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Vicarious Liability of Directors of Company for offences committed under S. 138 NI Act: Person claiming to not being able to manage business due to his age, could this be accepted as defence? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., addressed a matter pertaining to vicarious liability of directors of the company alleged for offences under

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

If granting exclusion of time would help Corporate Debtor from liquidation, should NCLAT allow such exclusion? Here’s what NCLAT says

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (NCLAT): The Coram of Justice M. Venugopal (Judicial Member) and Dr Ashok Kumar Mishra (Technical

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

If a case was filed under IBC, can penalty be imposed under Companies Act? NCLAT addresses

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (NCLAT): The Coram of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Dr Alok Srivastava (Technical Member) held

Case Briefs High Courts

Notice to a dead person under S. 148 of Income Tax Act cannot be issued: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of K.R. Shriram and N.J. Jamdar, JJ., reiterated that notice under Section 148 of the Income

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Multi-Tier Dispute Resolution Clause

by Ashish Kumar†

Case Briefs High Courts

Can judicial separation be granted instead of divorce for which party has approached the Court? Read what Del HC says

Delhi High Court: Expressing that the Family Court’s decision was based on optimism and hope rather than the actual factual matrix of

Case Briefs High Courts

“Notaries operating from public taxis around vicinity of Court”: Dignity of the profession needs to be maintained and the legal profession cannot be allowed to function from the streets | Bom HC

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.J. Kathawalla and Milind N. Jadhav, JJ., requested the Department of Legal Affairs to give

District Court Foreign Courts High Court Round Up High Courts Legal RoundUp

11 Legal Stories of the Week: From Hijab ban to a Sexual Harassment complaint from an employee in ScoopWhoop & more

Let’s have a look at the most interesting legal stories reported this week on the SCC Online Blog from High Courts, Foreign

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Whether prohibition of ‘purdah’ is an infringement of constitutional right? What the Supreme Court of Kuala Lumpur (Federal Court of Malaysia) decided

Another one to read, from the Foreign Court, now 6 days have passed in a very interesting matter wherein a question arose

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India Spawns the Pre-Packaged Insolvency for MSMEs in Motion— The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2021

by Swarnendu Chatterjee*and G. Vidya Kamath**

Case Briefs

Expression of a victim’s trauma or experience is his/her fundamental right which can only be curtained if it falls under 4 broad categories: Read on to know categories | Alleged sexual harassment case of a ScoopWhoop employee

Patiala House Courts: Preeti Parewa, SCJ/CCJ/ARC, NDD, while addressing the alleged case of sexual harassment against the CEO of ScoopWhoop, wherein it

Case Briefs High Courts

Husband killed wife brutally in a heat of passion leaving husband with a wounded pride: Bom HC decides whether the said offence will come under “Murder” or “Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder”

Bombay High Court: Stating that, in the moment of anger spouses almost forgot about the two children who were hardly three years

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Did You Know? What Bombay High Court held when a Muslim girl raised the issue that asking her not to wear a “headscarf” in school violates her fundamental right under Article 25 of the Constitution of India?

In continuation to analyse a few cases wherein the issue of “headscarf” was touched upon by the Courts, today let’s see what

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2022 SCC Vol. 1 Part 1

In 2022 SCC Volume 1 Part 1, read a very significant decision of Supreme Court wherein it made a very pertinent observation

Case Briefs High Courts

Uphaar Case | Manner in which judicial records tampered revealed well-planned & methodical attempt to subvert justice system: Suspending sentence of Ansal brothers would amount eroding faith of public? Read Del HC’s decision

Delhi High Court: Stating that the manner in which Court records tampered was insidious and revealed a well-planned and methodical attempt to

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6 Advocates of Madras High Court to be elevated as Judges: Supreme Court Collegium approves proposal

Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the elevation of the following Advocates as Judges in the Madras High Court: 1.

Case Briefs High Courts

Does Lokayukta have power to pass directions upon disciplinary authority to take action against erring officials? Jharkhand HC elaborates in light of Jharkhand Lokayukta Act, 2001

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., addresses a very pertinent question of whether the Jharkhand Lokayukta Act, 2001 provides power for

Appointments & Transfers News

SC Collegium approves elevation of 9 Advocates as Judges in Bombay High Court

Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of the following Advocates as Judges in the Bombay High Court: 1. Shri

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Proposal for appointment of Additional Judge, Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh of Manipur HC as Permanent Judge, approved: SC Collegium

Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh, Additional Judge of the Manipur High Court

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC rejects argument that a dispute cannot be referred for arbitration on account of fraud: Read why

Bombay High Court: B.P. Colabawalla, J., addressed an arbitration application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Instant