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Jhar HC | Parameters of warrant of arrest and S. 82 CrPC have not been complied as time and place has not been indicated

Jharkhand High Court:  Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned orders. The present petition has been filed for

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[Police Encounter] P&H HC | Dead body kept at home for 9 days due to rejection by family to cremate; HC directs second post-mortem in gangster Jai Pal Bhullar’s alleged police encounter after SC’s intervention

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Avneesh Jhingan, J., ordered to expeditiously conduct second post-mortem of infamous gangster Jai Pal Singh Bhullar, who

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[Mismanagement and Wastage of Medicines in Government Hospitals] Cal HC | Taxpayers money cannot be wasted; Court directs State to produce records of medicines, maintain system through IT

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Rajesh Bindal, ACJ. and Arijit Banerjee, J., suo moto took up a matter in larger

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CCI | Did Google leverage dominance in Play Store? Director General to conduct investigation in complaint by smart phone/smart TV users

Competition Commission of India (CCI): Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) ordered an investigation

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SEBI | Kingfisher’s chopped wings and shrinked wingspan | United Breweries Acquisition | Heineken exempted from the obligation under Takeover Regulations with exceptions

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member, exempted Heineken International B.V from the obligation to make an

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Is S. 13 of RERA Act a mandatory requirement? Can promoter demand cost of plot more than 10% before registering sale agreement? | Raj RERA decides

Rajasthan Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Jaipur: Coram of Nihal Chand Goel (Chairman) and Shailendra Agarwal, Salvinder Singh Sohata (Members) decides the matter

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Ramping up production of Covid-19 vaccine and its interplay with patent law

by Akber Ahmad† and Maria Fatima††

              

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Treatment of Statutory Dues/Claims after Approval of Resolution Plan  Ghanashyam Mishra and Sons (P) Ltd. v. Edelweiss : A case comment

by Dinesh Babu Eedi* and Manasa Tantravahi***

Case BriefsForeign Courts

[Clinical Negligence] | What is the scope of medical practitioner’s duty of care? Is he liable for “coincidental injury” not within scope of his duty?

UPDATE: Appeal preferred by the respondent against this decision before the UKSC has been unanimously dismissed.[Khan v. X, [2021] UKSC 21, decided

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Raising the bar to challenge illegal appointments Pooran Chand v. King George Medical University: A case comment

by T.P.S. Harsha*

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SAT | SEBI exonerated preferential allottees, exit providers and LTP contributors from manipulation | SAT terms it ‘cryptic’

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): A Bench of Justice Tarun Agarwala SEBI(Presiding Officer) and M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member) allowed a few appeals and

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Can insurance company repudiate claim if insured suppresses fact of suffering from ailment while taking policy? Telangana State Consumer Forum answers

State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Telangana: Justice MSK Jaiswal (President) and Meena Ramanathan (Member) upheld the District Commission’s Order observing the consequence

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[Bengal Post Poll Violence] Cal HC | State from very beginning had been denying everything, the way State was proceeding in matter, did not inspire confidence; NHRC constitutes committee to examine complaints

Calcutta High Court: Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, C.J.(A), I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, Subrata Talukdar, JJ., on 18-06-2021 heard a

Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court [Read Order]

Appointment of Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court President appoints Shri Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, senior-most Judge of the Allahabad High

Case BriefsForeign Courts

Whether Nestlé and Cargill will be liable for child slavery? SCOTUS decides in 8-1 majority ruling

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): In 8-1 majority, Thomas, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion

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Pat HC | “Health Department is severely deficient in terms of manpower”; HC directs State to be flexible regarding maximum age limit of 37 years in appointing doctors

Patna High Court: Ashutosh Kumar, J., directed the Bihar government to consider representation made by the petitioners for appointment in the State

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[Affidavits] Ori HC | Is the common practice of advocate’s clerk swearing an affidavit permissible in law? Is there an exception, if yes, upto what extent?

Orissa High Court: S. K. Panigrahi, J., dismissed the bail application being found defective as the affidavit was sworn by the advocate’s

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P&H HC | Inaction to legitimately end matrimonial alliance from wife before entering into live-in-relationship is incongruous

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J., held that inaction to legitimately end matrimonial alliance from wife while seeking protection for

Alternate Dispute ResolutionCase BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Can sole arbitrator’s appointment be disputed if he was consultant/advisor to one of the parties to dispute? Court examines

Delhi High Court: J.R. Midha, J., in view of serious doubts on the independence of sole arbitrator as named in the arbitration

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Can promoter/builder sell covered car parking by charging certain amount? Whether open parking has to be handed to society or can be sold in open market? MahaRERA decides

Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Mumbai: Coram of Dr Vijay Satbir Singh (Member I), while laying out certain significant observations with respect