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Widow’s right of inheritance after re-marriage: Will mother of deceased be fully entitled to claim dues of deceased son or does wife who re-marries will also have share? Bom HC delves to answer

Bombay High Court: Addressing a matter pertaining to the widow’s right of inheritance on the property of the deceased husband, S.M. Modak,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Irretrievable breakdown of marriage: SC invokes Art. 142 to dissolve marriage which never took off from first day and parties living separately for almost 20 yrs

Supreme Court: While deciding a case of a matrimonial dispute where the marriage never took off from the first day and was

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Everything You Need to Know About Music Sampling: The Indian Perspective

by Prashanth S. Shivadass and Rachana Pise*

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Here’s how DABUS an Artificial Intelligence System was given status of an “Inventor” | Federal Court of Australia’s exhaustive decision on whether a non-human can be named as an inventor

Federal Court of Australia: While addressing the question of whether Artificial Intelligence Systems can be an inventor for the purposes of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Court directs State to abide by the guidelines framed by the Centre for vaccination of the Transgenders

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and Vinit Kumar Mathur, JJ., disposed off a petition with directions which was

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The Singapore Mediation Convention: A Long Pending Catharsis for Mediation and an Urgent Need for India to Ratify

by Iram Majid†

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Difficult to fathom Corpn. was oblivious of Statutory requirements; HC comes down heavily on Patna Municipal Corpn. for failure to get its vehicles registered under MV Act

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ., and Partha Sarthy, J. slammed Patna Municipal Corporation for operating its vehicles

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Refusal to sign Form FA- A material irregularity but the other relevant considerations to not initiate CIRP gains primacy-Abuse of process obviated

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Coram of Justice Jarat Kumar Jain, Judicial Member and Dr Ashok Kumar Mishra, Technical Member

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Mere legal principles not sufficient in medical negligence cases: SC absolves doctor and hospital of liability for medical negligence

Supreme Court: A Division Bench comprising of Hemant Gupta and A.S. Bopanna, JJ. absolved a doctor and a hospital of liability for

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Whether Section 148-A CPC applies to writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution

by Dormaan Jamshid Dalal*

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Is demand of service tax of reverse charge basis in respect of commission to a foreign entity valid? Tribunal explains

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Raju (Technical Member) partly allowed an appeal which was field against the demand of

Appointments & Transfers News

6 Judicial Members and 7 Accountant Members appointed in Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for appointment of the following persons as Judicial Member and Accountant Member in

Appointments & Transfers News

8 Judicial and 10 Technical Members appointed in National Company Law Tribunal

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for the appointment of the following persons to the posts of Judicial and

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SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 26th ft. Devika Sharma

SCC online Weekly Rewind | Episode 26th with Devika Sharma SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 26th ft. Devika Sharma, Senior Editorial Assistant is

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Decriminalisation of Politics: Does Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 Pass the Muster of Rationality

by Wasim Beg*, Swarnendu Chatterjee**, Garvish Jain*** & Monika Prajapat****

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Mere holding ticket for passenger train will not suffice purpose to declare deceased not a bonafide passenger under S. 2 (29) in a benevolent legislation like Railways Act, 1989; Contrary evidence must

Jharkhand High Court: Kailash Prasad Deo J. allowed the appeal and directed respondent-Railway to pay a sum of Rs 8 Lacs in

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The AGR case — Aggressively Gathering Revenue | Union of India v. Assn. of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India: A case comment

by Kajol A. Punjabi†

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“There is a disturbing tendency of courts setting aside arbitral awards …”: SC upholds arbitration award of Rs 2728 crore plus interest in favour of Delhi Airport Metro Express (P) Ltd.

Supreme Court: A Division Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ. upheld the arbitral award of Rs 2782.33

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT | Intention of Legislature, deliberation of the Adjudicating Authority | Only permits Suspended Management of the CD to submit viable RP-Affirms

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The Coram of Justice Jarat Kumar Jain, Judicial Member and Ashok Kumar Mishra, Technical Member, dismissed

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Discounts offered by car manufacturers to their dealers for onward transmission to corporate customers taxable? Tribunal explains

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of CJ Mathew (Technical Member) and Ajay Sharma (Judicial Member), allowed an