Yuti Law advised DogSpot on its fundraising round from Ratan Tata, existing investors and new angels including Unilazer Ventures, K Ganesh and India Quotient. Yuti partner Sarika Raichur and associates Karishma Hans and Shivshankar Swaminathan acted for DogSpot. Unilazer general counsel Archana Raja...

Advocate Vrinda Grover has released a statement on behalf of a second alleged target of sexual harassment by former Teri boss RK Pachauri, noting that at least two women other than the original complainant had come forward to make statements against Pachauri, reported a number of papers.

India isn’t the only country currently wondering about “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”, to quote section 377 of the IPC Apparently, in the US a piece of semi-news has gone viral that Michigan has made oral and anal sex illegal. That’s not quite true - the Michigan legislature when a...

The new Juvenile Justice Act 2015 came into force last month, paving the way for juveniles aged 16 to 18 to be tried under adult laws for heinous crimes. A major challenge now will be to establish the age of juveniles, which will not be easy because no more than 56.2% of India’s births were register...

In the ongoing hearing of the Arunachal Pradesh matter before the constitution bench at court no 3, it was the turn of the senior advocate, TR Andhyarujina, to make his submissions today on behalf of the Governor.

The colleague who alleged then-director general of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), RK Pachauri, has strongly criticised the institute’s decision to create a new job title for Pachauri - executive vice chairman - despite her case remaining pending.

The Supreme Court has observed that revealing the name of examiners evaluating answer sheets in competitive exams under the RTI Act could lead to “dire consequences” and “create confusion and public interest,” as unsuccessful candidates may try to seek revenge. The observations were made by a bench ...

Karanjawala & Co partner Nandini Gore yesterday became the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association’s (SCAORA) first ever office-bearer who is the member of a law firm. Gore prepares to push for AOR quota in judicial appointments, and for senior AORs to be automatically designated senior advocates, among other privileges part of the association’s agenda.

The curative petition of Yusuf Mohsin Nulwala, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai blast case, will be heard by the Supreme Court tomorrow by the bench comprising the three senior-most Judges, namely, the CJI, TS Thakur, and justices Anil R Dave and JS Khehar beween 1:40 and 1:45 pm in their chambers tomorrow.

The before the Constitution bench at court number 3 at 2 pm began on a serious note with the Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi asking the bench whether it was at all required to copy thousands of pages of official correspondence at the chief minister’s office on various trivial matters, when what the petitioners want access to, is something else. The AG also claimed that the chief minister’s office in Itanagar is not sealed, and the petitioners have not yet made any attempt to claim access to the documents which they want.

The government is considering creating a legal framework for making complaints against judges, based on the previously lapsed bill by the UPA regime. “A mandate…To inculcate independence, impartiality and accountability among judges should be considered without delay. This could be done by reintrodu...

Even as the Supreme Court is yet to upload its order referring the curative petitions filed by Naz Foundation and others to the five Judge Constitution bench, a debate has already begun over the scope and composition of the bench among observers.

Advani & Co partner Kshitij Sancheti has joined Seth Dua & Associates as a corporate partner in its Mumbai office, following two new associate partners having joined the firm last year after four partners left.

Justice Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy of the Andhra Pradesh high court in Hyderabad has been appointed as chief justice of the Gujarat high court, according to the government’s PIB . Three judges have been transferred between high courts, according to the government’s PIB , while 12 additional judges of...

Women can now manage the Hindu Undivided Family’s [HUF] property and affairs if they are the eldest alive member of the HUF, ruled the Delhi high court in a landmark judgement on Monday, reported HuffPost . Justice Najmi Waziri broadened the definition of the “Karta” in the HUF, by applying the year...

In the ongoing hearing of the challenges to imposition of President’s rule Arunachal Pradesh, the SC constitution bench recalled its notice issued to the state Governor, Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, when the AG, Mukul Rohatgi, pointed out that the Governor enjoys immunity under the Constitution.

165 candidates passed this year’s advocates-on-record (AoR) exam this year - a huge increase compared to the 65 candidates out of 544 who passed a year ago.

The Supreme Court has referred the section 377 curative petition to a Constitution Bench for further examination.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur, and justices Anil R Dave and Jagdish Singh Khehar, will hear the section 377 curative petition today at 3pm in the Supreme Court.

The advocate petitioner SM Anantha Murugan, in whose case the Madras high court in October 2015 came down hard on the Bar Council of India (BCI), suggesting that the regulator should be dismantled and replaced with a body of experts, has told the Supreme Court that’s not what he wanted from the cour...