Since the lockdown in March last year, a large section of the legal profession and litigants has found that virtual courts (VCs) are a beneficial innovation and should be institutionalised
In 2019, the SC passed about 1,300 judgments, filling 17 volumes of law journals. In 2020, the output was about 800, though the noise the court created for wrong reasons was far above its performance
Though the SC is supposed to be a constitutional court, cases involving the Constitution are fewer in number compared to those involving mundane matters
If a party joins arbitration proceedings without raising objections regarding jurisdiction of the court, it cannot raise the issue at a later stage, especially after the pronouncement of the award
A farmer who is offered seeds by a company with a promise to buy back the harvest at a higher rate is a "consumer", according to Consumer Protection Act
An arbitration which was caught in legal knots for 12 years will start now after the Division Bench of the Bombay high court set aside the order of the single judge bench.
SC has reiterated that once the issuance of a cheque and the signature on it have been admitted, there's always a presumption that it was issued to satisfy a legally enforceable debt or liability.
In motor accident claims, even employed sons and married daughters can apply for compensation for the death of their working mother, the Supreme Court ruled in its judgment
Gujarat HC has laid down 16 guidelines in the matter of Integrated GST applicable to importers and distributors and also asked the government to amend two provisions in the GST Act
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