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CJI BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar

Presidential reference: Supreme Court says no timelines for Governor/ President to act on bills, no deemed assent

5 min read

The Governor's role to grant assent to bills under Article 200 cannot be supplanted by another authority by way of deemed assent, the Bench made it clear.

supreme court, umar khalid and LIVE UPDATES

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

6 min read

Supreme Court and Income tax appellate tribunal

Supreme Court strikes down 25-year CA practice requirement for Accountant Members of ITAT

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Supreme Court

Aravalli: Supreme Court permits sustainable mining, orders Centre to prepare plan; no new mining license till then

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Constitution Bench and Supreme Court

Whose judgment is it anyway? The case of the missing author

1 min read

Delhi air pollution, Delhi High Court

Damaging students' lungs: Delhi High Court pulls up govt for holding sports events amid air pollution

3 min read

CBI and Supreme Court

CBI acting unusually friendly in Sammaan Capital fraud case: Supreme Court bats for SIT probe

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News

supreme court, umar khalid and LIVE UPDATES

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

6 min read

Justice Rohinton Nariman

Secularism was built into Shanti Bhushan from childhood; he left BJP because of it: Justice Rohinton Nariman

3 min read

Umar Khalid and Supreme Court

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

7 min read

Supreme Court and Income tax appellate tribunal

Supreme Court strikes down 25-year CA practice requirement for Accountant Members of ITAT

1 min read

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court announces updated e-filing platform on pilot basis

1 min read

Constitution Bench and Supreme Court

Whose judgment is it anyway? The case of the missing author

1 min read

Supreme Court

Aravalli: Supreme Court permits sustainable mining, orders Centre to prepare plan; no new mining license till then

3 min read

CJI BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar

Presidential reference: Supreme Court says no timelines for Governor/ President to act on bills, no deemed assent

5 min read

Prof NK Chakrabarti

Supreme Court relief to ex-NUJS VC; drops its direction to have sexual harassment case recorded in resume

2 min read

Kerala High Court Advocates Association (KHCAA) and Kerala High Court

KHCAA President calls out Kerala High Court judges for skipping annual day function, interfering in Bar politics

4 min read

Lawyers

Delhi High Court frowns upon litigants 'throwing trash' on previous counsel

2 min read

Delhi air pollution, Delhi High Court

Damaging students' lungs: Delhi High Court pulls up govt for holding sports events amid air pollution

3 min read

Patiala House Court

Delhi court remands gangster Anmol Bishnoi to NIA custody for 11 days

1 min read

CBI and Supreme Court

CBI acting unusually friendly in Sammaan Capital fraud case: Supreme Court bats for SIT probe

5 min read

Arbitration and Conciliation

After firm moves Delhi High Court to replace ex-SC judge as arbitrator, Centre says judge is ready to pass order

2 min read

Delhi High Court with Saregama

On Saregama’s plea, Delhi High Court cracks down on websites offering copyrighted music downloads

2 min read

120 Bahadur and Delhi High Court

120 Bahadur producers tell Delhi High Court they will name all Battle of Rezang La soldiers in end credits

2 min read

Organ donation

Supreme Court calls for national policy to address inconsistencies in organ transplantation

3 min read

Supreme Court

Supreme Court declines to allow quota for Regular Promotee judges in higher judiciary; issues guidelines to determine seniority

4 min read

Jyoti Jagtap

Supreme Court grants interim bail to Bhima Koregaon accused Jyoti Jagtap

1 min read

Dealstreet

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

Rahul Dutt, Soumil Garg

Khaitan & Co advised Godrej on ₹449 crore acquisition of Muuchstac

Puneet Shah

IC RegFin Legal acts on Mantra Group ₹125 crore fundraise

JSW Paints

Khaitan & Co, TT&A act on JSW Paints ₹3,300 crore NCD issuance

Sarika Raichur

SAM advises Jinyoung Electro-Mechanics on acquiring entire stake in Jinyoung Sandhar Mechatronics

Rahul Charkha, Vinay Butani

ELP advises NXP USA Inc on $242.5 million acquisition of Avivalinks Semiconductor

Rahul Charkha, Vinay Butani

ELP advises NXP USA Inc on $307 million acquisition of Kinara AI

Mahindra & Mahindra, Manulife

AZB, Khaitan, Debevoise & Plimpton act on Mahindra-Manulife Insurance JV

Tata Bluescope Steel,

Argus Partners acts on Tata Steel's proposed acquisition of BlueScope’s 50% stake in Tata BlueScope Steel

Columns

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

Madhavi Divan

Media Law Column: Social media influencers-turned-political influencers

Abhisaar Bairagi, Milind Sharma, Ausaf Ayyub

The Arbitration Practitioner’s Series by MKBAC: The fragile enforceability of BIT awards against India

classroom

A judgment that blends discipline with compassion

Nakul Dewan

Courting controversy: In-house and out of privilege

The silent trial of LinkedIn profiles

The silent trial of LinkedIn profiles

Delhi High Court, Mental health

The rule that broke the student: Attendance, anxiety and what must change

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

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

3 min read

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

Payel Chatterjee, Shuchita Choudhry

The summoned advocate: Supreme Court reaffirming principles of attorney-client privilege

6 min read

Akshaya Bhansali, Pulkit Lodha

Settling in the dark? The necessity of disclosing investigation material in settlement proceedings

4 min read

Law School

Alliance University GST Council 2025

Alliance University hosts National Model GST Council Competition 2025

The competition format mirrored actual GST Council proceedings, including speaking-order presentations, clause-by-clause amendment discussions, inter-state questioning and final voting sessions.

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

Winners, NLUJ, LAWASIA Moot Court Competition

NLU Jodhpur wins 20th LAWASIA Moot Court Competition

1 min read

NLU Delhi VAP

NLU Delhi gets ₹4.74 crore grant from Azim Premji Foundation for victim advocacy project

2 min read

NLIU NHRC Moot 2026

1st NLIU-NHRC National Moot Court Competition 2026: Register by Dec 10

2 min read

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