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Transitional Provisions in Commercial Legislations: An Analysis

by Priyal Parikh*

Do “rule of attribution” which is relevant to the functioning of a limited company be applied in the case of organizational structure like Railways? Orissa HC answers

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar, CJ and B.P. Routray, J. dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. Aggrieved

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Prioritising public interest in patent law of India

by Dr Uday Shankar*

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Can a non-signatory or confirming party be made party to the arbitration? The position of non-signatory in an arbitration agreement

by Arush Agarwal† and Bhavya Gupta††

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Recent Amendment to Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 – Whether a step towards recognition and regulation of virtual currencies/cryptocurrencies in India?

by Hardeep Sachdeva†, Anurag Singh†† and Varsha S. Banta†††

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | IO filed common charge-sheet for various crimes registered in different Police Stations; Amalgamation of final reports in respect of different FIRs held to be impermissible

Karnataka High Court: K. Natarajan, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order. The facts of the case are such that

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Provisional Attachment under the Goods and Services Tax Act – Laws on Paper Versus Law in Practice

by Salona Mittal*

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All that is not right with Indus Biotech v. Kotak | Indus Biotech (P) Ltd. v. Kotak India Venture (Offshore) Fund : A case comment

by Renu Gupta*

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Footpaths are not for campaigns and protests; HC asks State to explain steps taken to avoid encroachment of pedestrians’ right to footpath

Kerala High Court: While addressing the issue of encroachments of footpaths for the purpose of holding assemblies and protests, the Division Bench

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Kins of persons dying of Covid-19 can view face and perform last rites of deceased; HC declines to handover dead bodies to the family

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal, CJ., and Vinod Chatterji Koul, J., warned the government of J&K

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FSSAI’s new labelling and display regulations – A bird’s-eye view

Sandeep Sreekumar*

Case Briefs High Courts

Jha HC | Jharkhand Public Service Commission is a constitutional body, but its actions and decisions are not immune from judicial review

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., allowed the writ petitions and held the merit list prepared by the JPSC as illegal,

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Changing landscapes in Indian arbitral representation

by Aachman Shekhar†

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Dataveillance and its implications on child rights

by Divya Tiwari†

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Homeopathy doctors can prescribe adjuvant medicine for Covid-19; HC upholds right to practice of Homeopathic practitioners

Kerala High Court: N.Nagaresh, J., upheld the right to practice of homoeopathic practitioners and clarified that the Homeopathy doctors can prescribe adjuvant

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Pension cannot be denied for disability being less than 20% where the disability is assessed at 15-19%

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava (Chairperson) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member (A) held