NIRF 2020 announcement ceremony postponed The 2020 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) that ranks law schools has been postponed, as reported by the Hindustan Times. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has, via the NIRF website (see screenshot above), postponed the announcement of the NIRF 2020 rankings. Not a surprise there in the age of
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Baliga (left) moves on to head Bayer, Wadhwa, Jain split GSK legal departments (l to r) After the $3.8bn blockbuster acquisition of 2018 in which Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) acquired GSK India’s nutrition business, the involved legal teams have seen a major restructuring. The mammoth acquisition completed on 1 April 2020, in the midst of
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(This post has been authored by our intern, Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlight In an important and pertinent post, Namratha discussed the applicability of India’s fair use provisions to the use of copyrighted works for online education during the current COVID-19 pandemic. First, she notes that the scope of
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April 20, 2020 S&R Associates act for Eros International PLC in a proposed stock-for-stock merger with STX Filmworks, Inc. [ by Legal Era News Network ] S&R Associates is representing Eros International PLC, a global Indian entertainment company in its proposed stock-for-stock merger with STX Filmworks, Inc., a global media company. Eros International Media Ltd
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Oravel Stays, the parent company of hospitality chain Oyo Hotels & Homes, has received a capital infusion of about $807 million (around Rs 5,976 crore) from two of its backers, SVF India Holdings and RA Hospitality, the Ritesh Agarwal-controlled investment entity, as part of its ongoing $1.5 billion funding round [from October 2019]. — The
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Image from here I had read Prashant and Prannv’s post, and wanted to explain why scuttling the IPAB is not the fix for bureaucratic red-tapism, of which the IPAB has been a rather targeted victim. Needless to state there have been intermittent delays in appointing chairpersons and members to the IPAB. This was especially manifested in
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Anupam Prasad starts own firm AP IndusLaw partner Anupam Prasad has set up an independent firm called AP Law Chambers around six weeks ago. Prasad had joined Indus with his team in 2016 from RDA Legal. IndusLaw partner Gaurav Dani commented: “[We] wish him well.” Plans were still developing, said Prasad, but added that he
... Continue Reading.//www.pathlegal.in/Allow-Advocates-To-Commute-From-Their-Residence-To-Chambers:Bar-Association-Urges-Govt-legalnewscopied-2384492 Author: Adv Rose Allow advocates to commute, Delhi Bar Association urges govt New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Delhi Bar Association on Thursday req… Read More
... Continue Reading.//www.pathlegal.in/Top-15-Judgments-On-Section-125-CrPC-That-Favouring-Husband-blog-2384491 Author: Adv Rose 1. The wife is not entitled to maintenance who deserted her husband. (Supreme Court), Bench Hbl JJ. S. Ahmed & D. Wadhwa, order on 02-03-200, … Read More
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Kaira Pinheiro (left) and Ashika Jain (right) talk about how they won Vis Vienna for NUJS A team of speakers from NUJS Kolkata – second-year students Ashika Jain and Kaira Pinheiro – had made history last week (9 April) after winning the 27th Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. This feat not just brought
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