Legal Pulse

Legal scholar Nick Robinson explores how (and if) the proposed new commercial fast-track courts might work.

Lawyer Nandita Saikia argues that the controversial BBC documentary on the Delhi gang rape, India’s Daughter, is flawed though no more than our society itself.

Regulations require constant modifications to keep pace with the ever evolving market dynamics. Insider trading is no different, explain Khaitan & Co’s Ganesh Prasad and Sanjay Khan.

The Madras high court ruled that the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) is unconstitutional, reported SpicyIP.

The high court held that the provisions creating the tribunal are unconstitutional where they allow bureaucrats to be elected as judicial members to it even to the extent of becoming its chairman or vice chairman.

The court also ruled that any committee electing members to IPAB must also be constituted of members with judicial qualifications.

The ruling was made on a writ petition by Spicy IP founder Shamnad Basheer.

The WSJ India Real Time has written a great post explaining how exactly bhang – a milky, sweet drink laced with cannabis, traditionally consumed today for the Holi festival – is legal.

Saurav Datta discusses the authorities’ weak case for refusing Prashant Bhushan a full 10-year passport renewal.

The Bombay high court earlier this week restrained the police from arresting AIB members, because their comedy was vulgar but not obscene. What's the difference? Gautam Bhatia explains…

The question of whether Sports Federations perform important public functions during course of administration of sports disciplines has been the bone of contention for a long time in India, argues senior counsel Rajiv Dutta.

The Caravan magazine’s website has published an internal Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) memo to its regional offices, with a list of words that should be banned from movies and other media it is responsible for censoring.

Advocate KV Dhananjay argues that a recent decision of the Karnataka high court in one of his cases amounts to a rewriting of the Constitution of India, which is without parallel or precedent in the constitutional history of India.

Advocate KV Dhananjay argues that the sentencing order jailing then-Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, is highly likely to be set aside by the High Court of Karnataka.

A Delhi high court judgment has ruled against the Income Tax Department but in effect upped the pressure on other Mauritius or overseas-based tax avoidance structures.