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NDPS Act: A legal conundrum on whether to vitiate or not to vitiate

This article explores two questions that arose from the recent decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mukesh Singh Vs. State (Narcotic Branch of Delhi), the first question is “To vitiate or... Read more »

Illegal detention and the compensation discrepancies: An (im)perfect judicial matchmaking

On 1 September 2020 Allahabad High Court, in the matter of Nuzhat Parween vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. (Khafeel Khan Case), held that the order for preventive detention of Dr.... Read more »

Suitablility & maintainability of fraud in arbitration

The question apropos of fraud was first raised before the Supreme Court in the case of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin Bubere v. Madhav Prabhakar Oak, wherein the three judges’ bench held that a... Read more »

Sports & commercial arbitration: How both the ends meet

The worldwide practice of resorting to arbitration in terms of dealing with sports-related disputes did not really transpire instantaneously; It rather emanated from the general consensus among the sports sectors’ stakeholders who... Read more »

Analysing differential, dual pricing of products in India

The Department of Legal Metrology (DLM), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are the primary regulatory authorities of domestic/foreign packaged, pre-packaged, or food... Read more »

Is judiciary part of the ‘State’ under Article 12?

While there exists a significant amount of debate around this question, the Supreme Court has held that courts are not ‘State’ when they exercise judicial functions, but may attract the definition in... Read more »

Could a judicial order violate your Fundamental Rights?

The Supreme Court declared on 10 April 2002, in its five-judge decision in the Rupa Ashok Hurra case that “it is a settled position in law that no judicial order passed by... Read more »

The fad of ‘will’ amid Covid-19 outbreak

The importance of making a ‘will’ has yet again been seen to proliferate during these challenging times of a pandemic. A sudden billowing in making and execution of will has been seen... Read more »

A dead person’s rights: Understanding the rights that transcend the living realm amidst Covid-19 pandemic

Oftentimes judiciary and Indian legal system have fortified the rights which are associated with dead person from dignity of the dead person to decent burial. But due to this ongoing unprecedented pandemic... Read more »

Decoding Sec 87 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

The moment a challenge to any arbitral award is filed under Section 34 or Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, that would be parsed into a disputed debt under... Read more »
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