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A 23-Year-Old Woman is a Major Who is Free to Move About as She Pleases: Bombay HC

"The woman stated that she is aged about 23 years and, therefore, she intends to live her life, as per her wish. It is not disputed by her parents that she is a major, aged about 23 years. Since she is admittedly a major aged about 23 years old, she is free to move as per her own wish," the Court said

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A Father has No “Fundamental right” to Collect Preserved Sperm of his Deceased Son Merely on Account of the Parental Relationship: Calcutta HC

The court said that "The father-son relationship of the petitioner and the deceased does not entail any such right of the petitioner to the progeny of his son. As such, the right espoused by the petitioner for himself is illusory and non-existent”

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Four Supreme Court Judges to Release the Book "The Law of Emergency Powers" Published by Springer

The book presents a comprehensive legal and constitutional study of emergency powers from a comparative common law perspective. It is one of very few comparative studies on three jurisdictions and arguably the first one to explore in detail various emergency powers, statutory and common law, constitutional and statutory law, martial law and military acting-in-aid of civil authority, wartime and peacetime invocations, and several related and vital themes like a judicial review of emergency powers (existence, scope and degree).

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Samsung Chairman Lee Jae- Yong Jailed Over Corruption and Bribery Charges

This is not the first instance when Mr Lee has got into legal trouble for unethical business practices. He has spent one year in jail previously as well. He was booked in a similar scandal back in 2017.

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Plea Against Physical Hearing in Delhi High Courts And Trial Courts to be Heard on Wednesday

Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for petitioner lawyers Kartik Nayar and others said, “We have to balance the right to life and delivery of justice. Lawyers will have to come to the court if there is no option”.

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Kerala HC Agrees to Hear Father Thomas Kottoor’s Appeal Challenging his Conviction in Sister Abhaya Murder

The judgement passed by the trial court is based on “unconnected story circumstances culled out from unreliable solitary witnesses”: Father Kottoor

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Deal Closed | IDBI Bank Limited | Qualified Institutions Placement

Khaitan and Co acted as Legal Counsel to IDBI Bank Limited as to Indian Law

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Supreme Court to Resolve the Question of Liability to Pay Gratuity to Government School Teachers

There appears to be contrary views of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Chhattisgarh High Court on the issue as to whose liability would it be to pay gratuity in case of Government aided schools under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. - SC

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