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Supreme Court Orders Nationwide Audit of All Private Universities After Amity’s Harassment Over Student’s Name Change

The Supreme Court has ordered a massive audit of all the private universities in India in a landmark move that is to revolutionize the higher education scenario in India. This is an unprecedented step following a valiant struggle against Amity University by one student who revealed the presence of a great systemic corruption. Ayesha Jain is a young MBA student who battled the university management when the university declined to change her name in their records

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S.138 NI Act Compounding Costs Not Mandated by Damodar Prabhu Judgment Says Supreme Court

In India, millions of court cases are associated with one thing, namely bounced cheques. Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act) deals with this. Simply stated, it is a criminal act to write a cheque that is disgraced by the bank because of lack of funds. The law was established so as to establish confidence in business transactions and to ensure that a cheque would be considered a promise with serious allegations to pay.

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Surya Kant + Joymalya Bagchi = Nightmare for Cyber Extortionists: SC Goes Nuclear against Digital Arrest Loot

The alarming increasing trend of the so-called digital arrests has been strictly checked by a Supreme Court bench including Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi who have assumed a no-nonsense attitude. The bench has turned into a nightmare to cyber extortionists meaning that the era of simple advisories is long gone