Arthur Andersen heirs re-enter India with Vaish best friendship, 17 years after DSK marriage
Vaish Associates has joined international tax law firm network Andersen Global which has collaborations with legally independent law firms in 103 locations worldwide, it announced on its website yesterday.
A 2nd corporate boost: Luthra Mumbai snaps up Shardul Amarchand partner Jay Parikh • UPDATE: ‘Exponential’ deal flow growth on cards, vows Saraf
In what will be welcome to the firm’s corporate strength, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai corporate finance and M&A partner Jay Parikh is set to join Luthra & Luthra in Mumbai early next month, according to authoritative market sources.
CLAT 2018: Now 34 petitioners • 2 SC writs • 6,000 grievances • 160 examined • Results tomorrow • Inquiry results after [DOWNLOAD WRIT]
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 results scheduled for 31 May are on time but its convenor Nuals Kochi’s grievance redressal committee is behind schedule and tried bargaining before the Supreme Court today for lessening its load of candidate grievances against the conduct of the exam.
ANM Mumbai litigation head Ashish Mehta to leave, sets up disputes boutique Ethos Legal Alliance
ANM Global partner and Mumbai litigation head Ashish Mehta will leave the firm tomorrow to start up litigation and disputes boutique Ethos Legal Alliance in Mumbai on 1 June.
Nalsar study reveals how law schools are chosen • Slams mag ‘rankings’, CLAT convenors, NLU-D • Suggests reforms
For previous years’ Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) candidates, faculty quality of a law school was the most important factor in choosing whether or not to seek admission, according to a study conducted by Nalsar Hyderabad on legal education reforms which was commissioned by the Department of Justice (DoJ).
What everyone must know before studying law: Rhishikesh Dave, founding dean of Marwadi University’s Faculty of Law explains
Established in 2016 by the Marwadi Education Foundation through the Gujarat Private Universities Act 9, 2016, Marwadi University is a private university located in Rajkot, Gujarat, offering several different courses with a world class infrastructure, having a rich pedigree of faculty and focusing on the holistic development of students also providing them great placement opportunities.
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JM +P, AZB Mumbai, Tatva on fin-tech startup SMECorner’s $7m funding from Capital First, other existing investors -
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SAM, JSA act on $124m Blackstone buy in Indiabulls -
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TTA, Links advise Whirlpool on $23.6m buy of Elica PB, with DSK, NDA, Sabelli Benazzo -
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IndusLaw on Cleartrip’s first cross-border acquisition in Flyin for $60m -
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IC Universal Chennai advise NBFC Annapurna Finance on $23m fund-raise from Oman India Joint Investment Fund -
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AZB advise Madison Dearborn on the Indian leg of household goods mover SIRVA’s acquisition
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BALCO legal head Pankaj Kapoor joins Sembcorp as VP legal in its new phase as combined Indian power co
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Gaurav Mediratta leaves global FMCG giant Unilever to join homegrown Marico as GC • Marico GC Suresh Jagirdar bags Wadia group GC role
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Citi India GC Pramod Rao to return to old home but as ICICI Group GC
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HCL Infosys Delhi GC Rajeev Choubey joins Lafarge ACC Cement as GC in Mumbai
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OYO hotel chain hires new GC Rakesh Prusti from Max Healthcare, looking at int’l expansion
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Vikram Solar manufacturer hires Punj Lloyd Infra legal head Amit Gupta
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CLAT grievance committee: Retd Kerala HC judge and Cochin prof to take candidate complaints until Sunday
Retired Kerala high court justice MR Hariharan Nair and Cochin University Prof Santosh Kumar will form a committee until 29 May, to look into each individual grievance submitted until 27 May to Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 convenor Nuals Kochi by CLAT 2018 candidates.
NLU Delhi’s death penalty project, now with 20 full-time staff, rebrands, widens scope to include Article 39-A, equal justice
NLU Delhi’s Centre on the Death Penalty, which has produced a considerable number of influential reports and assisted in representing numerous death row prisoners, has widened its focus and re-branded to become Project 39A.
Lawrence Liang files Delhi HC writ vs Ambedkar U sex harass panel, while hidden battles rage online
Well-known academic, Alternative Law Forum (ALF) founder and NLSIU Bangalore alumnus Lawrence Liang has appealed in the Delhi high court against Ambedkar University Delhi’s sexual harassment committee finding of March that he had harassed a female PhD student of another Delhi university, suspending him from administrative duties.
SC stays all HC CLAT cases, as Nuals to figure out how to look into 251 candidates’ complaints • 2000+ others possibly not represented
The Supreme Court today asked Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 convenor Nuals Kochi to appoint an expert committee at the earliest to individually look into at least 251 CLAT 2018 candidates’ grievances with the conduct of the entrance exam this year.
Trilegal long-timer, counsel Anuja Tiwari joins DSK Delhi as projects partner
DSK Legal has hired Trilegal counsel Anuja Tiwari into its projects and infrastructure practice in Delhi.
Salman Khurshid asks SC to combine 6 CLAT writs • Nuals, HRD to be in court tomorrow
Senior advocate Salman Khurshid and advocate Anand Shankar Jha appeared in the Supreme Court for several Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018 candidates today in a challenge to its conduct and its results, and the court directed them to serve copies of the petition on CLAT 2018 convenor Nuals Kochi and on the ministry of human resource development (HRD).
ELP Delhi indirect tax advisory head Kumar Visalaksh (Nalsar ‘06) resigns
Economic Laws Practice (ELP) Delhi partner Kumar Visalaksh, who was heading the firm’s indirect tax advisory practice in Delhi resigned last week.
T&T founder Rohit Tandon granted bail by HC, after completing 1 year, 4 months behind bars for alleged money laundering
T&T Law founder Rohit Tandon is finally out on bail more than one year and four months after he went into custody for alleged money laundering following the discovery of an unprecedented amount of cash at his home and office, reported PTI on 10 May.
Bhat to face inquiry at NUJS, resolves executive council as goes for administrative rinse in latest meeting [UPDATE-1]
Former NUJS Kolkata vice chancellor Prof Ishwara Bhat, who resigned last month under student and state government pressure, will face an inquiry committee convened by NUJS Kolkata acting vice chancellor, retired Justice Amit Talukdar, it was resolved on 12 May.
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