Akshita Saxena

Jan 21, 2025 | livelaw.in | Akshita Saxena

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (January 21) orally told the municipal and local authorities in the national capital that they cannot simply raise their hands in the matter of water logging at Siri Fort Institutional Area during monsoon season, which led to flooding of Delhi Bar Council office last year.

Dec 16, 2024 | livelaw.in | Akshita Saxena

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission bench presided by Dr. Inder Jit Singh has underscored the importance of procedural timeline given under the Consumer Protection Act for filing of Written Statement. The bench observed that the initial timeline of 30 days with extension of another 15 days must be adhered to in all respects. It held that a litigant cannot be allowed even...

Jul 30, 2024 | livelaw.in | Akshita Saxena |Nupur Thapliyal

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking grant of dual citizenship for Indian diaspora, holding their citizenship presently at some other foreign country. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the issue falls within the domain of the Parliament and it is not for the court to decide or pass directions on it.

Jul 27, 2024 | livelaw.in | Akshita Saxena |Anamika Pandey Shukla

Critical infrastructure refers to the essential systems or sectors of any nation, which if faced by any disruption, whether physical or virtual, would debilitate a nation's public health, safety and security, and economic stability. When a global data outage of the scale we saw in Microsoft's case occurred, it took down with it the functioning of key sectors like aviation, healthcare, banking, trading, federal agencies, etc. What is more unfortunate is that this is not a one-off incident.

Jul 19, 2024 | livelaw.in | Akshita Saxena

Within days of coming into force, the much celebrated new criminal laws which repealed the "colonial remnants" have provoked a legal conundrum qua their applicability to offences registered prior to July 1, 2024. If an offence is committed on or after July 1, 2024, clearly, the newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (which repealed the Indian Penal Code) and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (which repealed the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) will apply at both investigation and trial stage.