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India's space boom is creating a new business for lawyers

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- India's space industry is becoming a bigger business for lawyers as private companies, investors and foreign players move deeper into a sector where raising capital or doing bus... Read More


NCLT five-member bench stays Subhash Chandra's Rs.6.5 crore repayment plan, says earlier order was not majority view

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- In a setback for Zee Group founder Subhash Chandra, the National Company Law Tribunal's (NCLT) five-member special bench on Tuesday stayed an earlier order approving his Rs.6.5 c... Read More


A student protest-and a reckoning for Bar Council of India

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Pritam Baruah was in Hong Kong on a sabbatical after two decades in legal education, but way past midnight on 14 August, he was still at his desk. The 2005 Nalsar graduate was bu... Read More


A student protest-and a reckoning for India's Bar Council

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Pritam Baruah was in Hong Kong on a sabbatical after two decades in legal education, but way past midnight on 14 August, he was still at his desk. The 2005 Nalsar graduate was bu... Read More


Supreme Court pulls up BCI over action against Nalsar students, questions regulator's powers

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- A late-evening effort by the Bar Council of India to scuttle the enrolment of new graduates from top law school Nalsar-and its swift reversal following a public outcry-has sparke... Read More


The protest was about the Chief Justice of India. The fallout is about the Bar CounciI of India

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- A late-evening effort by the Bar Council of India to scuttle the enrolment of new graduates from top law school Nalsar-and its swift reversal following a public outcry-has sparke... Read More


Supreme Court C pulls up BCI over action against NALSAR students, questions regulator's powers

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday took strong exception to the Bar Council of India's (BCI's) directive seeking to halt the enrolment of NA... Read More


A ban on an entire batch and a U-turn later, Bar Council seeks Nalsar report on anti-CJI campaign

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- The Bar Council of India (BCI) has asked the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law to identify those behind a student campaign opposing Chief ... Read More


'No further action': A ban and a U-turn later, Bar Council closes proceedings against NALSAR Hyderabad's 2026 batch

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- The Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman, Manan Kumar Mishra, in the early hours of Friday announced that the body is closing its proceedings against students of the 2026 batch of... Read More


Delhi HC calls for sanity in personality-rights cases, says free speech under threat

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday called for sanity in the growing wave of personality-rights cases, questioning how far celebrities can go in seeking removal of content about them... Read More