April Fool

NUJS Kolkata’s student body has voted to institute a new system of governance to de-politicise the campus but increase friendly intra-college competition.

The Bar Council of India’s (BCI) legal education committee has sent a circular to national law university (NLU) vice chancellors (VCs) on 10 March 2019, recommending that NLUs do more to improve legal ethics in budding professionals.

The Karnataka government has made a pledge with assembly elections impending, to move NLSIU Bangalore to rural Karnataka’s Gangavati town, in a bid to boost students taking up social lawyering and agriculture-related laws, according to local paper Kannada Praba (a big hat-tip to the anonymous reader who spotted this one).

In a bid to prove that lawyers are not just smart, but also good looking, Legally India is pleased to announced that we’ll be seeking nominations for our new annual India’s sexiest lawyer competition.

A high class exclusive lawyers-only speakeasy-style bar is set to open in a secret location near Connaught place in Delhi next week.

Exclusive [but not true]: The directorate of legal education of the Bar Council of India (BCI) resolved to establish the world’s first ever moot court training academy, dubbed the National Mooting Academy (NMA), by next year, which will become a compulsory part of Indian law schools’ curriculums.

Exclusive [but not true]: The Bar Council of India (BCI) passed a resolution late yesterday to allow English and Singaporean lawyers to practice in district and lower courts, paving the way for an eventual staged entry of foreign law firms into India.

Luthra & Luthra has leased another 9,000 square feet in its existing Delhi office to build an indoor cricket practice pitch for fee-earners, following the firm's victory at the law firm T-20 tournament last Sunday.