An
Indian-origin leading intellectual property lawyer of Singapore Dedar Singh, 59, has been appointed as a judicial commissioner of Singapore’s Supreme Court.
Singh has been appointed at the post by
President Halimah Yacob for a period of two years. As per the statement released from the Prime Minister’s Office, Singh will begin his role on August 1, and he will be sworn in on August 3.
Singh has done his graduation from
National University of Singapore (1983). After that, he joined law firm
Drew and Napier LLC as managing director of intellectual property department. With over 30 years of experience, he is considered as one of the Singapore’s top intellectual property (IP) litigators, representing corporate clients who are household names. He was also the president of the
Asian Patent Attorneys Association (Singapore Group) and was appointed as deputy president of the Copyright Tribunal.
SC Gives Judgement in Suo Moto Case for Expeditious Trial of Cases Under Section 138 OF N.I. Act 1881 [READ ORDER]
Judiciary
Apr 19, 2021
Mathews Savio
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Editor: Ekta Joshi
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A five-member bench of the Supreme Court gave its judgement in a Suo Moto case relating to the expeditious trial of cases relating to dishonoured cheques under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The bench which heard the matter included Chief Justice S. A. Bobde along with Justices L. Nageswara Rao, B. R. Gavai, A. S. Bopanna and S. Ravindra Bhat.In 2016 while considering a matter related to the dishonour of two cheques which were pending before the courts for 16...
Fictional Convenience of One Party Cannot be a Ground to Transfer Cases U/S 25 Of CPC: SC [READ ORDER]
Judiciary
Apr 19, 2021
Mathews Savio
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Editor: Ekta Joshi
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While deciding a transfer petition concerning a commercial dispute (M/S Fumo Chem Pvt. Ltd. V. M/S Raj Process Equipments And Systems Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.) the Supreme Court observed that mere convenience of one of the parties is not a ground to transfer cases under Section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.The matter was decided by a Single-Judge Bench comprising of Justice Aniruddha Bose through Video Conferencing.The commercial dispute was about the supply of certain items. The...
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