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Special Mention- You might not have heard much about Shahid Azmi until in 2013 a Bollywood movie on his life- “Shahid” was released. For the movie the actor, Rajkumar Rao even got a National Award for the Best Actor. The Lawyer’s life story is so much inspiring as he did most of his studies while […]
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INTRODUCTION Copyright Law in India- The Copyright Act, 1957 came into effect from January 1958. This Act has been amended five times since then, i.e., in 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2012. The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 is the most substantial. The main reasons for amendments to the Copyright Act, 1957 include to bring […]
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INTRODUCTION Data Protection Laws In India- The term ’Data’ is often used in synonymous with the terms ‘information’. Data is nothing but systematic collection of information and storage of the same over a period of time on a particular branch of knowledge or in respect of a particular field of activity such as date on […]
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The Jaipur Bench of the High Court of Rajasthan yesterday passed interim directions to address the concerns raised by GST taxpayers in the State owing to technical glitches in the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) website. The order was passed by a division bench comprising of Justices KS Jhaveri and Vijay Kumar Vyas. The order was passed […]
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A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the vires of Section 354(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides for the method of execution of death sentence in India – hanging by neck till the convict is dead. The petition, which has been filed by advocate Rishi Malhotra, has relied extensively […]
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Name of the Firm Harish Salve a Senior Counsel, Supreme Court and former Solicitor General of India- He is best known for turning the judgment in the Vodafone case regarding double taxation and learning under Mr. Palkhiwala, the tax law moghul. Clients of Sr. Counsel Harish Salve: i) Mukesh Ambani- Reliance Industries Ltd. ii) Anil […]
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In this article, we focus on the provision of Article 35A of the Indian Constitution and discusses how Article 35A is making Fundamental Right a myth in the State of Jammu & Kashmir. “If I may say so, if things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a […]
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In a major development in the Prajwala case relating to circulation of videos of sexual assault and child pornography on the internet, the Supreme Court today agreed to hold an in-camera hearing on the Committee report. A Bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit acceded to the request by Whatsapp, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other search engines […]
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The Supreme Court today directed the Bar Association of Gurgaon and its members not to cause any hindrance to the trial in the Ryan International School murder trial/ case. The Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud was hearing a transfer petition filed by Francis Thomas, regional head of Ryan International School. The petition filed […]
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India’s Top Lawyers (Soli Sorabjee) is popularly known as “the Brahmin without a sacred thread”. In a city where your success is measured by the size of your car and where even juniors flaunt their BMWs and Jaguars, Soli Sorabjee stands out like a sore thumb with his beaten down Maruti Esteem. Worse, Soli Sorabjee […]
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Fali S. Nariman, the other grand old man of Indian law, is the anti-thesis of Ram Jethmalani. Fali is known to be quick tempered and very impatient with his juniors and the instructing attorneys. A conference with him will leave you feeling breathless and helpless. Nariman will shoot ten questions at you at the same […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi High Court to decide the key issue in the Raghav Chadha defamation case by September 25. The Court has also asked the parties to appear before the High Court on Monday. The matter was listed for hearing before the bench Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud. Senior Advocate Anand Grover represented […]
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