Monthly Archives: July 2018

Vibhanshu Srivastava, Founder and Partner, Risis Legal, on challenges of litigation, importance of mooting and maintaining work life balance

Vibhanshu Srivastava, founder and partner at Risis Legal, has diverse experience in handling a vast array of Litigation and Arbitration matters arising out of corporate/commercial transactions, tender-preconditions and terms, winding up of a company, oppression and mismanagement, intellectual property disputes and real-estate dealings. After having

Trump’s lawyer unsure if collusion with Russia is a crime

Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer of United StatesPresident Donald Trump  said the former was not sure whether collusion with Russia would be considered a crime. Giuliani further denied the involvement of Trump’s presidential campaign’s former chairman, Paul Manafort, in intimate business relations with the US President, CNN reported. Manafort is facing

Medical admissions; HC upholds Maha state eligibility rules

The Bombay High Court upheld the Maharashtra government’s state quota eligibility rules-2018 for admissions to medical colleges under the state quota. The rules were mentioned in an information brochure by the state’s admission cell for 2018 medical admissions. A bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and

Malegaon blast: Bombay HC admits discharge pleas of 2 accused

The Bombay High Court has admitted the discharged application of Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Sameer Kulkarni, two of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The move comes a week after the court admitted the discharge application of main accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit. “Colonel Purohit’s discharge plea has already been

Mallya extradition case: CBI, ED officials enroute to UK

A joint team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials embarked for the United Kingdom on Monday owing to the ongoing legal case against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya. Earlier this month, a London court had issued an order to seize Mallya’s assets in the UK. The 62-year-old

Manipur fake encounters: SC raps CBI

The Supreme Court questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) why no arrests were made till date after chargesheets were filed in four of the Manipur fake encounters cases. A two-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur and also comprising Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, asked the CBI Director, Alok