Top Law News Competition (Amendment) Bill 2023: Overview and Key Changes April 4, 2023 / April 4, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment INTRODUCTION On 3rd April, the Indian Parliament approved the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2023 which proposes significant changes to India’s competition law regime, seeking to introduce substantive, procedural and institutional changes to the Competition Act, 2002. The Bill will enable the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to tackle today’s competition issues. Important changes in merger control […] Read more »
Top Law News Competition (Amendment) Bill 2023: Merger Control April 4, 2023 / April 4, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023, passed by the Indian Parliament on 3 April 2023, is set to introduce a number of key changes to streamline the Competition Commission of India’s merger review process. These key changes include introduction of deal value thresholds, codification of the standard of ‘control’, shortened review timelines for the CCI, and […] Read more »
Top Law News Rahul Gandhi convicted, sentenced to 2 years jail imprisonment in Modi surname defamation case March 23, 2023 / March 23, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a recent development, a Surat Court, Gujarat has convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case for his controversial statement linking the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with fugitives like Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi. Gandhi’s remark “all thieves have Modi surname” was deemed defamatory and he was sentenced to two years in […] Read more » Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi convicted Rahul Gandhi sentenced 2 Years Jail
Top Law News Justice Sonia Gokani takes oath as first female Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court February 17, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Sonia Giridhar Gokani, the senior-most judge of the Gujarat High Court, on Thursday was sworn-in as first female Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court. However, the first woman judge to helm affairs at the Gujarat High Court in 63 years of its existence would have a short tenure of nine days as she is due to […] Read more » Justice Sonia Gokani
Top Law News CJI DY Chandrachud emphasises need for providing same arbitration space to everyone February 17, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that for moving away from the tag of being called an old boys’ club, the arbitration space must provide same opportunity to everyone men or women. It was said by the Chief Justice while he was delivering a keynote address at the inaugural session of the Delhi Arbitration Weekend which was […] Read more » CJI DY Chandrachud
Top Law News Supreme Court to examine if Senior Advocates designation process should be visited again February 17, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court in Thursday while hearing pleas seeking designation of Senior Advocates in the Supreme Court and High Courts without delay,said that it will consider if its 2017 judgment in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India-needs to be reviewed. As per the 2017 judgment a framework was introduced for the designation of Senior Advocates in High Courts. The […] Read more » Senior Advocates designation process should be visited again
Top Law News Gauhati High Court directs respondents to appoint petitioner as Constable (GD) under general category February 17, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gauhati High Court has directed the respondents to appoint a petitioner belonging to the OBC category as Constable (GD) under general category, since he had secured more marks than the last selected general category candidate. The Bench observed that as per the law of reservation, if a reserved category candidate secured more marks in […] Read more » Gauhati High Court respondents to appoint petitioner as Constable (GD) under general category
Top Law News Hindenburg effect: Supreme Court to hear plea seeking probe against Adani Group on February 17 February 17, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will take up on February 17 the petition seeking investigation against the Adani Group over charges of share inflation by way of manipulations and malpractices, as alleged in a report published by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research. The matter was mentioned on Wednesday before the Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud […] Read more » Hindenburg effect
Top Law News SC to consider rehabilitation in Sarai Kale Khan night shelter demolition case February 15, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will consider the issue of rehabilitation of people after taking note that the night shelters at Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi have been demolished under the orders of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). By the time the matter was taken up by the bench, comprising Justice […] Read more » Sarai Kale Khan night shelter demolition case
Top Law News Supreme Court to hear plea seeking menstrual leaves on February 24 February 15, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea for framing a menstrual leaves rule for female students and working women across the country on February 24. Urging the top court to direct state governments to establish regulations for menstrual pain leaves, the plea sought effective implementation of Section 14 of the Maternity Benefit […] Read more » Supreme Court to hear plea seeking menstrual leaves on February 24
Top Law News Ahmednagar court junks plea that YRF needed a censor certificate to show song teaser February 15, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahmednagar court junks plea that YRF needed a censor certificate to show song teaser The court concluded that the plaintiff had failed to prima facie prove his case. ‘No loss will be caused to the plaintiff if the application is rejected,’ the judge said. The court said there was no case made out for the […] Read more » YRF needed a censor certificate to show song teaser
Top Law News Mumbai court warns prison Superintendent, guard for stripping inmate while searching February 15, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court in Mumbai has issued a warning to the Superintendent of Arthur Road Jail and a prison guard and directed them not to misbehave with an undertrial prisoner (UTP). The accused, Danish Ali, had alleged that the guard had misbehaved with him, abused him and made him strip naked in the presence of […] Read more » guard for stripping inmate while searching Mumbai court warns prison Superintendent
