The real purpose of the Registration Act, 1908 (the Act) is to provide a method of public registration of documents so as to give information to people regarding legal rights and obligations arising or affecting a particular property,…
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The Supreme Court held on Wednesday, 11th October, 2017 that sex with one’s minor wife will amount to rape. A Bench comprising of Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta watered down an exception to Section 375 of…
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Recently, there has been a huge uproar against the mandate of the Government of India for every person to link his/her Aadhaar Card to various services of the banks, mobile service providers, Income Tax Department, etc and to…
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The Supreme Court, in the case of Arjun Gopal v. Union of India, has issued an order dated 09.10.2017 (Order) to ban the sale of fireworks (including fire crackers) in the territory of Delhi-NCR till 01.11.2017 in order…
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A Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) is a separate entity that can be created by members of a family, wherein the members are lineal ascendants or descendants. Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs can open HUFs. A single person…
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Supreme Court on 30th August 2017 in the matter of Bijoy Sinha Roy, by Legal Representative vs. Biwasnath Das and the Bench comprising of Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit, heard an Appeal challenging an order passed…
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In a landmark judgment of Rajinder Singh versus State of Punjab, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that demand for money even after three years into marriage can come under the ambit of the Dowry Prohibition…
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Recently, the National Company Law Tribunal had admitted the application of the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) to initiate insolvency proceedings against the developers, Jaypee Infratech Ltd for default on repayment of loans. As a result, a number of…
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The corporate insolvency resolution provisions (CIRP) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 came into force on December 1, 2016. The Supreme Court has passed a detailed judgment when in the matter of M/s Innoventive Industries Ltd. vs….
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The corporate insolvency resolution provisions (CIRP) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 came into force on December 1, 2016. The Supreme Court has passed a detailed judgment on 31st August 2017 in the matter of M/s Innoventive…
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