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Recently, the U.S. law firm of Foley and Lardner LLP and MZM Legal, Advocates & Legal Consultants in India, jointly released a whitepaper entitled “Anti-Bribery and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guide for U.S. Companies Doing Business in India.” For any compliance practitioner, it is a welcome addition to country-specific literature on the Foreign Corrupt…
December 5, 2014 corporatecomplianceinsights.comThe Alliance for Integrity (AfIn), in cooperation with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Federation of German Industries (BDI), presented the findings of an extensive survey on “Corruption in India” on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day. 75 senior managers (of companies operating in India) who were part of the survey provided partly…
December 1, 2014 giz.deRecently the US law firm of Foley and Lardner LLP and MZM Legal, Advocates & Legal Consultants in India jointly released a white paper, entitled “Anti-Bribery and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guide for U.S. Companies Doing Business in India”. For any compliance practitioner it is a welcome addition to country specific literature on the…
November 26, 2014 fcpacompliancereport.comThe U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”) presents significant liability, risks, and compliance challenges for U.S. firms pursuing business opportunities in India.
November 24, 2014 jdsupra.comRoja star says jeweller cheated her after promising to exchange five of her old diamonds for a new 22-carat stone.Jeweller denies taking stones from her.
October 6, 2014 timesofindia.indiatimes.comRoja star Madhoo’s husband Anand Shah has filed an FIR with the Malabar Hill police station alleging that their family jeweller of over six decades has swindled them ofdiamonds worth Rs 5 crore.
October 6, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comCalling all exchange participants and exchange alumni! You went on an exchange – now exchange again! Taste of State is our FIRST global recipe exchange! Submit your favorite recipes from around the world with photos to the International Exchange Alumni Tumblr http://goo.gl/oB5h8o. Top submissions will be featured in the FIRST ever Taste of State online…
September 1, 2014 International Exchange Alumni HighlightsFilm producer Sanjay Punamiya, who is facing contempt proceedings after he accused the Bombay High Court Justice Roshan Dalvi of corruption, has once again tendered an unconditional apology to the judge, and has also submitted an assurance that he will not make such allegations against the high court judges.
July 30, 2014 timesofindia.indiatimes.comThe MF Husain Foundation, a Mumbai trust in charge of all sales, purchases and exhibitions of art made by Husain, has sent a legal notice to Bangalore auction house Bid & Hammer Auctioneers.
July 27, 2014 economictimes.indiatimes.comMUMBAI: A day before its Friday auction of ‘Significant Indian Art’, Bangalore-based auction house Bid & Hammer disputed claims by the MF Husain Foundation that 22 works of the late artist up for bidding were fake. The foundation had sent the auctioneers a legal notice on Thursday, claiming the paintings and books by Husain to…
June 28, 2014 timesofindia.indiatimes.comSeeks monthly maintenance of up to Rs. 4 lakh. Model Rhea Pillai on Saturday filed a complaint of domestic violence against her live-in partner and tennis star Leander Paes, and his father in the Bandra magistrate’s court.
June 22, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comThe custody battle between Leander Paes and his live-in partner Rhea Pillai got worse on Thursday with the latter approaching the police to complain that she was being prevented from entering the house she lives in with the tennis star.
May 9, 2014 firstpost.comMUMBAI: Trouble between Tennis player Leander Paes and his estranged partner Rhea Pillai escalated on Thursday when she accused the ace tennis player of prohibiting her from entering his Mumbai apartment.
May 9, 2014 timesofindia.indiatimes.comLaundry list of accusations mentioned in the guardianship petition includes lying about her divorce with actor Sanjay Dutt, adultery and not caring enough for their daughter.
May 4, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comCourt asks cops to produce Neves D’Souza, who also owns two flats in Goa, and shares worth Rs 4 crore.
May 1, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comZulfiquar Memon- His father is his role model: Initially, like young men his age, Zulfiquar Memon was keen to make a clean break from his family’s legal profession. He wanted to pursue international trade and commerce.
March 22, 2014 economictimes.indiatimes.comA 48-year-old Hyderabad woman, who spent six years in Lilavati Hospital after a botched up hysterectomy surgery, returned home last week with the hospital agreeing to waive off her Rs 8 crore bill.
February 25, 2014 economictimes.indiatimes.comThe studies of 53 dyslexic students of a special SoBo school is in jeopardy, as their institution has been forced to close due to large scale repairs being done to the building, after it was bought from the old landlords.
January 21, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comThe Manu Prem School for children with special needs at Gamdevi, has filed two cases against its new owner Braj Binani’s company Diwakar Infrastructure Pvt Ltd for forcing it to stop operations due to inconvenience caused because of repair work undertaken by the company.
January 21, 2014 dnaindia.comSikander gets Rs 2.15 cr ‘His half-sister Tara gets a 3,000 sq ft flat on Carmichael Rd and Rs 1.90 crore’ Their late father Gautam Berry’s partner, Kirti Chopra, gets a sprawling villa in Gamdevi, besides Rs 1.50 cr
January 21, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comMUMBAI: Anant Vardhan who, along with his two subordinates, was arrested with 4.5gm cocaine from a hotel last week, was granted conditional bail by the special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) court on Saturday.
January 19, 2014 timesofindia.indiatimes.comAnant Vardhan, the Yash Birla Group’s corporate affairs head who was arrested with his domestic help and a bodyguard on Friday for allegedly possessing cocaine, was remanded in judicial custody on Thursday.
January 17, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comA top executive of the Yash Birla Group was remanded in four days’ custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which said it found 4.5 gm of cocaine in his room in a five-star hotel here.
January 13, 2014 thehindu.comMUMBAI: The corporate affairs president of Yash Birla Group, Anant Vardhan Pathak (31), his security guard and his peon have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for possessing cocaine. On Sunday, the holiday court remanded them in the NCB’s custody till January 16.
January 13, 2014 timesofindia.indiatimes.comThe top Yash Birla group official who was arrested Saturday night by the Narcotics Control Bureau told a court on Sunday he had been falsely implicated, claiming that the cocaine seized from his five-star hotel room had actually been found in possession of his domestic help.
January 13, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comTwo days after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) discovered 4.5 grams of cocaine in the hotel room of Anant Vardhan Pathak, 31, a Yash Birla Group executive, Pathak and two others were arrested and remanded in NCB custody till January 16.
January 13, 2014 dnaindia.comWhen the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a top executive of the Yash Birla group, Anant Vardhan Pathak, for possession of cocaine, they also put two of his aides behind bars. One of them, his peon Dharmu Ramu Rathod, was found in possession of 4.5 grams of cocaine.
January 13, 2014 mid-day.comThe Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) late on Saturday night placed Yash Birla Group President (Corporate Affairs), Anant Vardhan Pathak, and two of his staff under arrest for allegedly possessing 4.5 grams of cocaine in their suite at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
January 12, 2014 indianexpress.comThe latest in the phone hacking and bribery trial of former News Corp. executives is here, here and here. (Financial Times sub req, Press Gazette, BBC)
January 8, 2014 blogs.wsj.comPaintings of masters taken off display at India Art Festival. A controversy over the authenticity of paintings by Indian masters MF Husain and Manjit Bawa that were put up at an art festival has raised doubts over the genuineness of other major works in the market.
January 1, 2014 mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com