Legal Remedies For Cheque Bounce

Cheque bounce is a criminal offence stipulated under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The aggrieved party can file a criminal as well as a civil case against the accused who must have had a legal obligation to repay the amount.

How to take maximum benefit from RERA as a Homebuyer and as a builder?

RERA was established to do away with project delays, malpractice, and irregularities in norms and increase transparency and accountability from builders and homebuyers both.

Promoters toiling with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Main reasons for the delay is the spate of litigations by the promoters. Once the CIRP order is passed, the promoters get into the action with the sole objective of getting back the company at a cheaper price.

Artificial intelligence and the Indian legal system

In India, the use of AI in the legal industry is still in its early stages, but there is no doubt that it will play an increasingly important role in the future.

Judges & Social Media: Managing the Risks

Criminal Procedure Jurisprudence explains the evidentiary value that social media posts carry. Certainly, there are advantages and good policy reasons for accessing social media evidence used in criminal proceedings.

The Secretary, Ministry of Defense vs. Babita Puniya & Ors. SCC, 17 Feburary 2020

A quest for equality of opportunity for women seeking Permanent Commissions in the Indian Army forms the rationale of the instant case.

Role of Mediation in the Insolvency Process

Specifically in insolvency proceedings, mediation as a tool can be employed to resolve issues and clear the bottleneck in the resolution process which had led to delays.

Rights of Homebuyers under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Homebuyers could only engage in the IBC procedure as a class of financial creditor. Individual homebuyer rights were absorbed by homebuyer rights as a class.

Procedure in Summary Suit

The summary suit is a unique legal procedure used for enforcing a right in an efficacious and efficient manner. This is a procedure used for enforcing a right that takes effect faster than ordinary suits as unlike in ordinary suits the courts do not hear the defense.

Pre-packaged Insolvency Resolution Process

the Insolvency Law Committee in 2020 constituted a sub-committee to study Pre-packaged Insolvency Resolution Process (PPIRP). On the basis of this subcommittee’s recommendations, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was amended on 4/4/2021 through an ordinance to bring effect to this change.

Adjudicating authority’s incapability to analyze the validity of a Foreign Decree: Is this so?

Tribunal cannot go into the merits of a decree pronounced by a foreign court or tribunal as it is not an apt forum to decide the propriety of a foreign decree.

Parties other than those who triggered CIRP cannot be creditors

There is no such provision to implead creditors other than the ones which triggered the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process.

Resolution Plan has to be completed within the stipulated period

As per proviso to Section 12 of the IBC, the insolvency resolution process shall mandatorily be completed within a period of 330 days from the insolvency commencement date, including any extension of the period of CIRP granted under Section 12 of the IBC.

SC imposes a penalty of ₹5 Lakhs on the petitioner seeking an alternative to Supertech Twin Towers Demolition

SC Imposes penalty of Rs.5 lakhs and directed the same to be deposited within 4 days to the SC registry. The amount will be transferred to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to be used for the welfare of families affected by Covid.

Allottees can file joint (representative) complaint against builder if grievance is same?

If a buyer is dissatisfied with the RERA Authority’s judgement, he or she may file an individual appeal or a buyers’ group may file a collective appeal with the RERA Authority.