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11 May 2016
Analysis

rnziklroThe Bombay high court has upheld the constitutional validity of Maharashtra’s prohibition of the slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks, the trade of the animals outside the state for slaughter, and their sale or purchase for slaughter.

03 May 2016
Analysis

A last-moment PIL and orders passed by the Supreme Court of India has created a fair bit of confusion, not to mention feelings of unfairness amongst students sitting for the pre-medical exam.

22 April 2016
Analysis

Skirting no rulesHow did the City Beautiful end up looking so bad, despite best intentions that “rights will never be infringed”?

30 March 2016
Analysis

z1dxoqsyPachauri’s gradual rehabilitation is not a new narrative: in fact, the rehabilitation of powerful men, whether in the eyes of the mainstream media, politics or the common man and woman, is par for the course, albeit a massively nuanced matter.

27 May 2015
Lives less legal

ThakurNLSIU Bangalore 1998 graduate Bhavna Thakur has joined the Everstone Capital Advisors in Mumbai as the fund’s head of capital markets and exits.

19 August 2014
Analysis

The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was either an example of a perfect campaign by politicians or of massive good luck, argued Kian Ganz in the Mumbai Mirror on Sunday.

05 August 2014
Lives less legal

xs0y0rta“It is not about being perfect, but mostly about being the first,” notes former capital markets lawyer Rajat Sharma on his new 9-3:30 job as CEO of Sana Securities – a financial advisory firm he founded in 2011.

04 July 2014
Lives less legal

Ankur SinglaOne of the most important things when creating a technology company is “to think about what could go right”, says Ankur Singla, in stark contrast to the typical lawyers’ mindset.

02 April 2014
Lives less legal

Bishen Jeswant (for CV) 2013Anything can happen in a nation where cricket is religion, including bidding adieu to one of India’s “Big Six” law firms to churn out statistical commentary.

28 March 2014
Analysis

Blue screen of death According to Legally India’s monthly visitor stats, 19 per cent of readers are still on Windows XP, and they (and their clients) could very well get into serious trouble 10 days from today.

07 February 2014
Interviews

KrishnanDayan Krishnan, the second NLSIU Bangalore alumnus to have been designated senior counsel in a week, said that while luck, coincidence and the patronage of three seniors was instrumental in his career to date, the Delhi high court has very clearly voted for hard work in its designations.

31 January 2014
Interviews

Akshay Bhan, who is the first NLSIU Bangalore alumnus advocate designated as a senior counsel, recounts how being a former Supreme Court judge’s son helps, the importance of seniors and how he thinks other NLS alumni are likely to be elevated soon too.

17 January 2014
Analysis

fp2igb13[20]The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday transferred to itself a week-old Madras high court (HC) petition challenging 12 names that were recommended for judgeship at the same HC, after the apex court ordered that judicial review of the list was not permitted and that the HC lacked the “conducive atmosphere” to hear such a petition.

11 November 2013
Interviews

gxrrp4tbA law graduate who recently blogged about how a retired Supreme Court judge sexually assaulted her while she was his intern, says that the problem is real and not uncommon at the bar and the bench.

30 October 2013
Interviews

Scores of Indian lawyers have made the transition from India to become English solicitors. However, Karishma Vora’s path to becoming a barrister in the UK from the Bombay high court is much rarer and more arduous, taking her three years. Legally India asked her how it’s done.