Nihit Nagpal

Aug 13, 2024 | barandbench.com | ’s Note |Vikrant Rana |Nihit Nagpal

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) replaces the Evidence Act, 1872, and brings about changes in the procedure for the filling of electronic evidence as the increasing importance of technological devices and software in every field has also affected the justice delivery system heavily.

Jan 17, 2024 | mondaq.com | Shubham Tripathi |Nihit Nagpal

On December 13, 2023 a seven judge bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in In Re: Interplay between Arbitration Agreements under the Arbitration And Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act, 18991, unanimously ruled on the issue surrounding the admissibility of unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument in evidence, which arose in the context of three statues - the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 ("Arbitration Act"), the Indian Stamp Act 1899 ("Stamp Act"), and the Indian...

Jan 3, 2024 | barandbench.com | Vikrant Rana |Nihit Nagpal

On December 25, 2023 the President of India assented to the three criminal law bills that replaced the procedural and substantive provisions of the criminal law that were first enacted over 100 years ago by the British The new criminal law acts are named the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replacing the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973; and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 which has replaced the Indian...

Dec 26, 2023 | livelaw.in | Nihit Nagpal |Shubham Tripathi

On December 13, 2023 a seven judge bench of the Supreme Court in In Re: Interplay between Arbitration Agreements under the Arbitration And Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899[1], unanimously ruled on the issue surrounding the admissibility of unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument in evidence, which arose in the context of three statues - the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (“Arbitration Act”), the Indian Stamp Act 1899 (“Stamp Act”), and the Indian Contract...

Jun 1, 2023 | lexology.com | Nihit Nagpal

The Latin phrase dominus litis, or, the master of the suit/plaint, is a reference to “the person who derives the benefit of a favourable judgment and is liable for the effects of an adverse judgment, including expenses”.