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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By Heena Thalesar, Advocate heenathalesar2233@gmail.com | February 2, 2023 There is a lot of confusion amongst lawyers and public in general “whether one can gift an immovable property reserving life interest for himself/herself?” Many people would like to gift their residential premises to their children during their life time to ...
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By Ritabh Singh, 4th Year Law Student, Government Law College, Mumbai, ritabhsingh44@gmail.com | February 02, 2023 THE COLLEGIUM SYSTEM AND THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGIUM The recent battle of words between the executive and the judiciary finds its genesis in the ever controversial topic, i.e, the collegium system. The Chief ...
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By Ritabh Singh, 4th Year Law Student, Government Law College, Mumbai, ritabhsingh44@gmail.com | January 09, 2023 Introduction The principle of Lis Pendens - ‘Lis’ meaning litigation/dispute and ‘Pendens’ meaning pending - is embodied in this maxim, and it finds itself codified in Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, ...
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By Ritabh Singh, 4th Year Law Student, Government Law College, Mumbai, ritabhsingh44@gmail.com | December 16, 2022 Introduction The 103rd Constitution Amendment Act was assented by the President of India in January 2019, and this amendment introduced a 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (herein referred as EWS) for admission in ...
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By Shivam B. Trivedi, Advocate rshivamtrivedi798@gmail.com | December 14, 2022 Introduction The general understanding is that a woman cannot be charged under Section 354 of IPC, however, the true interpretation differs. Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC”) is enacted with the objective of maintaining decent behaviour in ...
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By Nazaqat Lal, Advocate & Solicitor, Bombay High Court nazaqat_lal@hotmail.com | November 19, 2022 INTRODUCTION ​Myth is existing in the mind of general public that upon death of a member of Co-operative Housing Society, the Nominee of such member becomes the Owner of the Flat. There is a general practice ...
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By Shivam B. Trivedi, Advocate rshivamtrivedi798@gmail.com | November 11, 2022 Introduction Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC”) was incorporated in the year 1983 with the object of giving protection to married women who were subjected to cruelty and abuse (verbal or physical), either by the husband or ...
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