Army Rule 51 allows an accused, before pleading to the charge, to offer a special plea to the general jurisdiction of the Court-Martial. If the Court considers that the plea shows lack of jurisdiction, it must receive evidence in support of the plea, evidence from the prosecution in disproof or qualification, and hear addresses from...
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M&A due diligence is the legal and commercial process through which a buyer, investor, lender or strategic partner verifies a target company before signing or closing a transaction. A high-quality M&A legal due diligence exercise should identify not only obvious legal defects, but also liabilities, consent requirements, control gaps, regulatory exposure, employment issues, litigation risk,...
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Armed Forces Pension Law · Medical Board · NANA · AFT Attributable or Aggravated by Military Service? NANA Medical Board, Dharamvir Singh & AFT Challenge 2026 A practical guide to the legal difference between attributability, aggravation and NANA; the effect of entry medical fitness; the role of Dharamvir Singh and later cases; the 2023 Entitlement...
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Army Rule 37 deals with the convening of General and District Courts-Martial. Before convening a General or District Court-Martial, the competent officer must first satisfy himself that the charges are offences within the meaning of the Army Act and that the evidence justifies a trial on those charges. If he is not so satisfied, he...
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A bank account may be frozen due to a UPI transaction when cyber police or a bank traces allegedly fraudulent money into that account after a cyber complaint, 1930 complaint or National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal complaint. However, freezing the entire bank account for one disputed UPI entry may be challenged if it is disproportionate,...
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An NBFC LSP Agreement is a contractual arrangement between a regulated lender, such as an NBFC, and a Lending Service Provider that performs one or more digital lending functions for the regulated entity, such as customer acquisition, services incidental to underwriting, loan servicing, monitoring or recovery. Under RBI’s Digital Lending Directions, digital lending through an...
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A GST bank account attachment under Section 83 of the CGST Act, 2017 is a provisional attachment made to protect government revenue during specified GST proceedings. The Commissioner may attach property, including a bank account, only after forming an opinion that such attachment is necessary to protect revenue. The attachment is not meant to be...
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A property in Malviya Nagar or South Delhi should not be treated as safely owned merely because the buyer has a General Power of Attorney, Agreement to Sell, Will, Receipt or Possession Letter. The Supreme Court in Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Haryana held that immovable property cannot be legally transferred...
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Army Rule 24 deals with the remand of accused after the Summary of Evidence is recorded under Army Rule 23. The Summary of Evidence must be considered by the Commanding Officer, who then has three broad options: remand the accused for trial by court martial, refer the case to the proper superior military authority, or,...
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Default bail under BNSS Section 187 is a statutory right that arises when an accused is in custody and the investigating agency fails to complete investigation and file the chargesheet/final report within the prescribed period. The usual statutory period is 90 days for offences punishable with death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment of ten years or...
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