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Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act, 2005 THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Act, 2005 1. Short title, extent, and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force […]
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Ram Jethmalani: Ram Jethmalani is the quintessential lawyer. Loud, irascible, never afraid of a fight, given to seeking publicity, he fits the text book definition of a lawyer as seen in Hindi films. In fact, the memorable role of the scheming lawyer Indrajit Chaddha brilliantly played by Amrish Puri in the film Damini is supposedly […]
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In light of the ensuing controversy surrounding the conduct of the 2017 Haryana Judicial Services Preliminary Examination, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has annulled the same. A three-judge Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal, Rajan Gupta and GS Sandhawalia was hearing the petition filed by one Sunita, which alleges that the issue is not limited to mere leakage of the […]
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INTRODUCTION The origin of the law of Contempt in India can be traced from the English law. In England Superior Courts of record have formed early times, exercised the power to commit for contempt persons who scandalized the Court or the Judges. The right of the Indian High Courts to punish for contempt was in […]
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Everything you do as a lawyer, and everything your stuff does for you and your clients, go on to shape your brand. It goes without saying that doing things well is key to building a brand. However, it is important to understand just doing your job well doesn’t build a brand. A strong brand in […]
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It seems you cannot be kept away from the news. You are hitting the headlines almost every day. I speak my mind on issues that matter. Since so few speak the truth, I get more space than others do. How can I stop answering questions? As long as you are in public life, you cannot […]
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Haryana, Punjab, Himachal, Kerala and Chandigarh are the five where the courts have managed to dispose of almost all cases pending for a decade or more Delhi, Assam, MP, Andhra and Karnataka are not too far behind and have brought down pendency of 10-yr-old cases to almost 1% of total pending cases For the first […]
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SPECIAL MENTION- Yes the maverick himself, we know you must have heard about various interesting cases that he has fought and many controversies he has been into. But did you know when Ram Jethmalani got his Law degree he was just 17 years of age and was not allowed to practice Law according to the […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings pending before a trial Court at Dehradun against filmmaker Rakesh Roshan in a case pertaining to copyright issues involved in his movie Krrish 3. The matter came up for hearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chadrachud. Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, along with advocate Ravi Sharma and Dua Associates appeared on the […]
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The Delhi High Court will continue to hear the petitions filed by various parties to get marital rape declared as an offence after Advocate Gaurav Agrawal informed the court today, that the issues before the Supreme Court and the High Court did not overlap with each other. The court also requested Senior Advocate Raju Ramchandran to assist the Court […]
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Labour law was one of the subjects that really intrigued me when I was in law school. There so many new issues around labour and employment law, but why do they teach us a bunch of mostly irrelevant and extremely outdated things in name of labour law in law school? Sure, we need to know […]
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1993 Mumbai blasts- A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court in Mumbai has sentenced Abu Salem to life imprisonment in connection with the 1993 blasts that rocked the city, according to various news reports. Another accused, Karimullah Khan, has also been handed a life sentence, while two others – Tahir Merchant and Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan – have been awarded the death […]
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