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Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench

Madhya Pradesh High Court temporarily stays demolition of Al-Falah University founder’s ancestral home

2 min read

Al-Falah University has come under heightened scrutiny after medical professionals associated with it were arrested in connection with the recent Delhi car bomb blast case.

Chhattisgarh Advaocate General Vivek Sharma

Advocate Vivek Sharma appointed Advocate General of Chhattisgarh

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CJI Gavai

Politics plays more role than logic: CJI BR Gavai defends his view on creamy layer applicability to SCs

4 min read

Trademark Registry

Law & Odour? Trade Marks Registry green lights registration of first smell mark

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Delhi High Court

"You are not special": Here is why Delhi High Court rejected Red Fort blast accused's plea to meet with lawyer

2 min read

Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Supreme Court

They wanted regime change like in Bangladesh, Nepal: Delhi Police to Supreme Court in bail plea of Umar Khalid, others

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Gautam Gambhir, Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court quashes case against Gautam Gambhir Foundation booked for hoarding COVID-19 drugs

2 min read

News

Supreme Court pulls up Rajasthan over Jojari River pollution; forms high-level panel to restore ecosystem

Supreme Court pulls up Rajasthan over Jojari River pollution; forms high-level panel to restore ecosystem

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Courtroom

Adjournments and pass over are Court’s discretion, not advocate’s right: Delhi High Court

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Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench

Madhya Pradesh High Court temporarily stays demolition of Al-Falah University founder’s ancestral home

2 min read

Chhattisgarh Advaocate General Vivek Sharma

Advocate Vivek Sharma appointed Advocate General of Chhattisgarh

1 min read

Akshay Jaitly

Trilegal co-founder Akshay Jaitly discloses how firm's annual revenues quadrupled from 2020-2025 in new book

2 min read

CJI Gavai

Politics plays more role than logic: CJI BR Gavai defends his view on creamy layer applicability to SCs

4 min read

Trademark Registry

Law & Odour? Trade Marks Registry green lights registration of first smell mark

3 min read

Justice Surya Kant

Foreign Chief Justices, Judges to attend swearing in of Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant as CJI

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Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Couple

Denial of divorce in cases of irretrievable breakdown of marriage adds to suffering: MP High Court

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SARFAESI act , Supreme Court

Provident fund dues take precedence over secured creditors under SARFAESI: Supreme Court

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Sudhanshu Roy

Foley Hoag elevates Sudhanshu Roy to Partnership

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Cricket Stadium

Karnataka High Court revises State Cricket Association election timeline; polling on December 7

3 min read

Delhi High Court

"You are not special": Here is why Delhi High Court rejected Red Fort blast accused's plea to meet with lawyer

2 min read

Justice N Anand Venkatesh

Madras High Court judge finds Division Bench orders unworkable after SC judgment, asks litigants to review

4 min read

Kerala High Court and Election Commission

Kerala High Court stays ECI order delisting Kerala Congress, other political parties ahead of panchayat polls

3 min read

Street vendors

Street Vendors Act not applicable in panchayat areas: Kerala High Court

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Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala HC

Kerala High Court expunges remarks against CM Pinarayi Vijayan in ADGP Ajith Kumar corruption case

3 min read

Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Supreme Court

They wanted regime change like in Bangladesh, Nepal: Delhi Police to Supreme Court in bail plea of Umar Khalid, others

5 min read

Umar Khalid and Supreme Court

Delhi Riots: Supreme Court hears bail pleas by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, others [LIVE UPDATES]

6 min read

women and courts

Supreme Court to examine plea against Bombay HC ruling which said POSH Act doesn't apply to bar councils

3 min read

Dealstreet

TCS-TPG

AZB, CAM, Latham act on TCS securing ₹9,000 crore investment from TPG for AI data centre HyperVault

Ultrahuman

Saga Legal, KLA act on Ultrahuman raising ₹100 crore from Alteria Capital

Sangeeta Lakhi

Rajani Associates acts on SMC Global Securities ₹150 crore NCD issuance

Nivedita Tiwari, Devesh Pandey

SAM advises Omega Hospitals majority stake acquisition in Cytecare Hospitals

Inox Neo Energies

LKS, Saraf act on Inox Neo Energies acquiring 640MW AC wind-solar hybrid portfolios from Evergreen Group

Fashion Entrepreneur Fund, Pitch to Get Rich

SPN Advisors secures Strategic Investments for FEF Global's Pitch to Get Rich

Bhavik Narsana

Khaitan & Co advises NecLife on sale of business to Ceph Lifesciences

The MoU signing b/w Flying Wedge Defence and Government of Andhra Pradesh

Triumvir Law acts on MoU signed between Flying Wedge Defence and Government of Andhra Pradesh

Rashi Kapoor Mehta

Universal Legal acts on acquisition of 35% stake in Rivaara Labs by Authum

Tenneco

SAM, Khaitan, A&O Shearman act on Tenneco India ₹3,600 crore IPO

Sumitomo Corporation, TruAlt Bioenergy

TT&A, DSK Legal act on Sumitomo Corp – TruAlt Bioenergy JV

Uday Walia

Touchstone Partners advises GEF Capital on $50 million investment in Membrane Group

PRC Saltillo

CMS INDUSLAW, US Firms act on PRC-Saltillo acquiring Invention Labs Engineering Products and Avaz Inc.

Insurance Dekho, RenewBuy

Chandhiok & Mahajan secures CCI approval for InsuranceDekho – RenewBuy merger

Physicswallah

SAM, TT&A, CAM, Latham act on PhysicsWallah ₹3,480 crore IPO

Babyorgano

VERTICES PARTNERS, First Principles Law, IC RegFin Legal act on BabyOrgano pre-Series A fundraise

Columns

Chief Justice of India BR Gavai

Chief Justice BR Gavai: A tenure marked by grace, balance and transformative simplicity

Mosque

Demolition of mosques: Arbitrary state action and judicial approval

Election

The slippery terrain of caste verification in elections

Supreme Court of India

When Supreme Court put the clock away: A story of Governors, bills and a judgment that rewrote the rules

Data Privacy and The Internet

Impact of the new Digital Personal Data Protection Rules on websites

Stock Price

From Tata Sons to small investors: Why pledges matter to all of us

Raghav Bhatia, Disha Joshi

The Arbitration Practitioner’s Series by MKBAC: Supreme Court explains when an unsigned arbitration agreement is binding

Forest Dwellers (Representative Image)

When ‘just compensation’ becomes just a word

Nipun K Bhatiaa

Past their prime: Law firm HR policies that need to go

Madras HighCourt and POSH ACT

From the pitch to the workplace: Ensuring fair play through natural justice

Entry of Foreign Law Firms

The BCI ignored the law of unintended consequences

School Children

Children's Day 2025: The everyday violence against children we need to see

Tryst with the Constitution: Swapnil Tripathi

Tryst with the Constitution: Nehru and the making of the Indian Constitution

Surinder Koli

The case that ate itself: How the Supreme Court unmade the Nithari conviction

CLAT 2026

CLAT 2026: A chance to redeem a broken system

Interviews

Lord Peter Goldsmith

Indian courts must stick to being pro-arbitration: Lord Peter Goldsmith KC

Payal Chawla and Lord Peter Goldsmith

Navigating Commercial Disputes with Payal Chawla: Episode 8 - Lord Peter Goldsmith KC

Dr Pallab Das

NLUs must stop 'show business'; prioritise students' mental health: Dr Pallab Das

Peer review of summons issued to lawyers unworkable; Supreme Court issued adequate guidelines: Arvind Datar

Peer review of summons issued to lawyers unworkable; Supreme Court issued adequate guidelines: Arvind Datar

Gopal Sankaranarayanan

Supreme Court missed opportunity to protect lawyers and send out strong message to agencies: Gopal Sankaranarayanan

Barbara Mills KC

BCI Rule requiring information on clients will deter those who want to arbitrate in India: Barbara Mills KC

Tejal patil

We could have done a lot to prepare for legal market liberalisation, but we're not there: Wipro GC Tejal Patil

Lord Andrew Burrows

From Professor to UK Supreme Court Justice: Lord Andrew Burrows

Sakshi Vijay

How this JGLS faculty is explaining the Constitution to kids

Justice Surya Kant

Interview: Why Justice Surya Kant prefers mediation over arbitration

Prof NK Chakrabarti

"I have proof of instigation": Under-fire NUJS Vice-Chancellor Prof NK Chakrabarti

Jimmy Yim

India needs an integrated approach to be a global arbitration hub: Jimmy Yim

The Viewpoint

Jogesh Sharma, Muskan Aggarwal

Retaining talent and attention: Why goodwill is both an appreciating and depreciating asset

4 min read

CaseMine

CaseMine launches Multi-Document Intelligence in AMICUS AI: Turning Case Documents into Strategy

4 min read

When You’re Too Busy to Build Processes — Let Technology Do It for You

When You’re Too Busy to Build Processes — Let Technology Do It for You

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Pratyush Kumar Singh, Mayank Kumar

Beyond Formation: Is the establishment of ICC enough to comply with the requirements of the POSH Act?

5 min read

Puneet Maithani

How AI is Shaping Your Online Reputation: Commwiser’s Primary Research on Indian Law Firms & Lawyers

3 min read

Amit Meharia, Shashwat Roy

Importance of mediation in the insolvency regime: The evolving interplay

6 min read

Ritesh Raj

Sections 138 and 143A of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881: Strengthening credibility of cheque transactions

4 min read

Vikrant Rana, Anuradha Gandhi, Prateek Chandghotia

MeitY notifies final Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025

6 min read

Ashima Obhan, Aakanksha Singh

Free transferability and the limits of contractual freedom

4 min read

Law School

MNLU Mumbai Student Protest

Faulty wiring, lack of facilities: MNLU Mumbai students hold protest over hostel woes

Last year, students were shifted from the MTNL building in Powai, located directly across the academic building, to a YourSpace managed hostel in Kanjurmarg.

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NLUO Essay Writing Competition

Exploring BNSS 2023: NLUO launches criminal justice and human rights essay writing competition

2 min read

NLUO Credit Course on Animal Law

NLUO launches credit course on Animal law perspectives from the global south

2 min read

Alliance University GST Council 2025

Alliance University hosts National Model GST Council Competition 2025

3 min read

UILS Panjab University, 2nd NLS SAM Fintech Moot

UILS Panjab University wins NLS-SAM Fintech Moot Court Competition 2025

1 min read

Justice Abhay S Oka

Former Supreme Court Justice Abhay S Oka joins PGCL as Professor of Practice

1 min read

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