Tag: Supreme Court

TeLawgram’23 (01/09-15/09)

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Post date September 21, 2023
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Hello! Telawgram is back with a fortnight’s update that takes you through Supreme Court and High Court decisions, privacy laws, gaming laws, constitutional jurisprudence and international trade laws. The readings will give you a wide range of content – from public international law to criminology and more! Happy Reading!

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’22 April Round-Up (Weeks 2-4)

Post author By aneetam
Post date May 4, 2022
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Hello! Telawgram, this month takes you through Supreme Court and High Court decisions, arbitration proceedings, insurance disputes, maritime matters and more. The readings will give you a wide range of content – from private international law to general principles of criminal law and more! Happy Reading!

Tags 2016, adultery, adversarial proceedings, Amendments, Anti-Terrorism Act, Anti-terrorism laws, Apostille Convention, Arbitration, Arms Trade Treaty, Bail, Biden, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Colombia, Community Service, Confinement, Criminal Law, CrPC, cruelty, Culpability of minors, decree-holders, doli incapax, ECHR, Economic Entitites, El Salvador, El-Salvador, exclusive legislation, financial creditors, free-speech, gang-violence, Group of Companies, Hafiz Sayed, HCCH, Human Rights, IBBI, IBC, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Justice Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Lashkar-e-taiba, Lend-Lease Act, maintenance, Mental Health, Nicaragua, Non-Signatories, Office of the High Commissioner, Pakistan, Philippines, Private International Law, Property Law, Republika Sprska, Saplings, Saudi Arabia, Section 125, separatist, Sovereignty, Statelessness, Supreme Court, Territorial Waters, Tripura High Court, Ukraine, United Nations, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, World War II

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’22 Week 2 (17/02 – 24/02)

Post author By aneetam
Post date February 27, 2022
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Hello! This week’s updates include developments in corporate, criminal, constitutional and human rights law among others. We look at decisions and laws to protect the LGBTQ+ community in India and New Zealand, the Tata-Mistry dispute and Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, and much more! Happy Reading!

Tags abortion, Ahmedabad serial blasts, Ahmedabad special court, Colombia, Colombian Constitutional Court, Conversion therapy, convicts, corporate, criminal conspiracy, Cyrus Mistry, Death Penalty, domicile-based reservation, Donbas, Donetsk, employers, Haryana, Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, High Court, Indian Penal Code, International Law, Latin America, Lauterpacht, LGBTQ+ glossary, life imprisonment, local, Luhansk, Madras HC, mismanagement, Murder, National Medical Council, NCLAT, NCLT, oppression, patent illegality, Putin, rarest of rare, Recognition, reservation, Russia, Section 120B, Section 302, Self Defence, Shapoorji Pallonji, SP group, state law, Supreme Court, Tata, Tata Sons, Tata v. Mistry, Transgender policy, Ukraine, UN Charter, unconstitutionality, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

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Transformative Equality: The Supreme Court on Mental Disability and Anti-Discrimination

Post author By aneetam
Post date February 17, 2022
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Arif Mustafa Hussain Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in its ruling in Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal v. Union of India, took the progressive approach of transformative equality in uplifting the position of individuals with a mental disability under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act/RPwD”). The court also […]

Tags Anti-discrimination, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (2016), Supreme Court, Transformative Equality

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’21 Week 14 – 04/04 – 10/04

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date April 11, 2021
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Greetings! This week in TeLawgram, we discuss a wide range of news ranging from the Indian Supreme Court allowing deportation of Rohingyas to Putin’s new constitutional amendment to retain his presidency and much more. Happy Reading!

Tags 2036, Amendment, Application Programming Interfaces, Arbitration, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Base Resolution Plan, Black Sea, Bombay High Court, Central Government, China, Constitution, Copied Code, Copyright Infringement, Corporate Debtor, COVID- 19, Creditors, CrPC, Europe, Fair Use, Federal Court, Google, Gurudev Singh v. Punjab, Heroin, Insolvency Bankruptcy Code, International Organization Immunities Act, Justice B R Gavai, Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice MR Shah, Justice Rohinton Nariman, Military Coup, Montreux Convention, MSMEs, NDPS, novation, Omar al- Bashir, Oracle, POCSO, Poverty, Pre packaged Insolvency, Presidency, prima facie review, Russia, Section 11 petitions, Supreme Court, Turkey, USA, Victim Participation, Vidya Drolia, Vladimir Putin, War against Drugs, WHO

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’21 Week 13 (27/03 – 03/04)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date April 4, 2021
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This week saw several developments in the field of Insolvency, arbitration, criminal law and matters affecting the international legal landscape. Updates from International law include China’s sanctions on the US for condemnation of Uyghar Muslims, and a French Court’s decision to fine a pharmaceutical giant in a multi-decade drug scandal. In India, the Supreme Court provided instrumental updates on matters arbitrable in insolvency disputes, the POSCO Act and much more. Happy Reading!

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’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 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!

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’21 Week 8 (19/02 – 25/02)

Greetings! This week has seen significant developments in the legal arena with the notification of the latest OTT regulations in India to the enactment of the New Media Law in Australia.
Happy Reading!