Month: March 2021

’21 Week 12 (19/03 – 26/03)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date March 29, 2021
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This week saw major developments in the legal arena with the Supreme Court of India deciding on multiple important cases such as the Tata Sons case and the Parliament passing the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Bill. We shall be travelling from India to New Zealand, Turkey and the United States to view various developments in policy, arbitration and intellectual property. Happy Reading!

Tags $ 1.4 billion, Amendment, Appeal, Arbitration Award, CA Sundaram, Cairn, Capitol Attack, CJI, Communal disharmony, Companies Act, Cyrus Mistry, Delhi, Digital Rights Management, Donald Trump, Federal Indictment, Femicide, Grand Jury, Hague, Harish Salve, Hate speech, India, Indian Penal Code, Justice Bopanna, Justice Ramasubramanian, Legislation, legislative history, Lieutenant Governor, Lok Sabha, Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, Mandal Judgement, Maratha reservations case, Meghalaya, mens rea, Miscarriage, mismanagement, National Capital Territory, New Zealand, Paid Leave, Proud Boys, Rajya Sabha, Ratan Tata, Reservations, Section 153A, Shapoorji Pallonji, Sick Leave, Small Scale Industrial Manufacturers Association (Regd) v. Union of India, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of India, Tata & Sons, Taxation, UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty, winding up

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’21 Week 11 (13/03 – 18/03)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date March 22, 2021
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Greetings! This week has witnessed several developments in criminal law, public law and arbitration. We travel to Delhi, Portugal and Japan to revisit the pro-life versus pro-choice debate, death penalty jurisprudence, LGBTQ+ rights and and much more! Happy reading!

Tags abortion, Amazon, Anti Fake- News, Arbitration, Batla House encounter, Burqa ban, Capital Punishment, Civil Settlement, Constitutionality, Death Penalty, Default Bail, Delhi District Court, Delhi HC, Derek Chauvin, Emergency Arbitrator, Emergency Award, Equality of Marriage, Euthanasia, Fundamental Right, Future Retail, George Floyd, Human Rights Protection, ICCPR, Judicial Stereotyping, life imprisonment, Malaysia, Malaysia Emergency Ordinance, Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, Minneapolis, Minority Rights, MP HC, Muslim Rights, Police, Police Brutality, Portugal, Presidente Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Principle of Parity, Racial Discrimination, Rajya Sabha, Reliance, reproductive autonomy, right to life, Royal Insult Law, Saket, SC, Sec. 167 CrPC, Sedition, Sexual Offences, SIAC, Sri Lanka, State, Thai Criminal Code, Thailand, UAPA

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’21 Week 10 (06/03 – 12/03)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date March 14, 2021
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The past week has been fraught with judgements from various High Courts, the Supreme Court, the European Court of Justice and more. The subject of these judgements range from the Arbitration and Conciliation Act to the air pollution limits in the European Union. Apart from these, the updates also cover policy developments in countries like Spain, Germany and Switzerland. Hope you enjoy reading the updates and curated list of suggested readings!

Tags Air pollution, amici, Appointment of Arbitrator, Arbitration, Arbitration and Conciliation, banks, Brexit, Britain, BSNL, Burka, co-operative societies, Committee, Congress of Deputies, contractual dispute, Corporate due- diligence, corporate insolvency resolution process, Draft Legislation, Environment, European Court of Justice, European Union, Face coverings, Freedom of Expression, German Cabinet, Ghana, Ghana Supreme Court, Hijab, Human Rights, IBC, Insolvency, interpretation of statutes, Justice R C Chavan, K Krishna Murthy v. Union of India, LGBTQ Rights, Limitation Act, local bodies, Madras High Court, Maharashtra, Minority Rights, Muslim community, Negotiable Instruments Act, Notice of Arbitration, OBCs, object and purpose, power purchase agreement, President Akudo- Addo, Presidential Election, Quality of Environment, RBI, reading down, referendum, Religious freedom, REPCO, report, Reservations, SARFAESI, Section 138, secured creditors, Spain, suo motu petition, Supply Chain Act, Supreme Court, Switzerland, Transgender Rights, United Kingdom

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’21 Week 9 (26/02-03/03)

This week saw major developments in the legal arena with the Supreme Court of India allowing High Courts to quash FIRs using the writ jurisdiction and the Westminster Magistrate Court allowing the extradition of Nirav Modi to India and much more. Happy Reading!