In this Bonus Episode of Law and Behold, I interview Mr. Abhishek Malhotra, Managing Partner of TMT Law Practice on different aspects of Gaming Laws. Tune in to discover the history of Gaming Laws, why Intellectual Property matters in Gaming, the role of data protection in Gaming and lots more. R. M. D. Chamarbaugwalla vs The Union Of India:  https://indiankanoon.org/doc/725224/ Madras HC Judgment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V2i7MRord5ucSgsHhBkitNJe4X4CH_CV/view?usp=sharing Delhi HC Judgment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xv1HUE4HFUvp7vULVd0YosIbTeEpwfb_/view?usp=sharing India Un ..read more

Prateek Gupta, was a student in VIth standard in St. Mary’s High School, Rezimental Banzar, Secunderabad, Hyderabad was kidnapped on his way back home. The Police arrested the kidnapper named Sheik Ahmed, and he was convicted under Section 364A IPC by the Sessions Court. Ahmed’s appeal before High Court was dismissed, but the Supreme Court found in his favour. Tune in to know why! Cause Title: SHAIK AHMED VERSUS STATE OF TELANGANA LNIND 2021 SC 180 Case Number: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.533 OF 2021 Court: Supreme Court of India Citation: LNIND 2021 SC 180 Instagram: lawandbehold --- Send in a voice m ..read more

Leesama Joseph was appointed in 1996 to the post of Typist/clerk in the Police Department on compassionate grounds, after her brother had passed away during service. She undisputedly suffered from Post Polio Residual Paralysis (L) Lower Limb and her permanent disability had been assessed at 55%. Leesama was promoted to the position of Upper Division Clerk and Cashier, but she initiated a litigation claiming that she was entitled to reservation in promotion on account of her disability, and therefore should get her benefits from a back date, i.e. the date she became entitled for promotion.  ..read more

Government of India submitted an undertaking in 1994 to not deport Sri Lankan Tamils to Sri Lanka against their wishes. Does that undertaking still stand in 2021? Tune in as we unravel the case of Bhaskaran and his quest for a Swiss Visa! Cause Title: THAMARAI VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Case Number: H.C.P. NO.1456 OF 2020,CRL.M.P. NO.5133 OF 2020,W.P. NO.11754 OF 2021,W.M.P. NOS.12516 & 12517 OF 2021 Court: Madras High Court Citation: LNINDORD 2021 MAD 292 Instagram: lawandbehold --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lawandbehold/message ..read more

Does the exemption provision in Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975 apply to building housing nuns and students? Tune in as we discover why cases are decided so long after they are admitted. What are the different rules for interpreting tax laws, and the different methods to use them.  Cause Title: Government of Kerala and Another  Versus Mother Superior Adoration Convent  Case Number: Civil Appeal No. 202 of 2012 Court: Supreme Court of India  Citation: 2021 SCC OnLine SC 151 Instagram: lawandbehold --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lawandbeho ..read more

What is externment? What are the necessary features of an externment order. Tune in as we discover what the Bombay High Court said on this issue. Cause Title: Ranjit Kumar Veeran of Mumbai v. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone XII Case Number: Criminal Writ Petition 356 of 2021 Court: High Court of Judicature at Bombay Citation: LNIND 2021 BOM 209 Instagram: lawandbehold --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lawandbehold/message ..read more

Where the contract for no fault of the plaintiff becomes impossible, Section 21 of Specific Relief Act, 1963 enables award of compensation in lieu and substitution of the specific performance. So far as the determination of the amount of compensation, it has been held that the compensation awarded under the Land Acquisition Act may safely be taken to be the measure of damages subject, of course, to the deduction therefrom of money value of the services, time and energy expended by the original land owner in pursuing the claims of compensation and the expenditure incurred by him in the litigati ..read more

“The presumption of innocence is the general law of the land as every man is presumed to be innocent unless proven to be guilty. Alternatively, certain statutory presumptions in relation to certain class of offences have been raised against the accused whereby the presumption of guilt prevails till the accused discharges his burden upon an onus being cast upon him under the law to prove himself to be innocent. Section 319 CrPC springs out of the doctrine judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur (Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted) and this doctrine must be used as a beacon light while exp ..read more

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act, 2007 and Delhi Rules 2009 are welfare legislations. Senior Citizen Act and rules have been framed for the benefit and protection of senior citizens/Parents, so that they can spend their twilight years peacefully. The story of a father in law who was claimed of being thrown away from his own house. This and lots more in this episode of Law and Behold. Cause Title: MS. MAMTA VERSUS THE STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) AND OTHERS Case Number: W.P.(C) 5144/2021 Court: Delhi High Court Citation: LNIND 2021 DEL 877 Link to Judgment: https://drive.g ..read more

Sonu, who is in custody under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), w.e.f. 29.11.2019 for possessing 18.44 grams of heroin (Deacetyl morphine), has now come up before High Court under Section 439 of CrPC, seeking bail, on the grounds that the quantity of contraband allegedly seized is intermediate quantity and does not restrict bail, because the quantity greater than 250 grams of heroin (Deacetyl morphine), falls in the category of the commercial quantity; hence the restrictions for bail imposed in S. 37 of NDPS Act, do not apply, and in the present case he is in cu ..read more