By Nazaqat Lal, Advocate & Solicitor nazaqat_lal@hotmail.com | Mar 22, 2024 INTRODUCTION Execution of a lease effectively results in the transfer of property for a specified time period, after which, the property reverts back to the lessor or if the lease deed provides, the lessee may have the option to ...
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By Nazaqat Lal, Advocate & Solicitor nazaqat_lal@hotmail.com | Mar 22, 2024 What is a private trust? A private trust is a separate legal entity created or brought into existence for the purpose of holding property (movable or immovable) for a limited period, after which, such property vests in the beneficiaries ...
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By Ritabh Singh, Final Year student at the Government Law College, Mumbai ritabhsingh44@gmail.com | Jan 03, 2024 INTRODUCTION A trademark can simply be understood as a word, letter, shape of an object etc. which denotes a certain enterprise and which distinguishes it from other entities. To provide an example, the ...
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DHRUTI KAPADIA, DOCTORATE STUDENT AND MEDIATOR 23rd Dec, 2023 Conflicts often take place across the globe. There are often deep marks left behind from which we see history repeat itself, and we see conflicts occurring frequently. With this, we can see how mediation plays a vital role as one of ...
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By Nazaqat Lal, Advocate & Solicitor, Bombay High Court nazaqat_lal@hotmail.com | Dec 14, 2023 a. What is real estate due diligence? Real estate due diligence is an investigative process undertaken to ascertain the title of the seller to the land, buildings/structures, flats, etc. and assess the risks involved in acquisition ...
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By Nazaqat Lal, Advocate & Solicitor, Bombay High Court nazaqat_lal@hotmail.com | November 28, 2023 • My broker has given me a draft agreement that is commonly used for sale/purchase of flats. My broker will also arrange to pay TDS. Why should I engage a lawyer and pay legal fees? • ...
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By Ritabh Singh, Final Year student at the Government Law College, Mumbai ritabhsingh44@gmail.com | Oct 25, 2023 (I) INTRODUCTION The pharmacological definition of a drug is “a chemical agent which when taken into the body affects the processes or alters the structure or function of some part or parts of ...
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By Sandip N. Vimadalal, Advocate & Solicitor and assisted by Ritabh Singh, Articled Clerk sandipvimadalal@yahoo.com| Sept 3, 2023 INTRODUCTION 1. There is lot of ambiguity and unawareness in the minds of tax and legal practitioners and parties involved, about the applicability of Goods and Service Tax (“GST”) in respect of ...
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By Dhruti Kapadia, Counsel, Solicitor, AOR and Certified Mediator kapadiadhruti@gmail.com| Aug 30, 2023 INTRODUCTION Mediators while mediating often encounter racial, cultural and other forms of diversity in their mediating sessions. The essential key points which one must understand, especially mediators, is that during their mediating sessions, they must keep in ...
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By Ritabh Singh, 4th Year Law Student, Government Law College, Mumbai, ritabhsingh44@gmail.com | February 28, 2023 INTRODUCTION Technology has been evolving ever since the invention of bows and arrows. The 18th century marked the beginning of the industrial revolution, an indelible period where machines took over human jobs requiring repetitive ...
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