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<image:caption>Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-22T13:34:59.953+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-22T13:31:12.313+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Chief Justices of India Museum, OP Jindal Global University</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Chief Justices of India Museum, OP Jindal Global University</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Chief Justices of India Museum, OP Jindal Global University</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Chief Justices of India Museum, OP Jindal Global University</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/law-firms/corporate/manasi-pathak-verma-moves-from-vertices-partners-to-join-vishal-mega-mart-as-head-of-legal-compliance</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T12:29:49.926+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Manasi Pathak Verma moves from Vertices Partners to join Vishal Mega Mart as Head of Legal Compliance</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/Law-School/srm-school-of-law-signs-six-mous-for-experiential-learning</loc>
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<image:caption>SRM School of law</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T12:13:40.074+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>SRM School of Law Signs Six MoUs for experiential learning</news:title>
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</url>
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<image:caption>IAMAI event</image:caption>
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<image:caption>IAMAI event</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T12:12:06.542+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Law firms should bill fewer hours when AI cuts time spent on work: Senior General Counsel</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/law-firms/corporate/anubhav-mehta-joins-desai-diwanji-as-a-partner</loc>
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<image:caption>Anubhav Mehta</image:caption>
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<news:title>Anubhav Mehta joins Desai &amp; Diwanji as Partner in Banking &amp; Finance practice</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/muthanga-land-agitation-case-kerala-high-court-suspends-sentences-of-m-geethanandan-3-others</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T11:32:46.747+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Muthanga land agitation case: Kerala High Court suspends sentences of M Geethanandan, 3 others</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/supreme-court-reduces-law-practice-criterion-to-become-civil-judge-from-3-years-to-1-year-but-adds-clerkship-and-training-criteria</loc>
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<image:caption>Supreme Court , judge</image:caption>
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<image:caption>CJI Surya Kant, Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice K Vinod Chandran</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T11:00:21.559+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Supreme Court reduces law practice criterion to become civil judge from 3 years to 1 year but adds clerkship and training criteria</news:title>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/strange-that-23-cops-feared-his-katta-allahabad-hc-orders-cbi-probe-into-police-encounter-of-accused</loc>
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<image:caption>UP Police, Lucknow bench</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justice Subhash Vidyarthi</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T10:45:55.593+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Strange that 23 cops feared his katta: Allahabad HC orders CBI probe into police encounter of accused</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/college-wont-lose-malayalam-minority-status-merely-because-nairs-dominate-management-madras-hc</loc>
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<image:caption>Madurai bench of Madras High Court</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justices Karthikeyan and Sakthivel of Madras HC</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T10:42:44.611+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>College won’t lose Malayalam minority status merely because Nairs dominate management: Madras HC</news:title>
<news:keywords>Madras High Court, minority institution , minority college , linguistic minority </news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/law-firms/leading-questions/navigating-legal-liabilities-understanding-dpdp-execution</loc>
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<image:caption>Sidhant Dhingra, Shikher Upadhyay⁩</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-21T10:19:45.611+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Navigating legal liabilities: Understanding DPDP execution</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/karnataka-high-court-permits-b-nagendra-to-travel-outside-karnataka-but-not-out-of-india</loc>
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<image:caption>Justice M Nagaprasanna</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Parents and Child</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-20T20:06:11.205+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Delhi High Court , LGBT</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Shyel Trehan</image:caption>
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<news:name>Bar &amp; Bench</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-20T19:42:38.671+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Law does not bar live-in relationship between two men: Delhi HC in plea to let queer partners give medical consent</news:title>
<news:keywords>Delhi High Court, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/union-cabinet-approves-bench-at-ladakh-for-jammu-kashmir-high-court</loc>
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<image:caption>Leh, Ladakh</image:caption>
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<news:name>Bar &amp; Bench</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-20T19:27:50.789+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Union Cabinet approves bench at Ladakh for Jammu &amp; Kashmir High Court</news:title>
<news:keywords>Ladakh , Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Amit Shah, Narendra Modi </news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/right-to-marry-is-a-human-right-madras-hc-suggests-changes-to-hindu-marriage-act-to-avoid-obstacles-to-remarriage</loc>
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<image:caption>Marriage</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justices GR Swaminathan and MD Sumathi</image:caption>
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<news:name>Bar &amp; Bench</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-20T19:18:34.137+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Right to marry is a human right: Madras HC suggests changes to Hindu Marriage Act to avoid obstacles to remarriage</news:title>
<news:keywords>Madras High Court</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/law-firms/corporate/adhiraj-singh-moves-from-makemytrip-to-join-shaadicom-as-general-counsel</loc>
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<image:caption>Adhiraj Singh</image:caption>
</image:image><xhtml:link href="https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/law-firms%2Fcorporate%2Fadhiraj-singh-moves-from-makemytrip-to-join-shaadicom-as-general-counsel" rel="amphtml" />
<news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>Bar &amp; Bench</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-08-20T19:08:29.299+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Adhiraj Singh moves from MakeMyTrip to join Shaadi.com as General Counsel</news:title>
<news:keywords>Adhiraj Singh, Shaadi.com, Shaadi.com General Counsel, in-house counsel</news:keywords>
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