Illegal surrogacy consent not valid
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that agreement of surrogacy is opposed to public policy in India. Therefore, consent for sexual relation under such illegal surrogacy agreement is not a valid consent as per the provisions of the Penal Code, 1860.

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Nutella well-known trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This Court while dealing with edible items for human consumption, owes a duty of exercising a greater degree of care, caution as also to apply a more stringent test to avoid any possibility/likelihood of confusion between different edible products amongst the general public.”

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Schneider Electric SEIPL acquisition
Law Firms NewsNews

JSA Advocates & Solicitors (JSA) is acting as the sole advisor on competition aspects in relation to Schneider Electric’s proposed acquisition of the remaining 35% stake of SEIPL from Temasek.

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Technical Glitch Can't Derail Merit-Based MDS Admission
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Merely because the documents pertaining to the admission of the student could not be uploaded on the portal of the Dental Council of India due to genuine difficulty of connectivity, it ought not to jeopardize the academic career of the student.”

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CAM advises ICICI securities on Indiqube IPO
Law Firms NewsNews

CAM advised the lead managers, ICICI Securities Limited and JM Financial Limited, in connection with the IPO of Indiqube Spaces Limited.

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Termination of Player Representation Agreement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A possible view by an Arbitrator on facts has necessarily to pass muster as the Arbitrator is the ultimate master of the quantity and quality of evidence to be relied upon when he delivers his arbitral award.”

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Kerala HC NDPS bail
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Neither in the arrest intimation nor in the arrest memo is there anything to indicate that the grounds for arrest were communicated to the accused.”

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benefit of doubt to accused
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court reiterated the well-settled law that an accused can only be convicted on legal evidence, and only if a chain of circumstantial evidence has been so forged as to rule out the possibility of any other reasonable hypothesis excepting the guilt of the accused.

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1 lakh cost on State for wasting Court's time
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The precious time of this Court has been wasted in adjudicating this avoidable piece of litigation which the petitioner was compelled to initiate due to cause given by the respondents in blatant violation of law.”

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Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause
Experts CornerKhaitan & Co

by Jeevan Ballav Panda*, Dhriti Mehta** and Tapamoy Ghose***

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Two-day certificate Course on Global Health Diplomacy
Hot Off The PressNews

Scheduled for August 7—8 at the India International Centre, New Delhi, the course seeks to equip the next generation of public health professionals, government officials, researchers, and international agency staff with the tools to understand and influence global health policy in an age of multipolar geopolitics.

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bail to alleged ISIS member
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Trial Court has categorically observed that the investigation progressed substantially during the extension of the accused persons’ detention and the investigation had not been stagnant.

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CAM advises Deutsche Bank
Law Firms NewsNews

CAM advised a consortium of lenders led by Deutsche Bank AG and MUFG Bank on (i) an external commercial borrowing of upto USD 675 Million extended to JSW Neo Energy Limited and (ii) a hedge facility of upto USD 675 Million from Deutsche Bank AG, MUFG Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.

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misbranding controlled substance NDPS
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court observed that the accused persons are not just normal employees but participated in misbranding of the controlled substance as normal drug. They have also actively assisted their employer in transporting huge quantity of controlled substance under concealed identity.

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Defining Forest in India
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Dr Sairam Bhat* and Jaibatruka Mohanta**

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suspension order against St. Mary's school teachers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The action or inaction of the respondent in not following through with the disciplinary proceedings after suspension orders were passed has rendered the said proceedings as infructuous”

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New Chairman Faculty of Law AMU
Law School NewsOthers

A distinguished scholar specializing in Ecology Law and Intellectual Property Rights, has been engaged in teaching and research for the last 30 years.

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Caste bias by Madras HC Judge
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Judicial independence is a basic feature of the Constitution. We Judges have taken oath to discharge our judicial duties not only without favour but also without fear.”

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Prof. Shakeel Ahmad Dean Faculty of Law AMU
Law School NewsOthers

A distinguished academician and a highly respected figure in the field of Criminal Law, he aspires to cultivate a generation of informed and conscientious students

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FIR against teacher for mocking Operation Sindoor
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court reiterated that social media is misused by certain people in the garb of “Freedom of Speech and Expression” by posting such material that creates hatred and disharmony among the people, such actions are detrimental to national unity and public order.

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