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[Medical Negligence] Del HC | Person performing surgery on pregnant women leading to death of the patient: Court rejects bail for offence under Ss. 315, 304 IPC

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., denied bail to the petitioner who is accused of commission of offence under Section 315 (act

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Bom HC | Does NI Act authorises a complainant to fill an incomplete cheque? Court discusses while reversing acquittal of accused under S. 138 NI Act

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., reversed the acquittal of the respondent-accused holding him guilty of having committed an offence under Section 138

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Chh HC | In a case where question of recovery of loan amount is based on the deed of ‘ikrarnama’ where does the burden of proof lie regarding its authenticity; HC decides

Chattisgarh High Court: Sanjay S. Agarwal J., dismissed the appeal being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such that

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Ker HC | It is in the interest of citizenry that elections to local body are conducted in a free and fair manner and well-meaning candidates get elected to the local bodies; necessary directions issued

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V J., while allowing the present petition, discussed the importance of free and fair elections and further

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MP HC | Custody of the child with the mother can not be said to be illegal confinement; Court dismisses petition

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A.Dharmadhikari J., dismissed a writ petition which was filed invoking the jurisdiction of the Court under Article 226

Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

2020 SCC Vol. 7 Part 4

Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 — Ss. 3, 4, 5 and 7 — Claim of maintenance by divorced

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AP HC | “Real respect and honour is to render speedy justice to senior citizens”: HC says early disposal of cases concerning senior citizens should be prioritised

Andhra Pradesh High Court: Battu Devanand, J., observed that: It is the duty of the Courts to see that the senior citizens

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Bom HC | If the wife is earning something for livelihood, can the same be a ground to refuse alimony under S. 24 of Hindu Marriage Act? Read Court’s ruling reiterating SC’s decision

Bombay High Court: Mangesh S. Patil, J., in the present application directed the husband to pay an amount of Rs 10,000 towards alimony

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Compliance Checklist for Preparing Minutes of Board Meeting Conducted through Videoconferencing 

Gaurav N Pingle, Practising Company Secretary, Pune

Cite as: (2020) PL (CSP) December 61

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Metamorphosis of FDI Regime in India: FERA to FEMA

Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner, Corp Comm Legal and Namrata Singhal, Third year BBA LLB student, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

Cite as: (2020) PL (CL) December 69

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[MV Act] Chh HC | Whether ‘gratuitous passenger’ is covered for compensation under ‘Liability Only Policy’ by insurance company? Ambit of “Legal representatives’ discussed

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P. R. Ramchandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ., allowed the appeal and modified the

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Bom HC | Can real estate developers rely on ‘force majeure’ clause to deny possession to homebuyers? Court explains

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., held that a real estate developer cannot rely on usual ‘force majeure’ clause to deny possession to

Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

IFSCA notifies International Financial Services Centres Authority (Bullion Exchange) Regulations, 2020

In the Union Budget 2020, Union Minister of Finance Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman had made an announcement for setting up an International

Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Handicraft and GI Toys exempted from Quality Control Order

Taking steps towards the Prime Minister’s vision of making India a global manufacturing hub for sale & exports of toys, Department for

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HP HC | [Or. 1 R. 10 CPC] Due to subsequent events, proforma defendant had started sailing in the plaintiff’s boat and had acquired interests common to the plaintiff; Transposition of parties upheld

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J., while rejecting the present petition, upheld the decision of the trial court as the

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Bom HC | State Govt. declares ATMA, XAT, MAT, GMAT entrance tests not to be valid eligibility for MBA/MMS courses, instead only MS-CET, CMAT and CET to be valid: Read HC’s decision on Government Circular

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and G.S. Kulkarni, J., observed that “…any action on the part of the

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Chh HC | Merely proving the signature of the attesting witness would not amount to the due compliance of S. 69 of the Evidence Act; S.90 of Evidence Act not to apply on wills

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal J., dismissed the second appeal being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such

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NCLAT | If an applicant finds the finding of a Judgment to be erroneous, can he be permitted to seek rehearing of appeal under R. 11 of NCLAT Rules, 2016? Tribunal considers

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT): The Division Bench of Justice Bansi Lal Bhat (Acting Chairperson) and Shreesha Merla (Technical Member), while addressing the

Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2020 issued for Public Consultation

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has circulated a draft of Indian Ports Bill 2020 for public consultation which will repeal and