Demerger is a mode of industrial restructuring. Demerger is often used to describe division or separation of different undertakings of a business. The companies act does not contain the concept of de-merger as such but indirectly it does recognize it in- Sec 391/394 (scheme of compromise, arrangement or reconstruction) and Sec 293(1) (a)(sale, lease or […]

(The following article has been divided into two parts. Part I deals with basics of patent and its infringement. Part II explains the infringement with specific sections of Indian Patent Act,1970. Click here for Part I) Infringement of Patent under various sections of Indian Patents Act, 1970 Section 104- Jurisdiction A suit for infringement has to […]

(The following article has been divided into two parts. Part I deals with basics of patent and its infringement. Part II explains the infringement with specific sections of Indian Patent Act,1970. Click here for Part II) Meaning of Patent Patent means a monopoly right granted to a person to exploit his invention for a limited period […]

Immediately after becoming a republic one of the first things India did was to put its signatures on the International Convention for The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Persons and Exploitation of Prostitution. Enactment of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, followed ratification of the convention. After more than half-a-century of enforcement of the penal law, […]