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1.No new petition under Section 7  Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code to be entertained without filing record of default: NCLT The National Company Law Tribunal has directed filing of default record from Information utility along with new petitions under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. 2.Such an election should not be permitted to hold the field”,

New Plea in Supreme Court against Madras HC Order Permitting Online Sale of Liquor

Case Name:  Seeman vs. Tamil Nadu State marketing corporation Ltd & ors. Quorum: Hon’ble Dr. Justice Vineet Kothari and Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana The SLP has been filed through Advocate K. Paari Vendhan against the High Court order dated May 8, whereby a division bench comprising Justices Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Satynarayana permitted online

MODIFICATION OF ADVOCATES DRESS CODE.

Supreme court through its circular modifies the dress code for the advocates who represent before the Supreme Court of India via Virtual Court System till the medical emergency exists or until the further orders. The circular directs that the advocates may “wear plain white shirt/ white salwar kameez/ white saree, with plain white neck band”

Judges and lawyers should dispense robes for the time being to prevent the spread of corona virus:- CJI S.A.Bobde

Chief Justice SA Bobde during a hearing today stated that instructions would soon be released from the Supreme Court for dispensing with the dress code encompassing robes and gowns. The exchange ensued between the bar and the bench, wherein the CJI told Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal during a Video Conference hearing that judges, lawyers should

HOW ‘AAROGYA SETU’ CAN BE MADE MANDATORY WHEN MANY WORKERS HAVE NO SMARTPHONES, KERALA HC ASKS CENTRE

On Tuesday the HC of Kerala orally raised doubts about the practically of the Mandatory condition imposed on employers to make their employees download ‘Aarogya Setu’, the contact tracing app developed by the National informatics Centre amid COVID-19 Pandemic. A single bench of Justice P Gopinath said there are many workers who have not smart

Relationship between Client & Foreign Law Firm Is Commercial In Nature For The Purpose Of Sections 44 & 45 of Arbitration Act: Delhi HC

Case Name: Spentex Industries Ltd vs. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP;  CS (OS) 568/2017 Quorum: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jayant Nath The application was filed by the defendant under Order 7 Rule 11of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 read with Section 45 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for rejection of the plaint. While

14 Days Quarantine Period Not Mandatory In Each Case, It Is Meant To Serve A General Guideline: Delhi HC

Case Name: Amit Bhargava vs. The State (NCT of Delhi) ;W.P.(C) 3016/2020 The present order has come in a PIL challenging the arbitrary and unreasonable calculation of the home quarantine period by the Delhi Government.The Petitioner is one of the 72 people identified in the contact tracing conducted for a food delivery person who tested