purging of contempt
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In contempt of a custody order of the Court, the alleged contemnor had taken the children from Hyderabad to Bhopal without the permission of the contempt petitioner.

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NCLT's inherent power
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

In the present case, initiation of the voluntary liquidation was a voluntary commercial decision taken by the shareholders. It is open to the shareholders, where no prejudice is caused to any stakeholder, to reconsider and reverse their decision, particularly when the process has not proceeded to an irreversible stage, such as distribution of assets.

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rent payment not sale consideration
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court presumed that the absence of a reason for not disclosing the higher amount in the Agreement to Sell (‘ATS’), and the lack of explanation for payment of sale consideration disguised as rent is likely to evade taxes. This suppression made the 1982 ATS illegal, and against the public policy as per, Section 23 of the Contract Act, 1872.

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LKS new partners promotion
Law Firms NewsNews

LKS Attorneys has recently announced their senior level promotions, elevating Eight lawyers from Associate Partners to Partners and one Chartered Accountant from Associate Director to Director.

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Vaccinologist conviction stayed
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Unless the attention of the court is drawn to the specific consequences that would follow on account of the conviction, the person convicted cannot obtain an order of stay of conviction.”

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ED not super cop
Case BriefsHigh Courts

When any investigating agency, on the intimation from the ED, commences investigation then the ED can investigate into those aspects provided there are “proceeds of crime” of the predicate offence. However, if no such case is found, then the ED cannot suo-motu proceed with the investigation.

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Scope of Judicial Intervention under Arbitration Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The scope of Section 34 review, though narrow, does permit the court to excise patently illegal portions of an award, even if a granular item-by-item objection was not pleaded, so long as the broad ground was raised and both parties had opportunity to address.”

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Anthem Biosciences IPO
Law Firms NewsNews

CAM advised the lead managers, JM Financial Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, J.P. Morgan India Private Limited and Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Private Limited in connection with the IPO of Anthem Biosciences Limited.

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Law Firms NewsNews

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has selected Legora as its firm-wide Generative AI platform, marking a significant milestone in its journey to become an AI-first organisation..

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IDIA TNNLU Chapter Essay Writing Competition
Law School NewsOthers

In Collaboration with KRIA Law, the competition is open to school and college students across India and has exciting cash prizes for winners. Last date to register is 20th August 2025.

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Century Club is public authority
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Without this land, the very existence of the Club would fall into doubt inasmuch as no activities of the Club could be carried out without this land being available to it.”

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Removal of elected representation without mandatory procedure
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In a democratic setup, an elected representative is the voice of the people to whom he represents, hence, much care and caution are required to be taken while removing him from the post he is holding.”

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RGNUL's IBLD-CBLT Online Certificate Course
Law School NewsOthers

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law Division of Centre for Business Laws & Taxation (IBLD-CBLT), RGNUL is organizing a Seven-Day Online Certificate Course on Insolvency and Bankruptcy, scheduled to be held from 18th to 24th August 2025.

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IELTS Scam magistrate decide summary report
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The ‘B’ Summary report, prepared by the Deputy S.P. in relation to irregularities committed in qualifying the IELTS exam, did not include the handwriting expert’s opinion and was challenged by the State in the Sessions Court.”

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Call For PapersLaw School News

Submissions are not restricted to any particular field of law, and includes legal as well as policy related current issues, both national and international.

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Additional Senior Civil Judge reinstated
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court emphasised that if the Courts were to initiate disciplinary proceedings against a judicial officer based on a judicial order passed by him, there should have been strong grounds to suspect officer’s bona fides and the order itself should have been actuated by malice, bias or illegality.

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loose sheets as complete evidence
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Even if the figures in the document are hypothetically taken to be correct figures, still the same must be proved with corroborative evidence otherwise the document becomes irrelevant.

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HPNLU Shimla MOU GNLU. Gandhinagar
Law School NewsOthers

The partnership seeks to enhance cooperation by exchange of faculty and students, joint research projects and publications, collaborative seminars, training, mutual library, co-supervision of Ph.D. research work and interdisciplinary and practice-based education programmes.

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2006 Mumbai Train Blast case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Creating a false appearance of having solved a case by presenting that the accused had been brought to justice gave a misleading sense of resolution. This deceptive closure undermined public trust and falsely reassured society, while in reality, the true threat remained at large.”

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Section 33 ID Act res judicata
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Authority under Section 33(2)(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 cannot adjudicate on the merits of the finding in the domestic enquiry or on the penalty, as it has no jurisdiction to adjudicate on the merits of the findings in a domestic enquiry. Those questions have to be adjudicated in a subsequent industrial dispute, if raised.”

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