Former Naik Naik & Co manager Anushree Rauta joined ANM Global as a partner heading its media and entertainment practice, effective 1 August.

The Supreme Court Advocates on Record (AOR) exam has produced the lowest pass rate in 4 years after it dropped down to 19%.

The Supreme Court has dismissed all intervention applications filed by various organisations, including the Karni Sena, for intervention in the writ petition in which it had cleared the screening of the movie Padmaavat on 18 January.

Naik Naik & Co organised the recent press conference at which late Justice Loya’s son, BH Loya, shared that he did not think anymore that his father’s death was suspicious. However, when some heard a reference to what they thought was Amit Shah, in the audio of the press conference, this began ...

“The Competition Commission has dismissed allegations of unfair business practices against the producers of Vidya Balan-starrer Kahaani 2 movie, which was released last year. K Sera Sera Digital Cinema had moved the regulator after the film’s producers — Pen India and Boundscript Motion Pictures — refused to provide the movie to it for exhibition. Among others, it was alleged that the movie was given only to UFO Moviez India and Real Image Media Technologies,” reported PTI.

Pamasis Law Chambers won for the producers of Hindi movie Sarkar 3 in the Bombay high court under Justice Gautam Patel, who ruled against granting an injunction over the movie’s release.

Naik Naik & Co re-appointed its former senior associate Rishabh Mastaram as an associate partner in its corporate practice, after Mastaram’s stint away from Naik with DSK Legal.

HSA Advocates has hired Naik Naik & Co corporate partner Bharat Sharma who started today in its Mumbai office.

Naik Naik & Company managing partner Ameet Naik with senior advocate Ravi Kadam acted for Phantom Films in their Bombay high court appeal against the censor board’s decision to ban the film Udta Punjab.

The Bombay high court has declined granting interim relief to movie director and producer Anurag Kashyap over a challenge of the government’s rule to superimpose a “smoking is injurious to health” warning on movies whenever a cigarette is shown on screen. The Censor Board had not given one of Kashya...

Naik Naik & Co and London-international firm Lawrence Graham (formerly known as LG) have entered into a preferred referral relationship.

Networking company Ericsson is suing Indian handset maker Micromax for Rs 100 crore in the Delhi high court over ‘standards-essential’ patents [ Economic Times ] Supreme Court to answer why it uses Yatodharma Stato Jaya tagline under the Lion Capital of Ashoka logo, rather than Satyamev Jayate natio...

Supporting cast: Yash Raj Films, Gruner+Jahr, MakeMytrip, DLF, Tata, Fidelity, CESC, IFC, Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil, Wells Fargo, Newscorp, CEAT, Dhunseri, Everstone, Mayfield, Linde, GTL, Sintex, Mahindra & Mahindra, DISA. Starring: Amarchand Mangaldas, JSA, AZB, Indus, HSA, Naik, Khaitan & Co and international talent.

Breaking: Following the recent trend set by the Delhi high court since 2011, the Bombay high court passed its first ex parte, unconditional “John Doe” order to pre-emptively ban the piracy of Viacom 18 Motion Pictures film Gangs of Wasseypur, said the company’s lawyers Naik Naik & Co.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) Mumbai has absorbed the year-old capital markets and securities boutique Prism Partners & Advocates, founded by PR Ramesh and Yogesh Chande, in its capital markets practice last month, ending the start-ups’ short-lived referral relationship with Naik Naik & Co amicably.

Exclusive: Naik Naik & Co has opened a Delhi office and promoted two partners to equity partnership and two senior associates to salaried partner.

The Bombay High Court has today ruled in favour of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), represented by J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Naik Naik & Co, against the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) decision to prevent MCX from trading in derivatives and other products.

Exclusive: The Andhra Pradesh writ petition filed by the brother of late South Indian actress Silk Smitha against the movie loosely inspired by her life, The Dirty Picture, has been dismissed in favour of the movie’s producer Balaji Motion Pictures, represented by Naik Naik & Co, and the Censor Board, represented by Verus Advocates recently joined Hyderabad partner.

Exclusive: Naik Naik & Co and securities start-up boutique Prism Partners Advocates have entered into an exclusive alliance under the Naik brand name.

Amarchand goes down under for $1.3bn GVK coal mine buy with Minters, Cliffords; Ex-AZBer’s Vishnu gets busy with Credit Suisse; Vaish hits the capital markets; JSA, KhaiCo, Amarchand disinvest in NYSE-Co; Amarchand restructures Alstom; and Naik gets a John Doe order.