Your Money, Your Rights – Raise Your Voice Against Injustice
Every consumer deserves to get fair value for their money. Yet, countless individuals face defective products, substandard services, or unfair trade practices—and hesitate to act. India’s legal framework empowers you to challenge these injustices. This blog outlines the step-by-step process to file a consumer complaint under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, helping you assert your […]
From behind the bars to beyond them: Bail, your key to Freedom
Introduction: Why Bail Matters Arrest can often be sudden and distressing. Bail serves as a safeguard against unjust and prolonged detention. It embodies the principle that personal liberty is the norm and pre-conviction imprisonment is the exception. Indian law and courts recognize that detainees must not be left to languish behind bars without reason, in […]
Bounced Cheques & Section 138:Choosing the Right Jurisdiction for Legal Action
Introduction A cheque recipient often expects the cheque to be honoured by the drawee bank when it is presented for payment. When the drawer’s account lacks sufficient funds, however, the cheque will be returned unpaid. Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 provides a criminal remedy in such cases: it makes it an offence […]
Tailoring Ad Hoc Arbitration to be the Best worst Option
Subhashish Kumar Sahu, BBA LLB Student, KIIT School of Law In the rising advent of legal disputes among parties, in order to relieve the burden of judiciary and the amount of congestion of cases in courts, the world is now shifting towards a much easier, faster, effective and binding process which is the ADR Mechanism. The Alternate […]
Is it Grey Hair or just any Chair: What does it take to be an Arbitrator
Subhashish Kumar Sahu, BBA LLB Student, KIIT School of Law “Arbitration in not the child of a statute, but a contract”, as rightly said by Russel, Arbitration is a settlement procedure adopted by parties in times of dispute, priorly agreed upon by them via an agreement which is duly regulated by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 […]
Even when Court says a ‘No’ means ‘No’: Rejection of Plaint
Subhashish Kumar Sahu, BBA LLB Student, KIIT School of Law The person aggrieved against any enforcement of his rightful rights or duties, or gain monetary compensation, or any other relief, files a suit in the civil court which must necessarily come within the ambit of suits of civil nature under Section 9 of the Civil Procedure Code, […]
Injunction: Court’s power to freeze for a better relief
Subhashish Kumar Sahu, BBA LLB Student, KIIT School of Law “Where the law fails to bind, an injunction steps in to untangle the knot of harm and hold it still.” In order to shed light upon the above thought we need to delve deeper into this topic of Injunction. A Person aggrieved from the other party’s actions […]
Acquittal Based On Defective Legal Notice U/S 138, NI Act, 1881
Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, of 1881, Criminalizes dishonoring a cheque with the punishment of imprisonment for a term of up to two years or a fine twice the value of the cheque. The inclusion of Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 under the penal statute was essential to uphold the trust built upon the transactions taking […]
The Shareholding Paradox: Balancing Minorities Protection and Corporate Governance under Sections 241 & 242
SECTION 241& 242, of the Companies Act, 2013, has provided the gateway through which a person facing oppression and mismanagement in a company can knock on the door of the court for justice after fulfilling certain criteria as per section 244 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Companies Act, 2013 travels all the way from the year 1850 […]
Trademarks: Brand Identity: Business’s Most Valuable Asset
Trademark, one of the Intellectual Properties, in simple terms, is the face and recognition of any established business or brand incorporated, in other words, they are the real heart and soul of the establishment through which a brand can be recognized within a second of seeing, hearing, feeling, or experiencing. Trademarks are usually protected globally […]
