On 17th December, 2019, the Supreme Court Bench consisting of Justices Uday Umesh Lalit and Indu Malhotra in the matter of Maharaja Agrasen Hospital vs. Master Rishabh Sharma has held that a hospital is vicariously liable for the…
READ MOREThe Ministry of Finance has recently held the 7th Pre-Budget Consultations from 16-12-2019 to 20-12-2019, with various stakeholder groups from digital economy, fintech, start-ups, agriculture, industry, services, trade groups, infrastructure, energy and climate change sectors, industrialists, trade union…
READ MOREThe Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has recently passed an Order dated 12-12-2019, thereby dismissing the Petitions seeking review of the Supreme Court Judgment dated 09-11-2019, which awarded the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site for construction of a temple…
READ MOREThe Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Amendment Act) has been recently passed by both Houses of Parliament and has also received Presidential assent on 12-12-2019. It aims at granting Indian Citizenship to persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain,…
READ MOREGenerally, an ordinary FIR is filed, recorded and numbered in a police station within whose jurisdiction an incident takes place. Whereas, in the case of a Zero First Information Report (FIR), an FIR is only filed (and not…
READ MOREIn a recent case of P. Gopalkrishnan v/s State of Kerela & Anr, the Supreme Court has passed a Judgment dated on 2nd December, 2019, wherein,the central issue was whether the Accused was entitled to the copy of…
READ MOREThe Supreme Court has in a recent of The State of Telangana vs Sri Managipet dated 6th December, 2019 held that a preliminary inquiry before registration of a First Information Report (FIR) is not required to be mandatorily…
READ MORERecently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (Ministry) has invited tenders from airline operators for unserved and underserved airports in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Ladakh and North-Eastern states in India under the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) Scheme…
READ MOREThe Supreme Court of India has in a recent case of Union of India vs. Ramesh Bishnoi 29-11-2019 held that, “The thrust of the legislation, i.e. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 as well…
READ MOREThe Supreme Court of India has in a recent case of Hindustan Construction Company Limited and Anr. vs Union of India and others dated 27-11-2019 struck down the constitutional validity of Section 87 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act…
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