Chennai head and partner of Phoenix Legal Shadaan Mohammed Saipillai and tax litigator Arun Kurian Joseph have together set up local law firm Calibre Legal; Phoenix will shut shop in the city.Calibre...
A man convicted of raping his 15-year-old student who took tuitions from him has been acquitted by the Bombay high court.A rape victim’s evidence stands on a higher pedestal than that of an injured...
The Directors of a company, who receive remuneration, come within the purview of “employee” under sub-section (9) of section 2 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, the Supreme Court has...
The National Company Law Tribunal has no jurisdiction and authority to analyse or evaluate the Committee of Creditors’ (CoC’) commercial decision to enquire into the justness of rejection of the...
A plea seeking framing of guidelines by the government to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video was dismissed by the Delhi HC Friday.The...
Justice N. Seshasayee said that no God expected anyone to torture his or her own body for atonement, while pressing temple authorities to give up self-torturing faith-based practices.A petition...
A Chartered Accountant can be proceeded against for acts of sexual harassment committed by him outside his professional capacity by the Board of Discipline under the Chartered Accountants Act 1949.The...
The appeal challenging special dispensation in the matter of employment given in favour of Kashmiri Pandits living in the Kashmir Valley was turned down by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.Two...
The circulars issued by local self-government authorities of the Kerala government making it mandatory for under age marriages, too, to be registered, have been upheld by the Kerala HC.Writ petitions...
A “no objection certificate” is required from the counsel holding vakalath for a new counsel to appear in the case if the previous counsel hasn’t been discharged, ruled a division bench of the...
Jindal Rail Infrastructure Limited has won INR 18.35 crores plus interest in an arbitration against the Ministry of Railways, Union of India.The sole arbitrator, Hon’ble Justice A.K. Patnaik, Former...
Justice S.A. Bobde of the SC has been nominated as Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) effective March 7, 2019, by President Ram Nath Kovind.The current Executive...
