Hearing of Ayodhya Case

Supreme Court orders Uttar Pradesh Government to honour outstanding bills of former AAG, Ranjit Rao

The Supreme Court has coordinated the State of Uttar Pradesh to respect the pending bills of previous Additional Advocate General (AAG) Ranjit Rao, inside a time of two months. The course was given by a set of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha in an interest recorded by Rao against a judgment of the Allahabad […]

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Most believe Gumnami Baba was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: Report

Justice (retired) Vishnu Sahai, who presented his report on the personality of Gumnami Baba, the Faizabad plain who was accepted by many to be Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, to UP Representative Smash Naik on Tuesday, revealed to TOI that a “larger part of witnesses who ousted before the commission said that Gumnami Baba was Netaji.” […]

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Copyright Law in India

Copyright Law in India

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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Data Protection Laws In India

Data Protection Laws In India

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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Article 21 Constitution

‘Hanging by neck’ under Section 354(5) CrPC challenged by lawyer in Supreme Court for violation of Article 21 Constitution

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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Harish Salve internship

Internship Opportunity @ Harish Salve, New Delhi, [Dec 2019] #Highly Recommended

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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Harish Salve internship

India’s Top Lawyers & their formula for success- Part 4 (Harish Salve)

India’s Top Lawyer Harish Salve is our all-time favorite professional. The one that we aspire to be. He is a role model for all professionals on how one can balance professional work with personal life and work hard while enjoying the fruits of that work. Salve also represents the ideal mix between technical perfection and […]

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Hearing of Ayodhya Case

Breaking: In-camera hearing in SC on Committee Report in Prajwala case

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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प्रदुयम्न मर्डर केस

SC directs Gurgaon Bar Association not to hinder Ryan International School murder trial

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

India’s Top Lawyers & their formula for success- Part 3 (Soli Sorabjee)

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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India’s Top Lawyer

India’s Top Lawyers & their formula for success- Part 2 (Fali S. Nariman)

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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Hearing of Ayodhya Case

Can a retweet form the basis of defamation? Delhi HC to answer in Raghav Chadha defamation case

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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