Category: Legal

According to RBI data, the value of card transactions, including credit and debit instruments, has gone to Rs 3.5 lakh crore a month from Rs

In India, it took 335 Facebook users to compromise the privacy of 5 lakh–The Print In–06.04.2018

The privacy of more than 5 lakh Indian users of Facebook was compromised by a company that later sold the data to Cambridge Analytica. And

One step back: IBC must not encourage out-of-court settlements | Business Standard Editorials–06.04.2018

The central issue is: How can efficient and equitable price discovery be enabled for a stressed asset? A high-level panel set up to review the

5.62 lakh Indians hit by data breach, admits Facebook–Deccan Chronicle–06.04.2018

Facebook said that around 5.62 lakh people in India could have been impacted by the data breach undertaken allegedly by UK based political consultancy firm

Aadhaar not open to judicial review: Centre tells SC – The Economic Times–05.04.2018

Earlier, the Centre had said that the Aadhaar Act was a “fair and reasonable law” which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict

Arbitration Council: The birth of a new regulator? – The Financial Express–05.04.2018

Regulation is usually antithetical to growth. Over the past decade, we have witnessed the growth of arbitration in India. The Supreme Court passed judgments overruling

Legal challenges could undermine IBC | Business Standard Column–05.04.2018

The legal system should trust the process of the IBC. Permitting exceptions on a case by case basis is a dangerous path to go down The Indian Bankruptcy Code (IBC)

Insolvency law: IBBI chief puts India Inc’s directors on notice – Business Line–05.04.2018-R

Directors of companies facing the insolvency process cannot go unscathed while the companies they ran are hauled over the coals. For the first time ever,

Facebook says data of 87 million people may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica | The Indian Express–05.04.2018

Most of the 87 million people whose data was shared with Cambridge Analytica, which worked on US President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, were in the

While Facebook faces the music, maybe it is time to #DeleteWhatsApp | Opinion | analysis | Hindustan Times–05.04.2018

It is time to hold all the social media companies accountable for their massive breaches of our privacy analysis Vivek Wadhwa WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton

India third most vulnerable country to cyber threats – The Hindu–05.04.2018

The U.S. remains most vulnerable to such attacks, followed by China, according to the recently released ‘Internet Security Threat Report’ India emerged as the third

Liability of the Insurer if policy is cancelled before the accident took place –Whether insurer liable?–Held, “no”–Source–Manupatra–case decided by Supreme Court in 2007

Constitution of India – Article 142–Motor Vehicles Act, 1988–Sections 147, 149, 166 and 168–Insurance Act, 1938–Section 64VB–Compensation–Liability of insurer–Premium paid by cheque–But cheque dishonoured–Insurance policy

Whether Insurance Company, was absolved of its obligations to third party because cheque given got dishonoured –Source Manupatra–decided by Supreme Court on 17.04.2012

Held, Section 64VB of Insurance Act provided that no risk was assumed by insurer unless premium payable was received in advance – Where policy of

Whether dishonour of post-dated cheque described as security in loan agreement is covered by Section 138 of Act, 1881 ?–Source Manupatra–Case decided by Supreme Court on 19.09.2016

Facts of the case The Appellant was Director of the company whose cheques have been dishonoured and who was also the co-accused. Vide the loan

AADHAAR: Aadhaar law is just, fair & reasonable: Centre to SC – The Economic Times–04.04.2018

The Centre today justified the Aadhaar Act in the Supreme Court, saying it was a “fair and reasonable law” which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic

Insolvency | Bankruptcy Law: IBC panel recommends changes to revamp insolvency resolution process–Economic Times–04.04.2018-R