Liability of Guarantor for Cheque Dishonour: Can lender enforce his right against either principal borrower or his guarantor? Dwarka Courts answers
Dwarka Courts, Delhi: Rahul Jain, Metropolitan Magistrate, while addressing a matter regarding dishonour of cheque, held that mere assertion of non-receipt of
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9th Jamia National Moot Court Competition, 2022 [June 3-5, 2022]: Register by May 15
Moot Court Association, Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia is organizing its 9th Jamia National Moot Court Competition, 2022 via virtual mode
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Can an order of interim compensation under S. 143-A NI Act, be enforced as ‘public demand’ under Bihar & Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914? Pat HC explains
Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ and S. Kumar J., held that an order of payment of interim
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Law on S. 146 NI Act | Bank’s slip denoting cheque has been dishonoured: A prima facie evidence? Explained by Tis Hazari Courts
Tis Hazari Courts, New Delhi: While addressing a decision revolving around Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Sanjay Sharma-II, Additional Sessions
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Explainer | Would striking down ‘Marital Rape Exception’ create a New Offence?
In the Split verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Exception (MRE), the Division Bench of Delhi High Court pronounced a 393-Pages Judgment,
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Income–tax (Fifteenth Amendment) Rules, 2022
The Central Board of Direct Taxes notified Income–tax (Fifteenth Amendment) Rules, 2022 to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962. Key points: Rule 114BA
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Work From Home under Maternity Benefit Act can be availed only if nature of work assigned to women is possible for them to work from home: Kar HC
Karnataka High Court: Noting that the nature of work assigned to a woman cannot be carried from home, R Devdas, J., held
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Injuries found on person of deceased who was more than 6 months pregnant, but MM ignored postmortem report: Will onus be on husband to offer an explanation under S. 104 Evidence Act? Read to know
Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., while setting aside the conclusion of the Metropolitan Magistrate and upholding the intervention by Sessions Court
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Maternity Benefits | Do employers have a responsibility to ensure that delivering and raising a child, shall not be detrimental to female officer’s career? Ker HC explains
Kerala High Court: Addressing a matter wherein maternity benefits were not being allowed to female officers, Raja Vijayaraghavan V, JJ., expressed that
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Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist? Does MRE provides impunity to offender? One says ‘Yes’, other says ‘No’ [DETAILED REPORT]
Delhi High Court: In a split verdict the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and C. Hari Shankar, JJ., laid down their opinion
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Infringement of Starbucks trademark FRAPPUCCINO | Del HC awards Rs 2 lakh in damages and 9 lakh costs
Delhi High Court: In a matter wherein Starbucks trademark ‘frappuccino’ was being infringed, Jyoti Singh, J., while observing that, FRAPPUCCINO trademarks have
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2022 SCC Vol. 3 Part 5
Read four articles and nine significant decisions of Supreme Court in Part 5 of 2022 SCC Volume 3. Appointment of Arbitrators: In
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Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Decision: One strikes down the exception, one upholds [Report to be updated]
In the batch of petitions filed asking for striking down marital rape to be an exception under the Penal Code, 1860, Delhi
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Marital Rape will be criminalised or not? Judgment to be pronounced | Stay tuned to know the verdict
Delhi High Court will be soon pronouncing its ruling with respect to a batch of petitions filed asking for striking down marital
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Dying declaration is by itself sufficient to convict an accused of accusation levelled against him provided dying declaration is found to be voluntary, truthful and hence, could inspire confidence of Court: Bom HC
Bombay High Court: While addressing a matter with regard to a husband setting ablaze his wife, the Division Bench of Sadhana S.
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Can territorial jurisdiction of NCLT be decided on basis of a Facility Agreement between parties? NCLAT answers
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (NCLAT): The Coram of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Shreesha Merla (Technical Member) held that,
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Family Settlements – Legitimising Traditions over Time
by Asim Choudhury†, Sameer Sah†† and Paridhi Rasiwasia†††
Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 42
SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Board has notified SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 to further amend the SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes)
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