Three criminal law bills to replace IPC, Cr PC, Evidence Act gets Lok Sabha nod Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita (IPC) For full textclick here Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita (Cr PC) For full textclick here Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Sanhita (Indian Evidence Act) For full textclick here

Unstamped Arbitration Agreements are not void or unenforceable, but inadmissible in evidence.: Supreme Court 7 Judge Bench Overturns 'NN Global 2' In a significant legal development the SC 7 Judge Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dr.D.Y.Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B.R.Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice J.B.Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra overturned the previous ruling in 'NN Global 2 [2023 KLT OnLine 1429 (SC)]. The lead judgmen...

ADVOCATES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 NO. 33 OF 2023 MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) Published in the Gazette of India Extra No. 41 Part II Section 1 dated 8th December, 2023 The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 8th December,2023 and is hereby published for general information:— An Act further to amend the Advocates Act, 1961. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. Short t...

State of Jammu and Kashmir does not retain any element of sovereignty after the execution of the instrument of accession. SC Constitution Bench upholds Article 370 abrogation. Of the three judgments on the issue the main judgment was written by Chief Justice Dr. DY Chandrachud, for himself and Justices Gavai and Suryakant; a concurring opinion was penned by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul; and Justice Sanjeev Khanna has concurred with both of these judgments. State of Jammu and Kashmir does not reta...

THE KERALA PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2023 ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 2023 GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Law (Legislation-C) Department NOTIFICATION Published in Kerala Gazette Extra No. 4008 Dt. 9.12.2023 by Notfn. No. 58/Leg. C3/2023/Law. Dated 8th December, 2023 In pursuance of clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Kerala is pleased to authorise the publication in the Gazette of the following translation in English language of the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Amendment) ...