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Majmudar & Partners advised Axis Bank Limited, one of India’s largest private sector banks, on its acquisition of shares of Max Life Insurance Company Limited from Max Financial Services Limited and Mitsui Sumitomo Company Limited for INR95,75,00,000 (approx. US$14 million).  Axis Bank now holds a 5.99% stake in Max Life Insurance, which is a leading life insurance company in India.  The deal threw up complex insurance and foreign investment regulatory issues, which were successfully navigated by the team from Majmudar & Partners, led by Managing Partner, Akil Hirani. … [Read more...] about Majmudar & Partners represents Axis Bank Limited on its investment in Max Life Insurance Company Limited

Home Daily News Loving life as a lawyer: How to maintain… Asked and Answered By Stephanie Francis Ward Posted January 29, 2018, 8:30 am CST Do you dread going to work? If so, maybe it's time to look at the other ways you can flex your legal skills, Nancy Levit says. There are many types of jobs for lawyers, and sometimes what you thought you wanted to do doesn’t work out, Levit tells the ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward in this episode of Asked and Answered. Levit shares tips on how to find the work you want to do and how to find joy in the work you’re already doing. One way to adjust your mindset at work is to look at who you’re spending time with, she says. Are you hanging out with colleagues who have positive outlooks, or with the workplace worrywarts and complainers? Levit advises keeping a mindset of “downward” comparisons. Comparing “upward” means focusing on the things others have that you don’t, while comparing … [Read more...] about Loving life as a lawyer: How to maintain joy in your work (podcast)

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Akanksha Jain March 24, 2018 11:49 am Change Font Size HC says those sanctioning the claims should remember they may also fall sick and need money for treatment Moved by the plight of a widow who had to move court seeking reimbursement of medical bills raised against treatment of her husband’s heart ailment way back in 2012, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to clear medical reimbursement bills of the employees within three months and provide life-saving drugs for cancer, heart ailments etc., free of cost. “…the respondent-State is directed to ensure that all the medical reimbursement bills of the employees are cleared within a period of three months. The State Government is also directed to provide life-saving drugs for the treatment of cancer, heart ailment etc. free of cost to save the precious life,” said Justice Rajiv Sharma. The court also directed the government to … [Read more...] about U’khand HC Directs Govt To Reimburse Medical Bills Of Employees In 3 Months, Provide Free Life-Saving Drugs [Read Order]

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Akanksha Jain April 2, 2018 8:48 pm Change Font Size HC modifies life term of murder convict sentenced to 25 yrs in jail without remission. Modifying to life term the punishment awarded to a murder convict sentenced by the trial court to undergo 25 years in custody without being considered for remission, the Delhi High Court has said the trial court cannot order an accused to undergo life imprisonment for a certain number of years beyond 14 years without being considered for remission. “…after the judgment in Union of India v. V. Sriharan, the trial Court cannot possibly order that the accused will undergo life imprisonment for a certain number of years beyond 14 years without being considered for remission,” said a bench of Justice S Muralidhar and Justice IS Mehta. It is to be noted that in V Sriharan’s case, the apex court had expressly stated that imprisonment for life in terms of Section 53 read … [Read more...] about Trial Court Can’t Order Accused To Undergo Life Term Beyond 14 Yrs Without Chance For Remission, Reiterates Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Pope Francis has tweeted his support for Alfie Evans, after the parents of the critically ill British baby lost a court battle to keep their child on life support. Tom Evans and Kate James had appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent doctors at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool from pulling the plug on their 22-month-old son, afflicted with a rare degenerative neurological condition, but lost their legal battle in late March.In his tweet Wednesday, the pope said he hoped that “everything necessary may be done in order to continue compassionately accompanying little Alfie Evans, and that the deep suffering of his parents may be heard.” He added that he was praying for the child, his family and all involved.As it did with the case of young Charlie Gard, the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù hospital offered to treat Alfie, even though consultants from the hospital agreed that there was no chance of curing him after visiting Alfie in … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Tweets Support for Alfie Evans, Ordered to Be Taken Off Life Support