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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

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. … [Read more...] about Loving life as a lawyer: How to maintain joy in your work (podcast)

“The state government is bound to clear all the medical reimbursement bills expeditiously to mitigate the hardship faced by the patient and his dependants,” said Justice Sharma while relying on a Supreme Court precedent from 1995 in case titled Consumer Education & Research Centre & Others V. Union Of India & Others, wherein it was held that the right to health and medical aid of workers during service and thereafter is a fundamental right. … [Read more...] about U’khand HC Directs Govt To Reimburse Medical Bills Of Employees In 3 Months, Provide Free Life-Saving Drugs [Read Order]

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 with Section 45 of the Penal Code only means imprisonment for rest of life of the convict and that the right to claim remission, commutation, reprieve etc. as provided under Article 72 or Article 161 of the Constitution will always be available being constitutional remedies untouchable by the court. … [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]

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 Liverpool. The Vatican hospital offered to take him to Rome for operations to help him breathe and eat, which would have allowed him to survive for an “undefined period.” … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Tweets Support for Alfie Evans, Ordered to Be Taken Off Life Support