NLSIU Bangalore
A press release by NLSIU Bangalore vice chancellor Venkata Rao sent to media today, stated that the “concerned professor and the students have amicably resolved the matter between them”.
Participants from NLSIU Bangalore and Nalsar Hyderabad, in the 12th Nani Palkhivala Tax Law Moot, condemned the moot’s organisation for being allegedly fraught with “organisational failures”. The moot’s organiser, Sastra University School of Law Thanjavur, dismissed the allegations and advised the NLSIU and Nalsar team to “adopt a more sportive spirit towards moot court competitions”.
NLSIU Bangalore’s 2017-graduating batch placed 33 out of 53 participating recruitment coordination committee (RCC) members, out of a total batch of 81, on 2 April.
NLSIU Bangalore professor V Nagaraj allegedly shamed a student on Monday for wearing shorts to his lecture, and allegedly cast aspersions on the student’s character when she objected to the statements of the professor over her attire.
Aditya Sondhi, who was designated as senior counsel in July 2014, has been appointed additional advocate general of Karnataka, according to two authoritative sources, effective yesterday (31 March).
He confirmed the appointment to Bar & Bench today, saying: “It’s an honour and a challenge.”
Sondhi was one of the first senior counsel to have graduated from NLSIU Bangalore.
Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) has promoted managing associate Rituparno Bhattacharya to its partnership, with effect from 1 April 2016.
Tatva Legal partner Ekta Bahl has resigned the firm to join Samvad Partners to set up its Hyderabad office to extend “the reach of the firm to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”.
The Indian Legal Aid And Awareness Network (ILAAN), a group of more than 20 law school legal aid clinics set up by NLSIU Bangalore in collaboration with NLU Delhi, has released a statement “condemning the repression of Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group”, which fights for the rights of tribals in the area and has continued to face harassment by the authorities as first reported in October of last year.
AZB & Partners has poached Luthra & Luthra M&A and corporate Delhi partner Aparna Mittal
NLSIU Bangalore is vying for the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) approval to award its public policy course students, the degree for which they took admission to the law school in 2014. The law school has time until August.
Grant Thornton is seriously miffed at and has threatened to sue for breach of contract former Grant Thornton senior forensics team member Kunal Gupta, who was poached by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as reported in the previous week.
Legally India reliably understands that Kunal Gupta, Gurgaon-based partner of international accountancy and consulting firm Grant Thornton India, is set to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas to head up its forensics team as a partner.
NLSIU Bangalore 2000 graduate Richa Naujoks was promoted to partnership at Nixon Peabody in New York City, according to a press release from the firm.
Jones Day Singapore capital markets partner and India group head Manoj Bhargava and of counsel Ankit Kashyap have both resigned from the firm around a week ago.
NLSIU Bangalore 2007 alumnus Aprajita Dhundia made partner at Kirkland & Ellis in London
Jones Day has promoted NLSIU Bangalore 2003 graduate Karthik Kumar to its partnership.
Two Indian teams scored huge points internationally to close the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6 sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills at the ELSA and Manfred Lachs Space Moot Asia Pacific round.
Economic Laws Practice (ELP) associate partner Faraz Sagar has joined Trilegal as a partner in Mumbai.
Former Linklaters Singapore managing associate Pallavi Gopinath Aney is set to join Baker & McKenzie as a partner, an authoritative source has confirmed to Legally India.
NLSIU Bangalore placed all 54 graduates who opted for campus placement in its class of 71 students who graduated in 2015. The Big Six firms took away more than half of the recruited graduates.