May 21, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOFUELS, 2018

The Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved National Policy on Biofuels, 2018 (“Policy”) on Wednesday, 16th May 2018. Biofuels allow the use of surplus food grains, sugar beet and starch for production of…

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May 11, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

Salient Features of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 and Glaring Drawbacks

The Kathua rape incident resulted in the much awaited enhancement in severity of punishment for rape of minor girls by way of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018, promulgated on April 21, 2018. The Ordinance amends the following…

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May 11, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment Bill), 2018

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for introduction in the Parliament. The Amendment is intended to facilitate achieving the goal of improving the process of arbitration…

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May 10, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

US SANCTIONS HEAVILY HIT THE INDIA-RUSSIA TRADE AND DEFENCE TIES

The United States of America (US) Government had published the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) (Law) in August 2017 which authorizes the US President to impose sanctions with respect to a person which engages in a significant…

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April 20, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

RECENT INDIA-US INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISPUTES

Of late, India and USA have been having disputes relating to trade barriers that they alleged to have imposed on each other, thereby hampering their trade and commerce business. As per the USA Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),…

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April 20, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

NEW TECH PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND UK

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five day visit to the United Kingdom (UK) to for Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of the UK, Theresa May, in their bilateral meeting, agreed to…

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April 18, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT A LAWYER CANNOT BE OBSTRUCTED TO APPEAR IN SUPPORT OF HIS CLIENT

On Friday, 13th April 2018 the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognizance of a horrendous case of abduction, brutal rape and murder of an eight year old girl child in Rasana Village in District Kathua, Jammu and…

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April 12, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

SALMAN KHAN CONVICTION: AN INSTANCE OF EQUAL TREATMENT IN THE EYES OF LAW

There are always speculations in high profile and celebrity cases that the justice delivery system may be conducted in an unfair and unjust manner and to the prejudice of the common man. Furthermore, it is assumed that the…

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April 7, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

NEW SYSTEM FOR MONITORING FOREIGN INVESTMENT LIMITS IN LISTED INDIAN COMPANIES

As per Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), the onus of compliance with the various foreign investment limits rests on the Indian company. In order to facilitate the listed Indian companies to ensure compliance with the various foreign…

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March 31, 2018 In Blog, Uncategorized

SUPREME COURT RULES ON PROSPECTIVE APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 36 OF THE ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 2015

The Supreme Court has recently passed a judgment in Board of Control for Cricket in India v Kochi Cricket Pvt. Ltd. and etc on 15.03.2018. The Appellant herein had filed Chamber Summons in December 2015 before a Single…

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