An interesting appeal was filed in the apex court concerning the issue of people who give term loans to a corporation or corporate entity free of interest. The plea raised the issue whether such lenders were competent enough to initiate the corporate resolution process.
A Division Bench of the apex court while setting aside a judgment of the Allahabad High Court in the matter said that it had encroached upon the jurisdiction of the executive. The appeals had raised the issue of the High Court transcending its limits of the power of judicial review.
India’s largest state Uttar Pradesh is looking to control its population and has introduced a draft Bill which lays out a rather grand map for the road ahead. Déjà vu?
The proposed Bill aims to protect these professionals who are increasingly the target of assaults and intimidation and are prevented from discharging their professional duties.
Groups of young lawyers from the Punjab and Haryana High Court have set up camps at the three protest sites to help the agitating farmers legally and find those who disappeared after the Republic Day fracas.
Two petitions have sought gender and religion-neutral laws in adoption and guardianship and for divorce and alimony in tune with the spirit of the Constitution after considering international laws as well.