If there can be an age limit for driving a car, then why shouldn’t there be one for using the internet?” This was one of
Category: Legal
Cyber crime becoming industry, may occur ‘very often’: Rajnath Singh | India News – Times of India–17.03.2018
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said cyber crime has become an industry globally and that such offences may occur “very often” due to the
SC wants PNB probe report in sealed cover, Centre objects | The Indian Express–17.03.2018
The Supreme Court’s suggestion to file the probe report of the PNB scam in a sealed cover before it invited strong protests from the Centre
Media think they’re on a pulpit: CJI – The Hindu–16.03.2018—–*****
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said on Thursday that the press should not think they are “sitting on some pulpit.” The Chief Justice’s remarks
Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill: To seize and punish – The Hindu–16.03.2018
The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha this week, aims to provide for measures to deter fugitive economic offenders
PNB scam: After 31 top defaulters flee, India seeks to shut the gates – The Economic Times–15.03.2018
The Modi govt has now asked banks to provide passport details of people associated with soured loans of more than 500 million rupees. India has
Demand For Cyber Security Experts Has Exceeded Supply – BW Businessworld–13.03.2018
With increasing incidents of large scale cyber-attacks and governmental cyber espionage, the demand for professionals in the segment has gone up three time in past
3 crore plus cases pending: Here’s why Commercial courts and arbitration bills are just a start – The Financial Express–13.03.2018
Given the 3-crore-plus cases clogging India’s courts, the government has done well to clear two Bills—one for arbitration/conciliation and the other for the setting up
Insolvency pangs: More transparency and tweaking of the IBC will help | Business Standard Editorials–13.03.2018
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, or IBC, has made some smart progress towards reconciling India’s humongous bad debt problem. Of the 12 indebted companies that
Opportunity in crisis: Judiciary should initiate reforms from within | Business Standard Editorials–13.03.2018
Speaking at the B G Verghese Memorial Lecture last week, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court A P Shah called for the higher judiciary
From ground rent at ports to arbitration, here are the key court orders | Business Standard Column–13.03.2018
Redemption of mortgage only before sale The Supreme Court ruled last week that a mortgage can be redeemed before the date fixed for sale or
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code left far too much room for interpretation | Business Standard Column–13.03.2018—–*****
To understand how protracted recovering money through sale of assets has become for banks, read some of the newspaper headlines relating to the insolvency cases
Careful in diluting IBC law, put some checks instead – The Financial Express–11.03.2018
The changes are probably being considered with a view to facilitating more transactions; there is a feeling some of the clauses may be constricting to
Deterring fugitives – Business Line–10.03.2018
As Indian banks’ gross NPAs nudge ₹8 lakh crore and new mega-frauds like PNB’s tumble out of the closet, there is mounting public anger against
TDS scam: 447 companies robbed tax department of Rs 3,200 crore, says report–Business Today–06.03.2018
Tax season is yet to really pick up pace in the country but tax scams are already hogging the headlines. Last month it was a
How to get your money back if you fall victim to online fraud–Business Today–06.03.2018
Narendra Pal, a government school teacher in Zirakpur near Chandigarh, got the shock of his life when he received an sms just before midnight that
I-T Dept probes Rs 10-bn tax refund fraud by govt and PSU employees | Business Standard News–06.03.2018
With less than a month left for revising income-tax (I-T) returns for 2016-17, the I-T department has unearthed a giant fraud in multiple cities, where
‘No more tareek pe tareek’, says Bombay High Court | India News – Times of India–06.03.2018
“No more ‘tareek pe tareek’. Enough is enough,” an irked Bombay High Court said here while ruling out any more adjournments in a case, and
Law fugitive tycoons will definitely hate–Economic Times–05.03.2018
The Cabinet’s nod for a new law that allows the government to take over all assets of loan defaulters and economic offenders who flee the
Across the aisle: Minimum government, maximum damage – The Financial Express–05.03.2018
The key post of deputy governor, RBI, in charge of the Department of Banking Supervision, has remained vacant since July. The most misused cliche about