India Law Journal

Vol 4, Issue I, January - March 2011

LEGAL WRAPS


India
	CCH India announces: The Global M&A Strategy Conclave 2011
	First IDIA National Aptitude Test (I-NAT) to be held on 4th April, 2011
	Gujarat National Law University hosts an international conference on Trade and Competition
	Legal Information Institute launched in India
	George Washington law school successfully defends the 3rd GIMC 2011
	Amarchand Mangaldas wins 13 awards at IBLJ’s 2010 Indian Law Firm Awards
	Andhra Pradesh advocate writes to the A.P. High Court seeking abolishing the addressing of the Honourable High Court and Honourable Supreme court judges as “MY LORD” and “YOUR LORDSHIP” but to address them as “YOUR HONOUR” or “HONOURABLE COURT”
	SEBI Sets High Standards for Intermediaries
	Delhi High Court rejects amendment application brought after 14 years from filing of copyright infringement suit
	Government of India issues CRZ 2011
	Delhi High Court rules that infringement of State’s Copyright is not a valid ground for withholding information
	ITAT adjudicates on the tax treatment of transactions involving payments for the license of software
	Kerala High Court paves way for Islamic Banking in India

International
	Russian mining giants get set for a legal battle
	Harvard University sells $600million in municipal bonds
	Dell to buy InSight One
	India-Japan sign Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
	7^th Circuit rules that a lawyer can’t resign from the Bar to avoid embarrassing expulsion
	Dad in Malaysia jailed for 80 years and whipped 40 times
	Danish court sentences Muhammad cartoonist attacker to 9 years in prison
	Kenya high court rules judicial appointments as unconstitutional

INTERVIEW OF THE MONTH

This month, ILJ’s Vikrant Pachnanda spoke to Dr. Linda S. Spedding, International Legal Advisor, about the UK Bribery Act, 2010 which was recently introduced by the UK Ministry of Justice.

SPECIAL REPORT: “WHETHER SENIOR ADVOCATES PAY TOO LITTLE TO THEIR JUNIORS?”

ILJ’ s Vikrant Pachnanda interviews eminent lawyers in the profession to see if less pay to juniors by their seniors can be a barrier for them to join litigation.

ANTITRUST & COMPETITION LAW CORNER

Competition Law Update (July-December 2010) by G.R. Bhatia, Partner & Kanika Chaudhary, Associate, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

LEGAL ARTICLES

Dawn Raids-Issues & Challenges under the Indian Competition Act, 2002 by G.R. Bhatia, Partner, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

Mediation proceedings are confidential says Supreme Court by Vyapak Desai, Partner & Sahil Kanuga, Associate, Nishith Desai Associates

Transfer of Non-Performing Assets between Banks and Beyond by Niloy Pyne, Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A. Shroff & Co.

Games, Gifts, Prizes & Promotions – an Unfair Trade Practice! By Sumes Dewan, Partner & Ramandeep Kaur, Associate, FoxMandal Little & Co.

LCIA India: Ushering a new era in Indian arbitration? by Ajay Thomas, Registrar, London Court of International Arbitration (India)

Unconventional trademarks: the emergent need for a change by Harsimran Kalra, Associate, Fidus Law Chambers

Import of Software (Freeware) and the Taxman’s Noose by Anandh Venkataramani, student, Symbiosis Law College, Pune

BOOK REVIEW

Kalyan C. Kankanala, Arun K. Narasani & Vinita Radhakrishnan, ‘Indian Patent Law and Practice’, 2010, Oxford University Press (Rs. 775/-) by Barnik Ghosh, Deputy Editor, India Law Journal & student, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar

INDIA BUDGET INSIGHT 2011-12

The International Tax Team of Nishith Desai Associates summarizes various tax structures and its repercussions of the Union Budget 2011.