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The Supreme Court’s Judgment on Adverse Possession….
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                                                  Report by- Riddhima Bhadauria  The supreme court holds that a person in possession cannot be dispossessed by another, except by due process of law. In this case the supreme court has observed that a memorandum of family settlement is not required to be registered and is binding on the parties and it is beingRead More

Supreme Court Restores the Punishment of Cashiering Imposed on Army Officer
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                                                      Report by- Riddhima Bhadauria The Supreme court, on Wednesday 30-07-2020 restored the sentence of cashiering from service imposed on an army officer for misbehaving with two women while examining them. The Bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Justice Hemant Gupta, Justice S.Ravindra Bhat opined that LT. Col. SS Bedi had abused the fiduciary relationship betweenRead More

The first women who moved to SC over Triple Talaq law
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-By Supriya Rani A Kerala lawyer has moved the Supreme Court against a law that criminalises the practice of granting instant divorce becoming the first Muslim woman to do so since Parliament passed the legislation in 2019. Noorbeena Rasheed on July 6 challenged the Protection of Rights on Marriage Act, which provides for a three-yearRead More

Sovereign funds to get a tax break for investing wider Infra Sector
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-By Supriya Rani The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified changes in the Income Tax Act that expands the definition of the infrastructure sector and extends tax exemption to sovereign wealth funds on their investments in India. As per the notification, income from interest, dividend and long-term capital gains made by sovereign wealthRead More