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Former CJI BR Gavai

Judge need not always rule against government to prove his independence: CJI BR Gavai

5 min read

In a candid interaction hours before retiring, CJI Gavai also spoke about Justice BV Nagarathna's dissent within Collegium with regard to the elevation of Justice Vipul Pancholi.

Justice Surya Kant with Supreme Court

Why look abroad when we have our own judgments: CJI-designate Surya Kant bats for ‘swadeshi jurisprudence’

3 min read

Nakul Dewan

Courting Controversy: Crazy Little Thing Called Air

3 min read

Lawyers

A spectator with a gown: Advocate for the victim

4 min read

Labour Laws

What’s new in India’s labour laws after the repeal of 29 Acts?

5 min read

CJI Address at SC Ladies Bar Room

I regret I could not elevate any woman judge to Supreme Court: CJI BR Gavai

2 min read

Woman lawyer

Briefs and boundaries: Supreme Court berates woman lawyer for intimate relationship with divorce client

3 min read

News

Former CJI BR Gavai

Judge need not always rule against government to prove his independence: CJI BR Gavai

5 min read

Vijay Sondhi Foundation

Vijay Sondhi Foundation announces inaugural edition of Vijay Sondhi Memorial Legal Writing Championship

1 min read

Justice Surya Kant with Supreme Court

Why look abroad when we have our own judgments: CJI-designate Surya Kant bats for ‘swadeshi jurisprudence’

3 min read

Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court directs sweeping reforms to Guruvayoor Temple Darshan system for crowd management

4 min read

Judge

Kerala judge moves Supreme Court against disciplinary action for closing 1,900 petty cases

2 min read

Woman lawyer

Briefs and boundaries: Supreme Court berates woman lawyer for intimate relationship with divorce client

3 min read

CJI Address at SC Ladies Bar Room

I regret I could not elevate any woman judge to Supreme Court: CJI BR Gavai

2 min read

Labour Laws

What’s new in India’s labour laws after the repeal of 29 Acts?

5 min read

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

4 min read

Courtroom

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

2 min read

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

2 min read

Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Couple

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

3 min read

SARFAESI act , Supreme Court

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

3 min read

Sudhanshu Roy

Foley Hoag elevates Sudhanshu Roy to Partnership

1 min read

Cricket Stadium

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

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

Nakul Dewan

Courting Controversy: Crazy Little Thing Called Air

Lawyers

A spectator with a gown: Advocate for the victim

Supreme Court

Advisory opinions and binding law: The Constitutional questions that remain open in the Governors case

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

Interviews

Former CJI BR Gavai

Judge need not always rule against government to prove his independence: CJI BR Gavai

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

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

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

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.

2 min read

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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