ABOUT The RGNUL Book Series on Corporate Law and Corporate Affairs (hereinafter, “RBS”) is a bi-annual, student-run, peer-reviewed book series based at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, established in the year 2016. The book series aims to focus on contemporaneous legal issues related to General Corporate Governance, Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance, Consumer Products, and Retail, Sports, Dispute Resolution, Communications (Telecom & Broadcasting), Competition Law, Mergers & Acquisition, Taxation, etc. with contributions from practitioners, legal academician, professionals, undergraduate and postgraduate students, etc. CALL FOR PAPERS The theme for Issue – IV [2020 Edition] shall focus on “MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS”. The submissions must aim…
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MUMBAI | 9TH MAY, 2018 | In a Writ Petition filed by the Union of India (UOI), Mr. Haresh Milani, a renowned builder of Pune, has filed an Application under Section 340 of Criminal Procedure Code on the grounds that the Defence Ministry has made several false statements on oath. Will the Defence Ministry and its Officers face charges of perjury? APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 340 OF CR.P.C. SHOULD BE DECIDED FIRST: Bombay High Court made it clear that the Writ Petition filed by UOI should not be heard till Application under section 340 of Cr.P.C. is decided as the Applicant…
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Certificate Course on Human Rights, Fundamental Rights and Policing (3rd -10th July 2017) Balancing police powers with the protection of international human rights and fundamental rights for the last decades has been a matter of debate. More recently it has become contentious topic under the threats of terrorist activities and militant movements in many countries all over the world. Though the ultimate goal of a liberal society remaining the same, which is to respect and protect the basic rights for citizens and all human beings, an effective protection system is approached differently in different jurisdictions. Police, as a body of government…
The students of NUSRL Ranchi after years of suffering and indolent attitude of the administration turned brought their voes to the public via a petition at Change.Org. The complete petition can be read here which has got more than 800 supporters. As per the petition NUSRL Ranchi is the most expensive NLU in the country, a student pays approximately 1,90,000/- for two semesters, yet the facilities, academic and non-academic alike fall despicably short of appropriate standards, the administration teems with nepotism, neglect and shows negligible concern for actual welfare and Development of the institution. The commotion came to the limelight…
Many of the top news websites falsely reported that Pranita, who was a student of National Law University, Jodhpur, died in an attempt to take a perfect selfie on the top of a lighthouse. However, a recent Reddit post has opened the eyes of everyone to the truth behind her tragic death. Quoted from the Reddit post available here: Actual Events: Pranita, who was a student of National Law University, Jodhpur, was visiting Gokarna with four of her friends. They were at Kumta beach, and were sitting on some rocks which were about 10-15 feet above sea, when due to unexpected high tide, 3…
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NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday declared the National Judicial Appointments Commission unconstitutional. The collegium system will continue. The apex court struck down the 99th Constitutional amendment brought by the NDA government for scrapping the collegium system. A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court passed a unanimous verdict on the NJAC. “The amendment has been declared unconstitutional. Old collegium system has been restored,” said advocate Surat Singh. The petitions challenging the new legislation were filed by Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) and others contending that the new law on the selection and…
In this era when the internet is ‘mobile’ and ‘pocket’(though slow) even in India, it is difficult to keep a check on who is browsing what. The so called moral think tanks and religious-political parties as well as self-authorised moral police may flutter and frown at the recent order of Supreme Court of India. The Apex Court declined a plea seeking interim order to block porn websites in India. Emphasising that blocking porn websites would be violative of an individual’s Right to Personal Liberty; the Supreme Court conscientiously said that it cannot stop an Adult to exercise his fundamental right.…
India Today a leading Magazine in India has once again released its ‘useless’ Law Colleges Rankings fgfgg
In search of more focused and strong presence, the current Indian government is trying to make its presence feel in the organization like this (SAARC). India is trying to emerge as a leader and lead the organization to attain new economic and strategic goals. It’s the high time for India to step up and create a balanced and a more stable regional organization that will enhance the national as well as international co-operation. But, is this challenge easy, or not? We all resonate the news of SAARC Summit in print and electronic media highlighting the issue as Prime Minister…
The article displays the track record of Modi government since the elections. The influence of the big industrialists can be easily observed over the current government. Why the government which propounded the concepts of “Acche Din” and “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”, have failed to implement them, On the day, results were declared and it became known that the BJP led by Modi had won majority of seats in the Loksabha, on 16 May 2014, Corporate master of a renowned group and the close confidant of Prime Minister had proudly announced that a company in his group, Adani Ports, had agreed…
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LawLex very recently covered the Copyright on Monkey Selfie issue here. In this copyright dispute that stretches all the way back to 2011, Wikimedia has been proven correct in their belief that the photo isn’t bound by copyright law because it was taken by the monkey and monkeys have no copyright claim. The U.S. Copyright office settled the debate between British photographer David Slater and Wikimedia by updating their rules to reflect any photos taken by animals in addition to a few other interesting things. “The Office will not register works produced by nature, animals or plants,” the federal office,…
In 2013, UGC had passed an order stating that the duration of the LLM course should be reduced from two years to one year. The “Specification of Degrees” notification of UGC (University Grants Commission) dated 5th July, 2014 in the Gazette of India had created a new controversy among law academia which specified the duration of each course and minimum academic qualification required for the admission to the LL.B. and LL.M. to be 6 years and 2 years respectively. However the snow has now been cleared by UGC on this controversy by issuing a notice related to this on…
