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The present article is an attempt to examine whether the endeavours made by the Parliament are sufficient to put its motto of Criminal Justice Reforms into reality or still there exist a few concerns to be addressed.

The debate on Television Channels with reputed and Elite Panelist which included women activist, legal pundits, critiques of Media, Law and Judicial System and Social thinkers etc.

Mr. Ravijit Singh (Complainant) submitted that in April 2000, Mrs. Neeraj Dutta (Appellant), who was working as an Inspector in the D.V.B./ Electricity Department in the local area, demanded Rs. 10,000...

The intricate world of financial crimes often delves into the covert operations of money laundering, an art of disguising the origins of unlawfully acquired wealth.

As time passes, so do the techniques employed by money launderers. With increasing innovation and the advent of the internet, criminals are finding new ways to hide and transfer...

The Calcutta High Court, in Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited v. Enforcement Directorate, Government of India, CRR 1145 of 2024, examined the circumstances in which a person against whom no case was made out in the scheduled offence could nevertheless be proceeded against under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”). The Court quashed the PMLA proceedings against Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited (“LDC”), principally finding that the material collected by the Enforcement Directorate (“ED”) did not establish the requisite connection between LDC and the alleged proceeds of crime.

That the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Nikesh Tarachand Shah vs. Union of India & Anr., Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 67 OF 2017, had struck down Section 45(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ...

Under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Insolvency Professionals play a central role in the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP)...

After a series of heated debates, the Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Act 2021 (the ‘Amendment') finally received the parliamentary nod on 10th March 2021.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in a recent decision1 slashed the penalty imposed by the Collector of Stamps from ten times the deficiency in stamp duty to half

This is furthered by the absence of specific or exceptional circumstances being prescribed for the exercise of such powers by the magistrate.

The parties to the arbitration proceedings received a final award on 21 February, 2010 under which the appellants were required to transfer certain properties to the respondent.

The Indian government is undergoing a significant transformation, in a direction that will redefine it as a digital economy.

In a recent report by an award winning journalist, Ms. Priyanka Dubey, observed that our country was known as one of the world's most dangerous for women.

In criminal prosecutions, it becomes important to analyze the remedies available with the accused in, especially the option of choosing between the filing an application for discharge or approaching...

The Supreme Court of India in the case of journalist Rana Ayyub's writ petition challenging the Ghaziabad Special Court's jurisdiction to take cognizance of money laundering has held as follows:

Indian legislature over the past few years has taken steps to make India a more robust market for foreign investors and a preferred seat for arbitration.