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304B DOWRY DEATH

INTRODUCTION Dowry death is defined in section 304B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Also Section 113B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 states the presumption as to dowry death.Dowry DeathSection 304B of the IPC states that if a women dies within 7 years of marriage by any burns or bodily injury or it was…

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ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS: Characteristic, Reasons, Judicial control

INTRODUCTIONIt is not possible to define the word “tribunal” scientifically. In general, ‘tribunal’ is an administrative body which exercise the power of adjudication, but it is not accepted as an appendage of government department. Tribunal should be regarded as machinery provided by Parliament for adjudication rather than as part of machinery of administration.As regards the…

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PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK LIMITED VS BIKRAM COTTON MILLS & ANR. (1970 AIR 1973, 1970 SCR (2) 462)

Difference between guarantee and indemnity The case is based on a contractual clause of assurance – as with regard to clause (2) of the bond agreement between Ranjit Singh and Punjab National Bank Ltd. Therefore, the legal relationships between the parties correspond to that of the events in a contract of guarantee. Clause (2) (of the bond agreement between Ranjit Singh and Punjab National Bank Ltd.) states that;  …

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COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA v. BHARTI AIRTEL 

INTRODUCTION  A two-judge bench of The Supreme Court of India (‘SC’), on 5th December, 2018 res olved the conflict of jurisdiction between Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) a ndTRAI and the interplay of roles of the two regulators. CCI is a sector-agnostic regul ator authorised to “promote and sustain competition in markets of India”. Whereas, T RAI is sector…

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MADRAS BAR ASSOCIATION V. UNION OF INDIA & ANR

CITATION – 2020 (13) SCALE 443  JUDGES  1. Justices L Nageswara Rao,  2. S Ravindra Bhat, and  3. Hemant Gupta  INTRODUCTION  The President of India on 4th April 2021 promulgated an Ordinance, on the recommendations of the Central Government, while exercising its powers under Article 123 of the Indian Constitution because, even though the bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha…

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COMMITTEE OF CREDITORS OF ESSAR STEEL INDIA LIMITED THROUGH AUTHORISED SIGNATORY V. SATISH KUMAR GUPTA AND ORS

CITATION – (2020) 8 SCC 531  INTRODUCTION  The Essar Steel Case is a landmark judgment in the arena of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Law, which decided the supremacy of the financial creditors in the Committee of Creditors in cases of distribution of claims. It is one of the oldest cases going under the IBC process which lasted for approximately…

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