Let me begin by enunciating that life at a national university of law isn’t exactly a bed of roses. More so when one is part of one of the new nationals, yet to form a formidable impression within the legal fraternity (further continuing the process of clarification- even the oldest nationals akin n...

In a shocking incident of alleged ragging in Pune, a second year student of Deccan Education Society Law College committed suicide on Sunday after allegedly facing harassment by a group of students of the same college. 22 year-old Prashant Chitalkar ended his life by jumping into a well near his hom...

Hi I have summarized information that I have gathered (after extensive research) about doing an LL.M from UK into one blog. I hope this blog helps the Indian students in taking the right decisions on whether or not to do a LL.M and also becoming aware of how things stand in general. 1. CONDITIONAL A...

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that the Bar Councils of India too are subject to Right to Information Act (RTI), following hot on the heels of the Office of the Chief Justice of India last week falling under the Act last week . Various papers reported that the Bar Councils would ...

Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar is organizing the 2 nd GNLU International Moot Court Competition (GIMC) from February 3-7, 2010. The first edition was organized in 2009 from April 2-5 and was appreciated by all concerned. This year’s edition promises to be even better and bigger than th...

Two thirds of lawyers think a lockstep partnership model is the correct long-term model for a law firm but only one third of equity partners share that view, according to the 2009 law firm survey by legal sector services provider Rainmaker.

LuthraLuthra-Vijay-Sondhi Luthra & Luthra billings will have seen a dent on Wednesday as a legion of the firm’s lawyers patrolled the Delhi High Court during the Delhi Bar Council elections garnering last-minute support for their candidate Vijay Sondhi (pictured) . Contesting lawyers, commuters...

Are you still an Indian advocate if you are abroad? For the purposes of India’s National Law Day Awards this year, yes: Singhania & Co London office managing partner Vijay Goel and FoxMandal London partner Ajit Mishra have won the prize, alongside Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff.

Trilegal has qualified for Delhi’s Turf Twenty20 Cup for Law Firms with a perfect score after convincing wins in two games this weekend. Luthra & Luthra has also qualified by winning all its games, while Dua Associates and Kohli & Sobti qualify with two wins each alongside four other law firm teams.

Luthra & Luthra and Dua Associates are dead certs to qualify for the quarter finals in Delhi’s Twenty20 Cup for Law Firms after topping each of their respective pools though for six other teams anything is still possible.

Many law firm lawyers complain that the Bar Council does not represent their interests.

Now Luthra & Luthra partner Vijay Sondhi is running for the Delhi Bar Council elections on a ticket of representing law firms and their lawyers.

But are any law firmites going to rock the vote?

Smiley-face We need your help in creating one of India’s first and most comprehensive associate satisfaction surveys. Encouraged by several requests from readers in the past weeks, we would like to hear from you about your firm, the things you like and the things you would like to see improved. The ...

Bill-Clinton-Rhodes-Scholar One of the most (in)famous Rhodes Scholars is no doubt William Jefferson Clinton (pictured) , who of course neither inhaled nor graduated in his time at Oxford. The names of the latest batch of five Indian Rhodes Scholars were finalised on the eve of 12 October 2009 in Mu...

Law minister Veerappa Moily has reiterated his stance on liberalisation and vowed to set up four super-charged “law schools of excellence” throughout India.

cricket_ball The Board for Control of Cricket (BCCI) in India has stuck to its position of non-compliance with the ‘whereabouts clause’ in the new World Anti-Doping Code. Arguing that the ‘whereabouts clause’ infringes the privacy of its players, the BCCI had initially dismissed the WADA Code and re...

Law minister Veerappa Moily has weighed into the debate over who should regulate legal education, opposing Human Resources Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal’s wide-ranging plans to take control of the sector. The Times of India reported yesterday that Moily said: “So far as introducing an acade...

Karnataka Chief Justice P D Dinakaran elevation to the Supreme Court has been called into question following protests by eminent lawyers over his unaccountable ownership of 400 acres of land in rural Tamil Nadu. The Chief Justice of India has sought an explanation from Justice Dinakaran acting on a ...

Justice Neeraj Kishan Kaul of the Delhi High Court has resigned to pursue advocacy again after less than five months in the judge’s robes. A source has confirmed to Legally India that he is looking at returning to practice as an advocate but the why is unclear. Was it the pay? Was it the hours? Was ...

Confounding expectations Press Notes 2 and 4 will stay as they are, according to a press report this morning. Perhaps a few lawyers will not have been surprised, however. “There is no plan to make any changes in Press Note 2 and 4 at all,” an unnamed “senior finance ministry official” told the India...

The bench has called an extraordinary meeting to deal with lawyers’ growing violence against judges, after a group of lawyers allegedly assaulted a District Court judge on Wednesday. Delhi lawyers Vikas Gupta and Rekha Sharma allegedly slapped Additional District Judge Pankaj Gupta on Wednesday. Gup...