The contours of privacy law in India are, as yet, uncertain. In the wake of attacks against the Unique Identification Data (UID) project, the government is moving ahead with plans to legislate in...
V. Umakanth will speak on corporate governance at NUJS, Kolkata tomorrow. The talk begins at 4 pm in Room 006. All are welcome to attend. Umakanth will be familiar to readers of this blog, as he...
Many of us have lamented the fact that although the “national law schools” have churned out very gifted lawyers, we’ve lost many of them to law firms. It is but natural that many of...
Some of you may be aware of a recent move by the Indian government to amend the copyright act to inter-alia redress a historical injustice and compensate Bollywood artists more justly for their...
We bring you a guest post from two dynamic legal academics, Prabhash Ranjan and Daniel Mathew. Both are assistant professors at NUJS Kolkata, with Prabhash being on temporary leave to finish his PhD...
I reported earlier on the prospect of an Indian bar exam in the aftermath of a Supreme Court direction in Bar Council of India vs Bonnie FOI Law College. Kian Ganz, the dynamic founder of Legally...
For those of us harbouring notions that Indians aren’t entrepreneurial enough, think again. Previous posts highlighted an Indian bar exam in the offing. Despite the lack of any indication from...
The Law Minister recently announced that all law schools and colleges would have a common entrance test (CET) to admit candidates. Given that there around 900 law schools and colleges throughout...
April 26th is celebrated each year as the World IP Day. For those interested, I penned a short piece for the Mint on this momentous day, reflecting on Indian IP policy and the progress since the...
Gopal Subramanium, the current Solicitor General was recently elected as the Chairman of the Bar Council of India. We wish him the very best as he pilots this body and the profession that it...