KNOWLEDGE

The controversy surrounding the rights of pregnant women, forming part of work force in various organisations in capacity as ad-hoc/ temporary/ contractual, to claim maternity leave, finally got answered by the Hon’ble Central Administrative Tribunal in affirmative. The CAT has declared that while it is a fact that temporary, ad hoc or contract employees do not enjoy the same benefits as regular employees, request for maternity leave should be judged on a different footing and therefore, such ad hoc, temporary… Read More »AD-HOC AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ENTITLED TO MATERNITY BENEFITS

The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division, Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015, was enacted in the year 2015 with the objective of achieving speedy adjudication of Commercial Disputes. Moreover, the Commercial Courts (Pre-Institution Mediation and Settlement) Rules, 2018 were also framed in line with the aforesaid act for the purpose of resolving the matters relating to commercial disputes in an efficacious and expeditious manner. As per the said enactments, all disputes falling within the definition of “Commercial Dispute” under… Read More »IS PRE-INSTITUTION MEDIATION AND SETTLEMENT MANDATORY BEFORE INSTITUTION OF A SUIT IN COMMERCIAL COURT?

Dependency of human civilizations on sources of ‘energy’ is not a new phenomenon. The ever increasing energy intensity across the globe and problems faced by developing countries due to carbon emission from its power generation is all well within our knowledge. While India continues to depend heavily on the traditional thermal power plants, which operate with energy produced by a steam boiler fueled by coal, the country is rapidly shifting its focus towards renewable energy by creating the required infrastructure… Read More »UNDERSTANDING THE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (PPA)

One of our client who has approached us seeking legal opinion and advice on the ongoing disturbances in her matrimonial life, asked us a question concerning the status she need to select in the documents while applying for passport in India. The client was to select one option amongst ‘married’ ‘divorced’ or ‘separated’. Since she was living separately from her husband, for about little over an year, after being driven out of the matrimonial house and was yet to initiated… Read More »WHAT IS SEPARATION AND DIVORCE?

After the attainment of independence, the entire landscape in which the very perspective so as to identify and accept women’s individual rights has changed and is steadily evolving with every passing year. We have witnessed the very nature of old human values to assume a new complexion thereby giving rise to the unavoidable need for emancipation of womanhood, unchaining and liberating the women from feudal bondage. Such unfettering of women only became all the more imperative in the modern day… Read More »THE TRANSFORMATION OF WOMEN AS AN EQUAL BEING.

It is of common knowledge that a “Will” means the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death. We are often posed with various questions by our Clients, especially the Non-Resident Clients whose old age parents still live in India, pertaining to the mode and manner of execution as well as the validity of a Will so executed and/ or to be executed, such… Read More »UNREGISTERED WILL – STATUS AND ADMISSIBILITY