 of the 7th Schedule.

Case Briefs High Courts

Orissa High Court rejects bail of NBFC Director in economic offence case

While rejecting the application for bail under Section 439 of CrPC, Orissa High Court said that the enormity of amount of embezzlement of Rs. 109 crores add to the worries of investors and depositors of the company.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court| Paramedical Council cannot be permitted to grant recognition to institutions providing Paramedical Courses

Paramedical Council of India cannot be permitted to grant recognition to institutions imparting education and training or register any such institution, except in accordance with, and to the extent permissible under the scheme and terms of the Act.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No illegality associated with the establishment of Delimitation Commission for the UT of Jammu and Kashmir: Supreme Court

Supreme Court held that there is neither illegality associated with the establishment of the Delimitation Commission, nor anything illegal about the exercise of delimitation of the constituencies undertaken by it.

Case Briefs High Courts

Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act, 2011 and the Telangana Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act, 2011 are not unconstitutional: Telangana High Court

The Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act, 2011 and the Telangana Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act, 2011 are not unconstitutional and the NBFCs operating in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh registered with the RBI will be excluded from the purview of these two enactments.

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court orders for arrest of dismissed Punjab DSP Balwinder Singh Sekhon in Contempt Case

In a case of circulating malicious, libelous and derogatory videos pertaining to the judicial proceedings, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the arrest of dismissed DSP Balwinder Singh Sekhon and another. The Court also directed global blocking of access to all the videos circulated so far.

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Provisions relating to TRAS under CERC (Ancillary Services) Regulations, 2022 to come into force on 1-4-2023

On 15-2-2023, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (‘CERC’) notified the date on which certain provisions of the CERC (Ancillary Services) Regulations, 2022

Know thy Judge

Justice Jaswant Singh retires after a short tenure as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court

Justice Jaswant Singh who was appointed as the 7th Chief Justice of Tripura High Court, has had an extensive legal career spanning 30+ years and has an avid interest in sports like lawn tennis, cricket and golf.