The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has received severe criticisms since it failed to address several key questions that arose when Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 was introduced “to make arbitration a more preferred mode of settlement of disputes.” Inception of changes in A & C Act, 1996
The Supreme Court judgment on Friday, 14 December 2018 regarding investigating allegations of government wrongdoing in the Rafale deal has been received with mix reviews. The ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claimed that the top court had acknowledged that the deal is not tainted and there was no corruption
Delhi High Court has ruled that private companies which fall under the purview of government regulators cannot shirk their responsibilities under RTI Act, 2005. The government regulatory authorities have the responsibility to acquire and arrange any such information as requested from such agencies under Section 2(f) of RTI Act, 2005. Facts
Some interesting cases were heard last week by the Supreme Court and here are the highlights of five such cases. Cases involving maintenance to cases of custody issues the Apex Court dealt with quite a lot of social issue cases this last week. Kamala and Others Vs. M.R. Mohan Kumar
The issue of vacancies in the subordinate judiciary has been a major concern since last year with the top court acknowledging the existence of a problem when it entertained a PIL regarding this issue in 2017. After Justice Ranjan Gogoi took over as the new Chief Justice of India he
The statement of an injured person recorded under Section 161 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) can be considered valid for all purposes of the law and is admissible as dying declaration as per the provisions of Section 32 of the Indian Evidence Act (IE Act) according to the recent
A number of petitions have been made to the Supreme Court on the premises of the Court’s verdict on September 28, 2018, in the Sabarimala temple case. The petitioners have all urged the Court to review its decision on the case as they feel the verdict have been unwarranted and
Delhi High Court in its historic judgment on Monday, October 1, 2018 stood by the students and rebuked JNU and UGC for its 2016 Regulations which the Court declared, “without proper application of mind”, and decided the arbitrary rules are causing reductions in intake of number of students in Ph.D.
Supreme Court while reviewing a number of petitions regarding live streaming of court proceedings on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 observed that cases of “constitutional importance” can be live streamed. Justice D Y Chandrachud penned his views in a somewhat curious manner stating, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant” while allowing the
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court in its latest verdict uplifted the ban on women from entering Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Today’s historic judgment was rooted in gender justice as aptly put by Justice Chandrachud, a member of the Bench who stated, “religion cannot be used as cover
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