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<news:title>An open legal services sector can enhance India’s ease of doing business: Law Society of England and Wales President Mark Evans</news:title>
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<news:title>Appeal in Kerala High Court challenges refusal to include transgender candidates in National Cadet Corps</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/trilegal-advises-continuum-green-energy-on-securing-675-million-from-just-climate</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T11:17:25.261+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Trilegal advises Continuum Green Energy on securing $67.5 million from Just Climate</news:title>
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<news:title>Karnataka High Court dismisses PIL against Centre's advisory urging schools to sing all 6 stanzas of Vande Mataram</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-appoints-former-justice-vg-arun-as-sabarimala-high-power-committee-chairperson</loc>
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<image:caption>Justice VG Arun and Sabarimala temple</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice KV Jayakumar</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T11:02:51.585+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Kerala High Court appoints former Justice VG Arun as Sabarimala high power committee chairperson</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/view-point/delay-damages-and-burden-of-proof-in-epc-contracts-unequal-footing-for-employer-and-contractor</loc>
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<image:caption>Amit Meharia, Shashwat Roy</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T10:55:59.758+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Delay, damages and burden of proof in EPC contracts: Unequal footing for employer and contractor?</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/sama-suljhao-space-a-care-led-hybrid-mediation-centre-in-bangalore</loc>
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<image:caption>Sama Suljhao Space</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Sriram Panchu</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T10:55:40.401+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Sama Suljhao Space: A Care-Led Hybrid Mediation Centre in Bangalore</news:title>
<news:keywords>Sama, Sam Suljhao Space, Sriram Panchu, Pranjal Sinha, Akshetha Ashok</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/ic-regfin-legal-vertices-act-on-aquapulse-series-a-fundraise</loc>
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<image:caption>Aquapulse</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Puneet Shah</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Vishal Mehta</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T10:52:24.750+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>IC RegFin Legal, VERTICES act on Aquapulse Series A fundraise</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/desai-diwanji-acts-on-travomint-proposed-ipo</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T10:50:31.771+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Desai &amp; Diwanji acts on Travomint proposed IPO</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-seeks-urgent-exemption-from-mcc-curbs-to-carry-out-court-infrastructure-works</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T10:42:16.343+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Kerala High Court seeks urgent exemption from MCC curbs to carry out court infrastructure works</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/ncdrc-dismisses-consumer-case-against-jaguar-land-rover-over-airbag-non-deployment</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T10:20:46.289+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>NCDRC dismisses consumer case against Jaguar Land Rover over airbag non-deployment</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/gujarat-high-court-upholds-mans-660-day-jail-term-over-failure-to-pay-maintenance-to-wife</loc>
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<image:caption>Jail</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justice Hasmukh D Suthar</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T10:08:41.403+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Gujarat High Court upholds man's 660-day jail term over failure to pay maintenance to wife</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/upload-judgments-online-the-day-they-are-pronounced-bombay-high-court-to-judicial-officers</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-09T09:51:03.383+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Upload judgments online the day they are pronounced: Bombay High Court to judicial officers</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/swatantryaveer-title-of-vd-savarkar-not-conferred-by-government-but-appears-in-his-biography-savarkars-grandnephew-tells-court</loc>
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<image:caption>Vinayak Savarkar</image:caption>
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<news:title>'Swatantryaveer' title of VD Savarkar not conferred by government but appears in his biography: Savarkar's grandnephew tells court</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/attending-rss-seminar-doesnt-prove-bias-cbi-in-kejriwal-plea-for-justice-swarna-kanta-recusal</loc>
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<image:caption>Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma and Arvind Kejriwal</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T22:01:42.477+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Attending RSS Seminar doesn’t prove bias: CBI in Kejriwal plea for Justice Swarna Kanta Recusal</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T13:07:21.018+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Right to vote cannot be denied: Kerala HC directs urgent issuance of postal ballots to election duty staff</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T13:05:39.587+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The blind spot in Fintech DDs – What the Fino Payments Bank episode says about investor risk </news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/allahabad-hc-suggests-appointing-digitally-literate-young-lawyers-as-research-associates-in-government-advocates-office</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T13:02:17.460+05:30</news:publication_date>
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</url>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/corporate/samvd-partners-poornima-hatti-goes-independent</loc>
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</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T12:52:26.344+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Samvād: Partners' Poornima Hatti goes independent</news:title>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/columns/indias-digital-personal-data-protection-act-a-data-maximisation-regime</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T12:44:46.083+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act: A data maximisation regime?</news:title>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/jsa-advises-vtllp-on-acquisition-of-huls-prime-property-in-tamil-nadu</loc>
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<image:caption>Aravind Raj</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T12:36:34.141+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>JSA advises VTLLP on acquisition of HUL's prime property in Tamil Nadu</news:title>
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</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/trilegal-advises-canara-hsbc-life-insurance-on-250-crore-ncd-issuance</loc>
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<image:caption>Richa Choudhary, Maitreya Rajurkar</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Canara HSBC Life Insurance</image:caption>
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</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T12:15:13.623+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Trilegal advises Canara HSBC Life Insurance on ₹250 crore NCD issuance</news:title>
<news:keywords>Trilegal, Richa Choudhary, Maitreya Rajurkar, Canara HSBC Life Insurance, Canara HSBC Life Insurance NCD issuance, Indian law firms, law firm news</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/bombay-hc-orders-demolition-of-illegal-shivaji-maharaj-statue-raps-state-for-allowing-encroachment-of-port-land</loc>
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<image:caption>Shivaji Maharaj with Goa Bench of Bombay High Court</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit S. Jamsandekar</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T12:09:03.928+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Bombay HC orders demolition of illegal Shivaji Maharaj statue, raps State for allowing encroachment of port land</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/allahabad-hc-refuses-to-quash-case-against-man-who-said-bjp-run-states-target-muslims-trampled-constitution</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/barandbench/2024-10-03/avtum4g7/13.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Allahabad High Court</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
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<image:caption>Justice Saurabh Srivastava</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T11:52:01.419+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Allahabad HC refuses to quash case against man who said BJP-run States target Muslims, trampled Constitution</news:title>
<news:keywords>Allahabad High Court, Communal Comments, Religious Comments, BJP States</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/delhi-hc-says-rana-ayyubs-tweets-on-hindu-deities-and-vd-savarkar-are-derogatory-communal-asks-police-to-act</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T11:42:10.071+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Delhi HC says Rana Ayyub’s tweets on Hindu deities and VD Savarkar are “derogatory, communal”, asks police to act</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/ncdrc-stays-arrest-warrants-against-salman-khan-over-rajshree-ad-calls-for-records-from-district-commission</loc>
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</image:image><xhtml:link href="https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/news%2Flitigation%2Fncdrc-stays-arrest-warrants-against-salman-khan-over-rajshree-ad-calls-for-records-from-district-commission" rel="amphtml" />
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T11:37:26.314+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>NCDRC stays arrest warrants against Salman Khan over Rajshree ad, calls for records from district commission</news:title>
<news:keywords>NCDRC, Salman Khan</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/delhi-high-court-seeks-response-from-meity-google-on-plea-against-blocking-of-youtube-channel-4pm-news</loc>
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<image:caption>Delhi High Court and YouTube</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/barandbench/2025-11-17/jo5sbz5r/DELHI__WEB_PAGE_1600x900.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav</image:caption>
</image:image><xhtml:link href="https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/news%2Fdelhi-high-court-seeks-response-from-meity-google-on-plea-against-blocking-of-youtube-channel-4pm-news" rel="amphtml" />
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T11:31:36.047+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Delhi High Court seeks response from MEITY, Google on plea against blocking of YouTube channel 4PM news</news:title>
<news:keywords>delhi high court, 4PM, 4PM news , sanjay sharma</news:keywords>
</news:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/dealstreet/cms-induslaw-khaitan-act-on-prestige-estates-projects-sare-gurugram-joint-development-agreement</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/barandbench/2026-04-07/p7cermu5/93919.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Prestige Group</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/barandbench/2026-04-07/j92zap0b/93913.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Kshitij Bishnoi, Gautam Bhargava</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/barandbench/2026-04-07/6zg7lq9h/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-07-at-11.38.56.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Mohit Kishore, Dr. Siddharth Srivastava, Avnish Sharma</image:caption>
</image:image><xhtml:link href="https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/dealstreet%2Fcms-induslaw-khaitan-act-on-prestige-estates-projects-sare-gurugram-joint-development-agreement" rel="amphtml" />
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T11:23:13.485+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>CMS INDUSLAW, Khaitan act on Prestige Estates Projects - SARE Gurugram joint development agreement</news:title>
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</news:news>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/borrowers-dont-have-right-to-personal-hearing-before-banks-classify-accounts-as-fraud-supreme-court</loc>
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<image:caption>State Bank of India</image:caption>
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<image:caption>SG Tushar Mehta</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
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<image:caption>K Parameshwar</image:caption>
</image:image><image:image>
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<image:caption>Senior Advocate Venkatesh Dhond</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T11:18:41.342+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<news:keywords>Supreme Court of India</news:keywords>
</news:news>
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<loc>https://www.barandbench.com/news/delhi-high-court-rejects-plea-by-christian-michel-for-release-from-jail-in-agustawestland-case</loc>
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</image:image><xhtml:link href="https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/news%2Fdelhi-high-court-rejects-plea-by-christian-michel-for-release-from-jail-in-agustawestland-case" rel="amphtml" />
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